BuildStendhalForAndroid

NOTICE: The Android WebView client is not currently implemented in the upstream source code. You can get the experimental source from https://github.com/AntumDeluge/arianne-stendhal/tree/android_webview.

These instructions are for building the WebView client for the Android platform.

Android SDK

The Android Software Development Kit (SDK) libraries are required. You will need to install these on your system. The minimum supported version is currently 21.

Gradle

The Gradle Build Tool is used for building. The necessary tools are already included with the source code. Two scripts are provided for executing the build: android/gradlew for Unix/Linux systems, & android/gradlew.bat for Windows.

In order for the build to complete, the scripts must know where the SDK libraries are located. The script will check the ANDROID_SDK_ROOT environment variable, or it will parse the value of sdk.dir in the android/local.properties file (NOTE: Windows users must use double backslashes for directories (\\)).

Example local.properties for Unix/Linux:

sdk.dir=/path/to/sdk/root

Example local.properties for Windows:

sdk.dir=C:\\path\\to\\sdk\\root

NOTE: On Windows, if you used Android Studio to download the SDK, it will be located in C:\\Users\\<username>\\AppData\\Local\\Android\\Sdk.

From a command line or terminal, move into the android sub-directory & execute the following.

Unix/Linux example:

# with env variable set or sdk.dir set in local.properties
$ ./gradlew build

# manually setting env variable
$ ANDROID_SDK_ROOT="/path/to/sdk/root" ./gradlew build

Ant

As with other instructions on building from the command line, the Android client can also be built with an Apache Ant target. The same rules apply to using the Gradle scripts directly.

From the Stendhal source root directory, execute the following.

Unix/Linux example:

# with env variable set or sdk.dir set in local.properties
$ ant dist_client_android

# manually setting env variable
$ ANDROID_SDK_ROOT="/path/to/sdk/root" ant dist_client_android

The resulting .apk packages will be located in the build directory.