Can I download a platform manifest repo zip rather than doing a full repo sync in order to build a ROM from source. I have tried many times to build from source via a standard https repo sync. Is downloading a repo zip then extracting those files a way to speed this process up. Using virtual workstation Ubuntu 15.10.
It's possible to download a single project as zip directly from GitHub. I'm not aware of a method to download a whole repository, though. Anyways, I'd not recommend it if it were possible. I'm sure it wouldn't be faster. The 'repo sync' command is the best solution here. It has a lot of advantages over a regular download:
- Can be continued after interruptions (loss of connectivity, etc.)
- Proper setup of all the .git projects
- etc.
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I am working on a PC W7,
all the components is installed, Android SDK 1.6 r1, Eclipse Ide for Java Developer, JDK etc, all works well...
I can build without problem the apps from the SDK Sample and some other in Google Code like SMSPopup.
But I took from Cyanogen GitHub the Phone.apk Zip file
http://github.com/cyanogen/android_packages_apps_Phone
with the source and when I build I get a lot of errors in Eclipse, same problem with the Advanced Launcher, Loccy's Better browser...
Clean... and Fix from Eclipse does not change anything
Any suggestion? (apart: use linux, download the entire android source etc...)
xenio2000 said:
I am working on a PC W7,
all the components is installed, Android SDK 1.6 r1, Eclipse Ide for Java Developer, JDK etc, all works well...
I can build without problem the apps from the SDK Sample and some other in Google Code like SMSPopup.
But I took from Cyanogen GitHub the Phone.apk Zip file
http://github.com/cyanogen/android_packages_apps_Phone
with the source and when I build I get a lot of errors in Eclipse, same problem with the Advanced Launcher, Loccy's Better browser...
Any suggestion? (apart: use linux, download the entire android source etc...)
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You can not only git clone the Phone app, you need checkout a lot many others such as build/framework/core... etc.
And then type "make Phone" to build the app. Of course, you need a cygwin or just use a linux machine...
Yep...
My hope was not to hear that answer... I am too noob for that...
Maybe I try to install a Linux machine with the entire Android source... just for fun...
Thanks.
I did some important progress.
I did it...
I am on W7 64bit Host
with Sun VirtualBox I installed a Guest Ubuntu 9.04
this part from: http://developer.android.com
Android SDK 1.6
JAVA JDK 5
Eclipse with Android Plugins (ADT)
Some add to path for Java/Android SDK in ~/.bashrc file
this from: http://source.android.com/
Installed all the packages as in the Get Source page
Installed Repo
and the get source section...
in my $HOME
$ mkdir mydroid
$ cd mydroid
$ repo init -u git://android.git.kernel.org/platform/manifest.git
type your name and email
and now get all the files from source.android
$ repo sync
and build it
$ cd ~/mydroid
$ make
...after some hour
I modified the file I need to in the ~/mydroid/packages/apps/Phone/ directory
and build only the Phone.apk
as read in this thread http://groups.google.com/group/andr...47985716f84f?lnk=gst&q=build#6de347985716f84f
Make sure you're cd'd into the mydroid/ directory
Type ". build/envsetup.sh"
Type "mmm packages/apps/Phone"
if there are no errors the build of Phone.apk is in
~/mydroid/out/target/product/generic/system/app
I know this is easy for you devs, but this took me 3 days to
Now I like to get the Phone.apk source from Cyanogen GIT and try to build in my VM, I have no idea how to do it, and I think it modify the Settings too.
Please help me for this last part...
Thanks
Xenio
This may be easy for some, but I can say you just saved me 3 days of work. Thank you for the follow up post.
how to create apk file
hai everybody
my name is sriram
i am doing MCA
actually i want to create apk file, i dont know event the basics
can you help me
Kind of you
I am having issues with building from cyanogen's github. I have never had a problem with building for my N1 from source. I am currently trying to build for my G1. These are the basic steps I am doing, repo init -u git://github.com/cyanogen/android.git -b eclair-ds and then repo sync, then . build/envsetup.sh, then make -j3 adb, lunch cyanogen_dream_sapphire-en, then cd into vendor/htc/dream_sapphire and ./extract-files.sh, then i go to do make -j3 and it stops because of no proprietary drivers, so I went and took a look inside the proprietary folder and found out what I was missing was Fw1251r1c.bin, and libGLES_qcom.so and have been trying to figure it out for many hour's. I am guessing it has to do with my g1 running a 1.6rom and trying to build from cyanogens source a 2.1 rom or I am missing something altogether . Any help is appreciated
Hi
I am working on the Kovsky kernel at the moment, but would really like to be able to make changes to the Andoid part of the system as well. Does anyone have build instructions for the XDAndroid system?
I have done cross compiling to various platforms before, so the part I need is:
*What sources to download
*What commands to run
As I didn't get any feedback I have decided to figure it out for myself and publish as I go along:
To get the sources follow the instructions at:
xdandroid.com/wiki/Getting_the_Source
mkdir ~/xdandroid
cd ~/xdandroid
repo init -u git://gitorious.org/xdandroid/manifest.git -b gingerbread
repo sync
Now I have lots of code, and the next step is found at:
xdandroid.com/wiki/Build_Configuration
What I need is a "buildspec.mk" file. If anyone has one that has been used for NAND compiles feel free to share
I have now realized that all the ROMS have been compiled based on CyanogenMod7 source that have separate repositories from xdandroid.
Sp3dev created a repo for some of the kovsky files he used in november last year at: https://github.com/astarasikov/device_kovsky
Next up is integrating them into the cyanogen tree and creating vendor files based on leo/dream
I am starting to piece everything together now. I am still not able to compile it, but I am getting closer:
Here are some steps that have only been tested on an Ubuntu system:
1. Follow the steps here http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/HTC_Dream_&_Magic:_Compile_CyanogenMod_(Linux) down to "Install the Repository"
Code:
# 2. Install repository by running (This will take several hours):
cd ~/android/system/
repo init -u git://github.com/CoolRunnerII/android.git -b gb-release-7.2
repo sync
# 3. get the propriatary files from a running phone connected by usb by running. You may need root to do this:
cd ~/android/system/device/htc/kovsky/
./extract-files.sh
# 4. copy vendor file to correct place by running:
cp device/htc/kovsky/cyanogen_kovsky.mk vendor/cyanogen/products
# 5. Get Rom-manager by running
~/android/system/vendor/cyanogen/get-rommanager
# 6. sync repo again by running:
cd ~/android/system/
repo sync
# 7. get ready for compile with:
. build/envsetup.sh
lunch cyanogen_kovsky-eng
# 8. Start compile with:
make
Great news.Hope you can finish it!
Compile now runs to the end
On my system the compile runs to the end when doing the steps above. I have not started packageing it yet, but everything seems to compile correctly.
The other guides recoment running "make bacon" witch are supposed to create a "over the air" OTA package. This crashes when I try it. If anyone has some good information as to how the final packages is supposed to be please share. all the other CM7 roms have folder in the zip fil called META-INF that contain the update script. The .zip-file created by running make does not.
I just added Alex's fork of the gps library from xdandroid to the manifest.
If someone could try the steps above and report to me wether it works on their system or not I would be very thankfull. My goal is to create a streamlined rom build directly from source. That way getting the last issues out of the way should be possible even without guys like Alex working on it.
CoolrunnerII said:
I just added Alex's fork of the gps library from xdandroid to the manifest.
If someone could try the steps above and report to me wether it works on their system or not I would be very thankfull. My goal is to create a streamlined rom build directly from source. That way getting the last issues out of the way should be possible even without guys like Alex working on it.
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very very nice job!!!!!! currently downloading kovsky repos to check if i can build but it will take hours with slow connection and i've little time cause of exams...
btw: if someone has problems with syncing cause of slow internet repo sync -f is a nice option
EDIT:
in time i'm going to improve cwm recovery (currently porting cwm-touch to another device...)
EDIT2: any chance to add wpa repo to existing working directory?
btw: you could also use a local_manifest.xml for the additional repos... (just if you don't already know ) (would be more official???)
i can't test cause i don't know how to add wpa repo
this should be in android development section... you posted here cause of limited posts right? btw thanks a lot for missed call fix
Yes I posted here due to limited rigths.
I'll start a new thread in the developer section now that I can
Cool runner the rhodium android development forum has a 7.2 build but I don't know how to make work for our device. I pm the maker he said I can use his rom
Start with the CyanogenMod build instructions for i9300
Wherever the guide says i9300, use i9305 instead!
When the guide tells you to install a CM 10.1 ROM on your rooted phone, before running extract-files.sh, you can use the build from codeworkx.
Follow the guide and stop before executing 'repo init'. Do instead:
$ repo init -u git://github.com/perchrh/android.git -b cm-10.1
This uses a device and vendor tree for the i9305 from teamdisgruntled, and a general samsung vendor tree from TheMuppets.
Follow the guide again, until the end.
Flash your phone with the resulting zip file cm-10.1*.zip
Reboot and you're done!
Thanks to xda-member vkggg for posting a similar guide for AOSP that got me started on my CM build.
Do you see the following when doing the 'breakfast' command?
Syncing dependencies
fatal: duplicate project CyanogenMod/android_device_samsung_smdk4412-common in /home/me/android/system/.repo/manifest.xml
android_device_samsung_smdk4412-common is part of the extra's added to the manifext.xml file and it is also included in the local_manifests/roomservice.xml file
mcampbellsmith said:
Do you see the following when doing the 'breakfast' command?
Syncing dependencies
fatal: duplicate project CyanogenMod/android_device_samsung_smdk4412-common in /home/me/android/system/.repo/manifest.xml
android_device_samsung_smdk4412-common is part of the extra's added to the manifext.xml file and it is also included in the local_manifests/roomservice.xml file
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Thanks! That looks new. Probably -common wasn't included in the other file previously.
I've updated the dependency list to reflect this and the error should be gone now
Update: I've verified the fix. Note that if you had an error while doing repo init, another 'repo init' in the same directory may not work. In that case, remove the .repo directory or do the init in a new directory!
If you are interested in building LineageOS for Bonito or Sargo you can use my script on Github to compile for either device. The script I link in this post will build my daily driver ROM. To consider running this script you will need the following:
- A PC running Ubuntu 18.04 or a distro based off Ubuntu 18.04 (I use ZorinOS)
- This PC needs at least 8gb RAM, a quad core processor and 300GB of available space on a drive (preferably SSD)
- Patience
* These are the instructions for running the script:
Open a terminal and run the following commands
git clone https://github.com/stevn4127/scripts
(This clones my scripts to a directory called scripts)
cd scripts
(This navigates you to the scripts directory)
bash lineage.sh
(This runs the script)
You will need to enter your root password to update the OS and install build tools. You may also need to run the following command with your Github credentials following the text:
git config --global user.email
git config --global user.name
Here is a direct link to my scripts repository on Github:
https://github.com/stevn4127/scripts
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