Feature #657: Replicant Development Tools (RDT) package build and release - Replicant

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Feature #657

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Replicant Development Tools (RDT) package build and release

Added by Anonymous about 11 years ago. Updated over 5 years ago.

Status:

Closed

Priority:

Normal

Assignee:

Paul Kocialkowski

Category:

Build system

Target version:

Replicant 4.2

Start date:

10/07/2013

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Resolution:

wontfix

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Description

In order to use Eclipse with the Replicant SDK, it requires downloading Google's ADT plugin version 16. I believe that this version of the plugin is okay for free software development since the only licenses that you must agree to at installation time are apache licenses.

However, newer versions of google's plugin require non-free license agreements. So, future versions of Replicant SDK should not recommend using ADT.

How difficult would it be to create and maintain a free alternative Replicant Developer Tools (RDT) plugin for Eclipse?

Alternatively, since Replicant development does not require Eclipse, we could stop providing Eclipse instructions on the wiki and provide a new alternative IDE guide instead. The drawback to this would be that some Android developers who are used to Eclipse might be discouraged to try Replicant.

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Updated by Paul Kocialkowski about 11 years ago

Apparently, the eclipse tutorial doesn't work with new versions and there is apparently no one to work on it.
I see only two possibilities:

either someone gets involved and makes it possible for us to have an ADT build and updates the eclipse tutorial we have currently
either we remove the eclipse tutorial, don't provide an ADT plugin and assume that people should only rely on the SDK tools to develop applications (which is doable)

I'll wait a bit, but if no one shows up, I'll have to for the second choice. I am not going to maintain that myself.

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Updated by Paul Kocialkowski about 11 years ago

Also I am not sure that it's a good idea to have an Eclipse usage guide on the SDK page since it shouldn't differ from the Android usage. If we start writing usage guides about what is not Replicant-specific, we will end up having to duplicate the Android usage guides, which is a considerable waste of time.

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Updated by James Adams about 11 years ago

I agree. Eclipse is not an absolute necessity for Replicant development - If various versions of Eclipse and ADT are going to cause issues, then it doesn't make sense to recommend using it on the wiki. Emacs is always strong alternative :)

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Updated by Robert Sink almost 11 years ago

I'll look into this, but I'm just one person. I'd be lucky to come up with a working RDT down the road a wee bit; [if what I'm reading is right I have to start with a fork of ADT 16 [two years ago]]. Please no request for a Replicant Studio or separate Gradle plugin. I am no saviour to the world; just a guy trying to help.

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Updated by Paul Kocialkowski almost 11 years ago

Tracker changed from Feature to Issue

It'd be good to do this with Replicant 4.2 source code. IIRC there is a (well-hidden) page on android.com that explains how to rebuild the ADT from source. Please try to find the cleanest possible process for the build.

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Updated by Paul Kocialkowski over 10 years ago

I add that to the list of Tasks.

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Updated by Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli about 10 years ago

Category set to 51
Assignee set to Paul Kocialkowski
Target version set to 21

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Updated by Paul Kocialkowski almost 10 years ago

Target version changed from 21 to Any version

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Updated by Beuc Beuc over 9 years ago

ADTBuild describes how to recompile ADT 21 from the Replicant 4.2 sources.
I slightly updated the testing instructions at SDK.
Comments/reviews/testing welcome.

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Updated by Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli about 9 years ago

Category changed from 51 to Build system
Device Not device specific added

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Updated by Paul Kocialkowski almost 9 years ago

Subject changed from Replicant "RDT" plugin for Eclipse? to Replicant Development Tools (RDT) package build and release
Device added
Device deleted (~~Not device specific~~)

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Updated by Paul Kocialkowski almost 9 years ago

Tracker changed from Issue to Feature

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Updated by Wolfgang Wiedmeyer over 7 years ago

ADT is now deprecated for quite some time. Should this issue stay open nonetheless? Is there still an interest to create a RDT package?

I removed it from the Tasks page as I don't think it should still be a primary development focus. It would also only make sense to create a RDT for Replicant 4.2.

Thanks Beuc for creating the instructions at ADTBuild! Would it be sufficient to have the build instructions from Beuc in place for anyone who wants to build the ADT from source? We could link to them on the SDK page.

The development focus should be to package current Android developer tools in GNU/Linux distributions.

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