I created an Android project a few months ago and now have to automate the build process with Hudson. The Android dev guide mentions a build.xml file that gets created when you generate a project (http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/other-ide.html) but I dont see one in my project. Will I have to create this by hand or can I run a command to generate it?
Android – Does the ADT plugin automatically create an ant build file
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Best Answer
The ADT plugin doesn't generate an Ant file.
The
android
command will generate an Ant file when you create a new project from the command line by callingandroid create project
. You could create an example project and copy thebuild.xml
,build.properties
andlocal.properties
files from that directory.Alternatively, you can just copy the
build.xml
template directly from$ANDROID_HOME/tools/lib/build.template
then just change the project name.Then just create a
build.properties
file — it's where you place any Ant property overrides.Also you need a
local.properties
file, but don't check that into source control — this is where you specify your$ANDROID_HOME
directory by setting thesdk.dir
property.