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Hi guys, I would like to ask you what IDE's and other software I need to make and modify android roms. I am particularly looking at helping with ICS production. I know java and some C++ if this helps, I am unsure of what to use whether that be eclipse or some other IDE/SDk. Also there are a few file types I am unfamiliar with and want to know how to edit those such as .so's and other files. Thanks P500 community you guys are awesome
Read some android books.you already know c++ and Java so you will become good dev.Hi guys, I would like to ask you what IDE's and other software I need to make and modify android roms. I am particularly looking at helping with ICS production. I know java and some C++ if this helps, I am unsure of what to use whether that be eclipse or some other IDE/SDk. Also there are a few file types I am unfamiliar with and want to know how to edit those such as .so's and other files. Thanks P500 community you guys are awesome
)) so speed isn't really an issue here 
[email protected]:~/WORKING_DIRECTORY$ source build/envsetup.sh
including device/moto/wingray/vendorsetup.sh
including device/samsung/maguro/vendorsetup.sh
including device/samsung/toro/vendorsetup.sh
including device/ti/panda/vendorsetup.sh
including vendor/cm/vendorsetup.sh
including sdk/bash_completion/adb.bash[email protected]:~/WORKING_DIRECTORY$ lunch
You're building on Linux
Lunch menu... pick a combo:
1. full-eng
2. full_x86-eng
3. vbox_x86-eng
4. full_maguro-userdebug
5. full_toro-userdebug
6. full_panda-eng
7. cm_anzu-userdebug
8. cm_captivatemtd-userdebug
9. cm_coconut-userdebug
10. cm_crespo-userdebug
11. cm_crespo4g-userdebug
12. cm_epicmtd-userdebug
13. cm_galaxysbmtd-userdebug
14. cm_galaxysmtd-userdebug
15. cm_galaxys2-userdebug
16. cm_haida-userdebug
17. cm_hallon-userdebug
18. cm_i777-userdebug
19. cm_iyokan-userdebug
20. cm_mango-userdebug
21. cm_maguro-userdebug
22. cm_p1-userdebug
23. cm_p1c-userdebug
24. cm_p3-userdebug
25. cm_p4-userdebug
26. cm_p4tmo-userdebug
27. cm_p4vzw-userdebug
28. cm_p4wifi-userdebug
29. cm_p5-userdebug
30. cm_p5wifi-userdebug
31. cm_p920-userdebug
32. cm_p970-userdebug
33. cm_p990-userdebug
34. cm_p999-userdebug
35. cm_pyramid-userdebug
36. cm_satsuma-userdebug
37. cm_shooter-userdebug
38. cm_shooteru-userdebug
39. cm_smb_a1011-userdebug
40. cm_smultron-userdebug
41. cm_tenderloin-userdebug
42. cm_tf101-userdebug
43. cm_tf201-userdebug
44. cm_toro-userdebug
45. cm_urushi-userdebug
46. cm_vibrantmtd-userdebug
47. cm_wingray-userdebug
48. cm_zeus-userdebug
Which would you like? [full-eng][email protected]:~$ cd WORKING_DIRECTORY
[email protected]:~/WORKING_DIRECTORY$ repo init -u git://github.com/androidmeda/cm_device_lge_p500.git
repo initialized in /home/francesco/WORKING_DIRECTORY
[email protected]:~/WORKING_DIRECTORY$ repo sync
Fetching projects: 100% (248/248), done.
Syncing work tree: 100% (248/248), done.make: *** Nessuna regola per generare l'obiettivo "device/lge/p500/init.p500.usb.rcThanks manEssential Software:
Ubuntu 11.10 (dual boot not virtual machine, it's too slow)
Eclipse IDE with the Android plugins
Meld (for easy directory compares)
Mastery of the terminal especially git / repo commands
Github account
CyanogenMod gerrit account
Google Plus account
I'm assuming you're coming from Windows since you don't know what a .so file is (like I did when starting). .so files are android's versions of .dll files. 'executables' don't have a file extension. Kernel modules use the .ko extension.
(I think .so means shared object, .ko means kernel object. Makes sense to me anyway
The worst thing about starting is simply the sheer size of the project, it is a whole operating system we are dealing with here!
Start simple and easy, follow the instructions on how to make your own build and flash it. (and feel proud you have your own build string in about phone!) Then do it again without the instructions. (harder than it sounds
The programming side may not be such a problem for you if you already know it. I didn't know anything. reading library files written in c++ ain't so bad, but getting used to how an android app is written in java was a huge mindf**k for me at first.It still is actually
I'm really just your average code hacker, I just hack based on educated guesses but I have taken copious notes on what I do and how things work. Seriously, I have two A5 notebooks full of lists, commands, file locations, diagrams and other tips I've found over the past 6 months.
Prepare to read a lot, be confused a lot, say WTF?!?!?! a lot, delighted when you make your first changes and they work, a ton of waiting for builds to finish and perhaps a bit nervous when you are ready to submit your first commit to CyanogenMod...
Your work has really inspired me and yes haha I am moving from windows all though I have had some experience with ubuntu before. It makes sense about the extensions. Thanks for your advice Will ask questions if I need to make -C kernel/lge/p500 O=/home/francesco/WORKING_DIRECTORY/out/target/product/p500/obj/KERNEL_OBJ ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=/home/francesco/WORKING_DIRECTORY/prebuilt/linux-x86/toolchain/arm-eabi-4.4.3/bin/arm-eabi- cyanogenmod_p500_defconfig
make[1]: ingresso nella directory "/home/francesco/WORKING_DIRECTORY/kernel/lge/p500"
make[1]: *** Nessuna regola per generare l'obiettivo "cyanogenmod_p500_defconfig". Arresto.
make[1]: uscita dalla directory "/home/francesco/WORKING_DIRECTORY/kernel/lge/p500"
make: *** [/home/francesco/WORKING_DIRECTORY/out/target/product/p500/obj/KERNEL_OBJ/.config] Errore 2
make: *** Attesa per i processi non terminati....LG P500 ICS Setup
Copy/paste it WORKING_DIR/.repo/local_manifest.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<manifest>
<project path="device/lge/p500" name="p500/cm_device_lge_p500" remote="github" revision="master" />
<project path="vendor/lge/p500" name="p500/cm_vendor_lge_p500" remote="github" revision="master" />
<project path="kernel/lge/p500" name="p500/lge-kernel-msm7x27" remote="github" revision="android-ics-msm-2.6.35" />
</manifest>
No idea, never tried.Question: if installing Ubuntu with wubi on Windows XP, will it show the dual-boot screen on every boot?(or else what shortcut?)
And does it need to defragment, or is it safe just like that?
VM got me an error when installing saying it is incompatible with win xp (I could install, but didn't wanna risk, windows is harder to recover than Android)No idea, never tried.
If you understand anything:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wubi_(Ubuntu)
Why dont you use vmware instead?
Now someone help me with this:
Whenever i try to recompile the framework-res.apk(pasquale test)(even without editing) i get this error:
What can i do about it?
yea I did that... but did anyone try it on XP, it says it failed incompatibility tests or something (same error I got when trying to install windows 7 video drivers on xp) and I don't wanna risk, anyone?
huh? both vmware and virtual box arn't compatible with xp
if you have enough ram and a good enough processor there shouldnt be any problem in using a virtual machine. i use backtrack with 2.9/4gb ram and am able to use both windows7 and backtrack simultaneously without any problems/lagI don't think it's good to install ubuntu to compile android in a virtual machine, I think the compilation would be too slow. I'm sorry I can't help you, I've installed ubuntu from a Live CD and I didn't have many problems with the installation process.
BTW, added the three lines to manifest.xml synced repo. It's compiling well using make -j4
