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Learning Embedded Android N Programming

Learning Embedded Android N Programming

By : Morgillo
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Learning Embedded Android N Programming

Learning Embedded Android N Programming

2.8 (5)
By: Morgillo

Overview of this book

Take a deep dive into the Android build system and its customization with Learning Embedded Android Programming, written to help you master the steep learning curve of working with embedded Android. Start by exploring the basics of Android OS, discover Google’s “repo” system, and discover how to retrieve AOSP source code. You'll then find out to set up the build environment and the first AOSP system. Next, learn how to customize the boot sequence with a new animation, and use an Android “kitchen” to “cook” your custom ROM. By the end of the book, you'll be able to build customized Android open source projects by developing your own set of features.
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Installing the required tools

Even if officially the supported Linux distribution is Ubuntu, the following procedures and commands are equally correct on every Debian-based distribution, if it is actually installed on your computer or is running as a virtual machine.

To be able to acquire the source code, retrieving it from Google git repository, we need to install git. Let's open a Terminal and run:

~$ sudo apt-get install git

Apt will ask for our super user password and will take care of installing git in the system. Once we have git, we need its trusted companion tool—repo. Repo does not need a real installation. It's a Python script, so we just need to download it and place it in a handy folder.

Let's create a bin folder in our home folder and add it to the system path:

~$ mkdir ~/bin
~$ export PATH=~/bin:$PATH

Now that we have a folder, we can download repo using curl:

~$ curl https://storage.googleapis.com/git-repo-downloads/repo > ~/bin/repo
~$ chmod a+x ~/bin...

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