From 70d00b7d62f7872e36677e991892d61d4aa889ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Akinwale Ariwodola Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2018 11:23:04 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] build documentation updates --- BUILD.md | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/BUILD.md b/BUILD.md index 857d6c8..69e402e 100644 --- a/BUILD.md +++ b/BUILD.md @@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ This app has currently only been built on Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04, 17.10, and 18.04, #### Requirements * JDK 1.8 * Android SDK -* Android NDK +* Crystax Android NDK * Buildozer * Node.js * npm -#### Apt Packages +#### apt Packages Based on the quickstart instructions at http://buildozer.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html ``` sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 @@ -52,12 +52,50 @@ Assuming `lbry-android` as the current working folder: | android.permissions | Android manifest permissions required by the application. This should be set to `INTERNET` at the very least to enable internet connectivity | | android.api | Android API version (Should be at least 23 for Gradle build support) | | android.sdk | Android SDK version (Should be at least 23 for Gradle build support) | -| android.ndk | Android NDK version (13b has been tested to result in a successful build) | -| android.ndk_path | Android NDK path. buildozer will automatically download this if not set | -| android.sdk_path | Android SDK path. buildozer will automatically download this if not set | +| android.ndk | Android NDK version (not required when using crystax Android NDK) | +| android.ndk_path | Android NDK path. This should be set to the crystax Android NDK path) | +| android.sdk_path | Android SDK path. This should be set to the path where the Android SDK is manually set up (if not set up in the `.buildozer` path). | | p4a.source_dir | Path to the python-for-android repository folder. Currently set to the included `p4a` folder | | p4a.local_recipes | Path to a folder containing python_for_android recipes to be used in the build. The included `recipes` folder includes recipes for a successful build | +#### Setup Android SDK for buildozer +Download the Android SDK, platform and build tools archives. +* Android API 23 SDK - https://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r23-linux.tgz +* Android API 27 platform - https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-27_r01.zip +* Android build tools 26.0.1 - https://dl.google.com/android/repository/build-tools_r26.0.1-linux. + +Create the `.buildozer` path (and the `android` sub-path) in your home folder if it doesn't already exist. +`mkdir ~/.buildozer` +`mkdir ~/.buildozer/android` + +Extract the API 23 SDK to the `~/.buildozer/android` path and rename the extracted folder. +``` +tar -xf android-sdk_r23-linux.tgz ~/.buildozer/android/platform/ +mv ~/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk-linux ~/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk-23 +``` + +Extract the API 27 platform archive into the `android-sdk-23` folder and rename the extracted folder. +``` +unzip platform-27_r01.zip -d ~/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk-23/platforms +mv ~/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk-23/platforms/android-8.1.0 ~/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk-23/platforms/android-27 +``` + +Extract the the build tools 26.0.1 build tools into the `android-sdk-23` folder and rename the extracted folder. +``` +mkdir -p ~/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk-23/build-tools +unzip ~/.buildozer/android/platform/build-tools_r26.0.1-linux.zip -d ~/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk-23/build-tools +mv ~/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk-23/build-tools/android-8.0.0 ~/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk-23/build-tools/26.0.1 +``` + +Finally, create the Android SDK license file. This prevents being prompted to accept the SDK license during the build process. +``` +mkdir -p ~/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk-23/licenses +echo $'\nd56f5187479451eabf01fb78af6dfcb131a6481e' > ~/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk-23/licenses/android-sdk-license +``` + +#### Setup Crystax Android NDK for buildozer +Download the Crystax Android NDK from https://us.crystax.net/download/crystax-ndk-10.3.2-linux-x86_64.tar.xz and extract. Remember to update `android.ndk_path` in your `buildozer.spec` to the path of the extracted Crystax NDK archive. + #### Build and Deploy Run `npm i` in the `lbry-android/app` folder to install the necessary modules required by the React Native user interface. @@ -69,7 +107,7 @@ To build and deploy, you can run `./deploy.sh`. This requires a connected device If you already installed `Android SDK` and `adb` * Run `adb reverse tcp:8081 tcp:8081` -* Then go to the `lbry-android/app` folder and run `npm start` +* Then go to the `lbry-android/app` folder and run `npm start` Note: You need to have your device connected with USB debugging.