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| author | Memphiz <memphis@machzwo.de> | 2017-04-26 19:51:59 +0200 |
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| committer | Memphiz <memphis@machzwo.de> | 2017-05-20 14:32:03 +0200 |
| commit | eee62dc716862daa3bd3e6557c72891ab994a996 (patch) | |
| tree | 63405ea8255518f884f816e076e43d5c8329969a /docs | |
| parent | 8b261588c4ec7dfba7ec4b647a56a885956b90df (diff) | |
[droid] - some fixups to the readme file for android
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/README.android | 14 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/README.android b/docs/README.android index 2f0f2b8945..82f1c410cd 100644 --- a/docs/README.android +++ b/docs/README.android @@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ To develop Kodi for Android the Android SDK and NDK are required. 3.1. Prerequisites when compiling on Mac OSX -------------------------------------------------------------------- -a. When building on Mac OSX you should download the java version from here: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1572 -Or ensure otherwise that you are using java 1.6 (java -version tells you the version). +a. When building on Mac OSX you need to download the java JDK (development kit) from http://www.oracle.com + Or ensure otherwise that you are using java 1.8 (java -version tells you the version). b. The compilation for android needs a case sensitive filesystem. The filesystem used on normal OSX installations is case insensitive. So you need to generate a writeable hdd image and format it with hfs+ (case sensitive). @@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ f. Once you have your hdd image with case sensitive hfs+ file system do all step example the hdd image is mounted on /Volumes/android-dev. $ ./configure --with-tarballs=/Users/Shared/xbmc-depends/tarballs --host=arm-linux-androideabi \ --with-sdk-path=/Volumes/android-dev/android/android-sdk-macosx \ + --with-sdk=android-21 \ --with-ndk=/Volumes/android-dev/android/android-ndk-r12b \ --with-toolchain=/Volumes/android-dev/android/android-toolchain-arm/android-21 \ --prefix=/Volumes/android-dev/android/xbmc-depends @@ -124,6 +125,13 @@ install some android packages using the Android SDK Manager: $ cd <android-sdk>/tools $ ./android update sdk -u -t platform,platform-tool $ ./android update sdk --all -u -t build-tools-20.0.0 + +As of newest SDKs the android tool is deprecated. Use sdkmanager instead: + $ cd <android-sdk>/tools/bin + $ ./sdkmanager platform-tools + $ ./sdkmanager "platforms;android-21" + $ ./sdkmanager "build-tools;20.0.0" + -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.4. Setup the Android toolchain -------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -251,7 +259,7 @@ The built APK will be present in $HOME/kodi-android To install Kodi through the previously built APK in an Android system you can either install it on a real device (smartphone/tablet/...) running Android - >= 2.3.x. + >= 5.x -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.1. Installing Kodi on the Android device |