Developing Android apps -> the android.jar source #2

edit: this method is outdated. This one works now (16 April 2011).


For some reason, I've had a fight or two with eclipse on getting these sources right. Even after completing the steps I've mentioned in the other blog post.

The steps I'll describe now makes a fake android-src.jar, and fixed it for me tonight. *puh*

(requires you've done everything else I've mentioned)
#cd/opt/android-sdk-linux_86/platforms/
#ln -s ~/src/android-sources android-src.jar
In eclipse

• Select your project on the right menu of eclipse
• Choose Properties
• Select Android on the left hand list.
• Choose a different SDK version, 1.6 for example.
• Click Apply.
• Wait for building workspace (on the bottom right side of the eclipse window).
• Choose your correct SDK version again. 1.5 in my example.
• Click Apply.

Note that the dummy android-src-jar we've made by sym-link needs to be replaced if you're swapping SDK versions.

This is a bit fuzzy and I'm not sure why these sources are causing such grief. There may be better ways of doing this, please tell me if you come across one.

/Finn