Support #680: Android Development Environment on Arch - GNU/Linux Administration - ALT Project Management

Support #680

Android Development Environment on Arch

Added by Daniel Curtis about 9 years ago. Updated over 8 years ago.

Status:

Closed

Priority:

Normal

Assignee:

Daniel Curtis

Category:

Development Environment

Target version:

Arch Linux

Start date:

10/18/2015

Due date:

% Done:

100%

Estimated time:

3.00 h

Spent time:

3.50 h

Description

This is a guide on how I set up my development environment for developing Android applications on Arch Linux.

Prepare the Environment¶

Edit the pacman config file:

vi /etc/pacman.conf

And uncomment the multilib definition:

[multilib]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

Make sure the system is up to date:
```
pacman -Syu
```

Install a few dependencies:

pacman -S gcc git gnupg flex bison gperf sdl wxgtk squashfs-tools curl ncurses zlib schedtool perl-switch zip unzip libxslt python2-virtualenv bc wget gcc-multilib lib32-zlib lib32-ncurses lib32-readline

Install yaourt

Install libtinfo:
```
yaourt libtinfo
```

Import the ncurses5-compat-libs pgp key:

gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 702353E0F7E48EDB

Install Android SDK¶

Install the Android SDK from the AUR:
```
yaourt -S android-sdk
```

Install the Android SDK Platform Tools from the AUR:
```
yaourt -S android-sdk-platform-tools
```

Install the Android SDK Build Tools from the AUR:
```
yaourt -S android-sdk-build-tools
```

Create an android sdk users group:
```
groupadd sdkusers
```

Add the user bob into the sdkusers group:
```
gpasswd -a bob sdkusers
```

Change folder's group ownership
```
chown -R :sdkusers /opt/android-sdk/
```
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Change permissions of the folder so the user in the sdkuser group will be able to write in the sdk folder:
```
chmod -R g+w /opt/android-sdk/
```

Log out and log back in for the new group to take effect.

Install Android SDK Platform API¶

Next install the latest Android SDK Platform API:
```
yaourt -S android-platform
```

Install Android Tools¶

Install android-tools:
```
pacman -S android-tools
```

Enable USB Debugging on the phone or device:
1. Jelly Bean (4.2) and newer: Go to Settings ~~> About Phone~~ tap Build Number until a popup appears that you have become a developer (about 10 times). Then go to Settings -> Developer --> USB debugging and enable it.
2. Older versions: This is usually done from Settings -> Applications -> Development -> USB debugging. Reboot the phone after checking this option to make sure USB debugging is enabled.

Install android-udev:
```
pacman -S android-udev
```

Add yourself to the adbusers group:
```
gpasswd -a bob adbusers
```

Install Android Studio IDE¶

Install Android Studio from the AUR:
```
yaourt -S android-studio
```
- (Optional) Install the android-support package:
```
yaourt -S android-support
```

Resources¶

Updated by Daniel Curtis about 9 years ago

Subject changed from Android Development on Arch to Android Development Environment on Arch
Description updated (diff)
Status changed from New to In Progress
% Done changed from 0 to 20