Sunday, May 23, 2010

[android-developers] Re: Best practices for creating multiple app versions from a single codebase?

I think for many situations the SDK's "library project" mechanism
solves the originally posted problem (without additional plug-ins,
scripts, or the ant learning curve)...

http://developer.android.com/intl/fr/guide/developing/eclipse-adt.html#libraryProject

There is an ongoing thread in this group with more details:

http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/thread/b4a5d751346655b


On May 22, 12:48 pm, Michael <nicholls...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi Bob,
>
> I too would be very interested to hear how you have your build process
> setup.
>
> Ideally I would like to develop and debug with Eclipse, commit my code
> and then like you say, checkout a pristine copy and do production
> builds of paid and free versions with a script.
>
> If you get time to write it up, I think a number of us would be
> extremely greatfull.
>
> Cheers,
> Mike
>
> On May 7, 4:25 pm, Bob Kerns <r...@acm.org> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I don't recommend doing production builds directly in your Eclipse
> > environment.
>
> > Export a copy, and modify that. In fact, I strongly urge checking out
> > a pristine copy from revision control for real production builds.
>
> > I derive my build numbers from the Eclipse revision I'm building. I
> > inject that into the AndroidManifest.xml via an XSLT ant task.
>
> > I've been meaning to write up my build practices for a while; I keep
> > holding off for certain refinements, but I really should get to it
> > soon, since it's a recurring issue for people.
>
> > On May 4, 4:42 pm, Leigh McRae <leigh.mc...@lonedwarfgames.com> wrote:
>
> > > Since you talk about a generated ant file tt sounds like you're project
> > > was created using the android tool instead of Eclipse.  Is this
> > > correct?  I spent most of today trying to get a non-eclipse project
> > > going and had some success up until debugging.  I really wanted to use
> > > NetBeans but it looks like Eclipse is doing quite a bit under the hood
> > > for you when it comes to debugging.
>
> > > If you're using an Ant script for the main build, how are you using
> > > Eclipse with it?  I wrote something to inc the version number and
> > > Eclipse really doesn't like the AndroidManifest.xml  file touched.
>
> > > Leigh
>
> > > On 5/4/2010 4:36 PM, Alex (PS3 Friends) wrote:
>
> > > > My solution was to create two different starter classes with different
> > > > packages.  One for the paid version and the other for the free
> > > > version.  Since the package name is used to identify the application
> > > > in the market.  You can use this to customize the app, by setting
> > > > properties in the different start classes.  I modified the generated
> > > > Ant file to switch between the paid/free versions.  I created a task
> > > > that uses regular expression replacements, identifying sections and
> > > > replacing the starting class name depending on what I am deploying in
> > > > the manifest.  You can even modify the XML layouts using this method.
> > > > Essentially pre-processing prior to compilation.  The R class is the
> > > > only issue, you need to make sure you include an * import for both
> > > > packages otherwise it won't work, and you will have to modify code
> > > > each time.  Also, Eclipse gets upset when you change things underneath
> > > > it after compiling the R class, you need to delete the generated
> > > > source directory.  This is the best solution I have come up with so
> > > > far, it's not great but it works for me and it is scripted.
>
> > > > Alex
>
> > > > On May 4, 3:01 pm, Tomáš  Hubálek<tom.huba...@gmail.com>  wrote:
>
> > > >> I'm thinking about the same thing.
>
> > > >> I believe thathttp://code.google.com/p/maven-android-plugin/couldbe
> > > >> a solution. Maven is very powerful tool for building (we are using it
> > > >> for JEE projects) so I'm sure that it will support also multiple APKs
> > > >> from one source code base.
>
> > > >> But I didn't looked into details yet.
>
> > > >> Tom
>
> > > >> On 4 kvě, 20:37, "E.P"<eld...@gmail.com>  wrote:
>
> > > >>> Are there any viable approaches for creating multiple .APKs out of a
> > > >>> single codebase?
>
> > > >>> The apps may share the same code, but they could have different
> > > >>> manifest files, different resources, or different external libraries
> > > >>> (for example in an app with both free and paid versions, the free
> > > >>> version could have a library for display ads).
>
> > > >>> Ideally, this would be a single Eclipse project, with a way to specify
> > > >>> which app to build/debug, and possibly a command line way to batch
> > > >>> build everything.
>
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