I wish to become a developer for our O1's! - Optimus One, P500, V General

Hi guys, I would like to ask you what IDE's and other software I need to make and modify android roms. I am particularly looking at helping with ICS production. I know java and some C++ if this helps, I am unsure of what to use whether that be eclipse or some other IDE/SDk. Also there are a few file types I am unfamiliar with and want to know how to edit those such as .so's and other files. Thanks P500 community you guys are awesome D

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If you haven't already, I'd highly reccomend setting up a build environment and trying to sync the cm repos. Once you have the code, you can play around and see what you need from there, in terms of an IDE.
Sent from my LG-P500 using XDA

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Fantastic, I shall get onto that right away.

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May the force be with you, bro!
Sent from my LG-P500 using Tapatalk 2

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gymfreak7855 said:
Hi guys, I would like to ask you what IDE's and other software I need to make and modify android roms. I am particularly looking at helping with ICS production. I know java and some C++ if this helps, I am unsure of what to use whether that be eclipse or some other IDE/SDk. Also there are a few file types I am unfamiliar with and want to know how to edit those such as .so's and other files. Thanks P500 community you guys are awesome D
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gymfreak7855 said:
Hi guys, I would like to ask you what IDE's and other software I need to make and modify android roms. I am particularly looking at helping with ICS production. I know java and some C++ if this helps, I am unsure of what to use whether that be eclipse or some other IDE/SDk. Also there are a few file types I am unfamiliar with and want to know how to edit those such as .so's and other files. Thanks P500 community you guys are awesome D
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Read some android books.you already know c++ and Java so you will become good dev.
For playing with code you need.
Ubuntu.
Notepad.
sdk & adb.
And this "good luck!"

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Yeah! Actually even i am interested in learning.
I know c/c++. No java yet
I'll be finishing my exams on the 3rd of may and would have around 2 months of vacations to learn
So guidance would really be appreciated. Do we need a separate sdk for linux based os? I have sdk on windows, isnt that enough?
What is the advantage of using linux for android development? I have backtrack(ubuntu based) on vmware. Will it do?

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Essential Software:
Ubuntu 11.10 (dual boot not virtual machine, it's too slow)
Eclipse IDE with the Android plugins
Meld (for easy directory compares)
Mastery of the terminal especially git / repo commands
Github account
CyanogenMod gerrit account
Google Plus account
I'm assuming you're coming from Windows since you don't know what a .so file is (like I did when starting). .so files are android's versions of .dll files. 'executables' don't have a file extension. Kernel modules use the .ko extension.
(I think .so means shared object, .ko means kernel object. Makes sense to me anyway )
The worst thing about starting is simply the sheer size of the project, it is a whole operating system we are dealing with here!
Start simple and easy, follow the instructions on how to make your own build and flash it. (and feel proud you have your own build string in about phone!) Then do it again without the instructions. (harder than it sounds )
The programming side may not be such a problem for you if you already know it. I didn't know anything. reading library files written in c++ ain't so bad, but getting used to how an android app is written in java was a huge mindf**k for me at first.It still is actually
I'm really just your average code hacker, I just hack based on educated guesses but I have taken copious notes on what I do and how things work. Seriously, I have two A5 notebooks full of lists, commands, file locations, diagrams and other tips I've found over the past 6 months.
Prepare to read a lot, be confused a lot, say WTF?!?!?! a lot, delighted when you make your first changes and they work, a ton of waiting for builds to finish and perhaps a bit nervous when you are ready to submit your first commit to CyanogenMod...

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Can't we practice on something less taxing than the the whole cyanogenmod, like maybe some prebuilt system apps?
I have allocated 2.9gb of ram and enough cpu to my vm for it to run smoothly so speed isn't really an issue here
Will backtrack do or would ubuntu be better(backtrack is a network security related os based on ubuntu only)
And how important is java. I have two months of almost pure vacations(just have to make a project) so time wont be much of an issue and i'll anyway be doing java in a year or two at college so starting now wont be any harm.
BTW just curious why is g+ account an essentiality here?
Edit
Oh and yeah ill be switching from win to linux and that IS going to be a pretty big problem :/
I don't even properly know what a kernel is and what it does.
Edit2
Iv added you to my circles adfad please add me.

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These guides could help!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1272270
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=667298

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I'm starting learning too. I already know the android framework and java.
I have some problems when I try to compile for a device.
Code:
[email protected]:~/WORKING_DIRECTORY$ source build/envsetup.sh
including device/moto/wingray/vendorsetup.sh
including device/samsung/maguro/vendorsetup.sh
including device/samsung/toro/vendorsetup.sh
including device/ti/panda/vendorsetup.sh
including vendor/cm/vendorsetup.sh
including sdk/bash_completion/adb.bash
It doesn't include device/cm_device_lge_p500/vendorsetup.sh (I'm using androidmeda's sources) and if I run "lunch":
Code:
[email protected]:~/WORKING_DIRECTORY$ lunch
You're building on Linux
Lunch menu... pick a combo:
1. full-eng
2. full_x86-eng
3. vbox_x86-eng
4. full_maguro-userdebug
5. full_toro-userdebug
6. full_panda-eng
7. cm_anzu-userdebug
8. cm_captivatemtd-userdebug
9. cm_coconut-userdebug
10. cm_crespo-userdebug
11. cm_crespo4g-userdebug
12. cm_epicmtd-userdebug
13. cm_galaxysbmtd-userdebug
14. cm_galaxysmtd-userdebug
15. cm_galaxys2-userdebug
16. cm_haida-userdebug
17. cm_hallon-userdebug
18. cm_i777-userdebug
19. cm_iyokan-userdebug
20. cm_mango-userdebug
21. cm_maguro-userdebug
22. cm_p1-userdebug
23. cm_p1c-userdebug
24. cm_p3-userdebug
25. cm_p4-userdebug
26. cm_p4tmo-userdebug
27. cm_p4vzw-userdebug
28. cm_p4wifi-userdebug
29. cm_p5-userdebug
30. cm_p5wifi-userdebug
31. cm_p920-userdebug
32. cm_p970-userdebug
33. cm_p990-userdebug
34. cm_p999-userdebug
35. cm_pyramid-userdebug
36. cm_satsuma-userdebug
37. cm_shooter-userdebug
38. cm_shooteru-userdebug
39. cm_smb_a1011-userdebug
40. cm_smultron-userdebug
41. cm_tenderloin-userdebug
42. cm_tf101-userdebug
43. cm_tf201-userdebug
44. cm_toro-userdebug
45. cm_urushi-userdebug
46. cm_vibrantmtd-userdebug
47. cm_wingray-userdebug
48. cm_zeus-userdebug
Which would you like? [full-eng]
There isn't our phone.
I think it can't know I've added another device. Does anybody know how to solve this problem? I'm sure it's something pretty stupid...
P.S. I'm using Ubuntu 11.10
EDIT: Ok, I think I've done something wrong syncing androidmeda sources.
What I've done is:
Code:
[email protected]:~$ cd WORKING_DIRECTORY
[email protected]:~/WORKING_DIRECTORY$ repo init -u git://github.com/androidmeda/cm_device_lge_p500.git
repo initialized in /home/francesco/WORKING_DIRECTORY
[email protected]:~/WORKING_DIRECTORY$ repo sync
Fetching projects: 100% (248/248), done.
Syncing work tree: 100% (248/248), done.
I've done this for git://github.com/androidmeda/cm_vendor_lge_p500.git and git://github.com/androidmeda/lge-kernel-msm7x27.git too. I can't see them though.
Solved the problem. Cloned androidmeda's device folder into device/lge/p500
EDIT2: FINALLY COMPILING!
EDIT3:
Code:
make: *** Nessuna regola per generare l'obiettivo "device/lge/p500/init.p500.usb.rc
It's 'No rule to make target'. I don't know what to do, I can't even find that file, but I've got a file called init.thunderg.usb.rc
Solved renaming init.thunderg.usb.rc to init.p500.usb.rc. It's compiling now

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adfad666 said:
Essential Software:
Ubuntu 11.10 (dual boot not virtual machine, it's too slow)
Eclipse IDE with the Android plugins
Meld (for easy directory compares)
Mastery of the terminal especially git / repo commands
Github account
CyanogenMod gerrit account
Google Plus account
I'm assuming you're coming from Windows since you don't know what a .so file is (like I did when starting). .so files are android's versions of .dll files. 'executables' don't have a file extension. Kernel modules use the .ko extension.
(I think .so means shared object, .ko means kernel object. Makes sense to me anyway )
The worst thing about starting is simply the sheer size of the project, it is a whole operating system we are dealing with here!
Start simple and easy, follow the instructions on how to make your own build and flash it. (and feel proud you have your own build string in about phone!) Then do it again without the instructions. (harder than it sounds )
The programming side may not be such a problem for you if you already know it. I didn't know anything. reading library files written in c++ ain't so bad, but getting used to how an android app is written in java was a huge mindf**k for me at first.It still is actually
I'm really just your average code hacker, I just hack based on educated guesses but I have taken copious notes on what I do and how things work. Seriously, I have two A5 notebooks full of lists, commands, file locations, diagrams and other tips I've found over the past 6 months.
Prepare to read a lot, be confused a lot, say WTF?!?!?! a lot, delighted when you make your first changes and they work, a ton of waiting for builds to finish and perhaps a bit nervous when you are ready to submit your first commit to CyanogenMod...
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Thanks man Your work has really inspired me and yes haha I am moving from windows all though I have had some experience with ubuntu before. It makes sense about the extensions. Thanks for your advice Will ask questions if I need to

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I'm having problems compiling using make -j4
Code:
make -C kernel/lge/p500 O=/home/francesco/WORKING_DIRECTORY/out/target/product/p500/obj/KERNEL_OBJ ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=/home/francesco/WORKING_DIRECTORY/prebuilt/linux-x86/toolchain/arm-eabi-4.4.3/bin/arm-eabi- cyanogenmod_p500_defconfig
make[1]: ingresso nella directory "/home/francesco/WORKING_DIRECTORY/kernel/lge/p500"
make[1]: *** Nessuna regola per generare l'obiettivo "cyanogenmod_p500_defconfig". Arresto.
make[1]: uscita dalla directory "/home/francesco/WORKING_DIRECTORY/kernel/lge/p500"
make: *** [/home/francesco/WORKING_DIRECTORY/out/target/product/p500/obj/KERNEL_OBJ/.config] Errore 2
make: *** Attesa per i processi non terminati....
'No rule to make target "cyanogenmod_p500_defconfig". Stop'
Any idea?
When I've used make -i I haven't had this problem
EDIT: Solved moving cyanogenmod_p500_defconfig in p500 folder
Ok, I'm trying to tidy up everything a bit. I've noticed there is a new github. I've seen this:
Code:
LG P500 ICS Setup
Copy/paste it WORKING_DIR/.repo/local_manifest.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<manifest>
<project path="device/lge/p500" name="p500/cm_device_lge_p500" remote="github" revision="master" />
<project path="vendor/lge/p500" name="p500/cm_vendor_lge_p500" remote="github" revision="master" />
<project path="kernel/lge/p500" name="p500/lge-kernel-msm7x27" remote="github" revision="android-ics-msm-2.6.35" />
</manifest>
I have no local_manifest.xml. Do I have to create it? Or do I have to add these three lines to manifest.xml (which is in .repo folder)? And do I have to add toolchain too?

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Question: if installing Ubuntu with wubi on Windows XP, will it show the dual-boot screen on every boot?(or else what shortcut?)
And does it need to defragment, or is it safe just like that?

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vlt96 said:
Question: if installing Ubuntu with wubi on Windows XP, will it show the dual-boot screen on every boot?(or else what shortcut?)
And does it need to defragment, or is it safe just like that?
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No idea, never tried.
If you understand anything:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wubi_(Ubuntu)
Why dont you use vmware instead?
Now someone help me with this:
Whenever i try to recompile the framework-res.apk(pasquale test)(even without editing) i get this error:
What can i do about it?

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rishabh22 said:
No idea, never tried.
If you understand anything:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wubi_(Ubuntu)
Why dont you use vmware instead?
Now someone help me with this:
Whenever i try to recompile the framework-res.apk(pasquale test)(even without editing) i get this error:
What can i do about it?
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VM got me an error when installing saying it is incompatible with win xp (I could install, but didn't wanna risk, windows is harder to recover than Android)

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try using virtual box.
https://www.virtualbox.org/

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rishabh22 said:
try using virtual box.
https://www.virtualbox.org/
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yea I did that... but did anyone try it on XP, it says it failed incompatibility tests or something (same error I got when trying to install windows 7 video drivers on xp) and I don't wanna risk, anyone?

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I don't think it's good to install ubuntu to compile android in a virtual machine, I think the compilation would be too slow. I'm sorry I can't help you, I've installed ubuntu from a Live CD and I didn't have many problems with the installation process.
BTW, added the three lines to manifest.xml synced repo. It's compiling well using make -j4

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vlt96 said:
yea I did that... but did anyone try it on XP, it says it failed incompatibility tests or something (same error I got when trying to install windows 7 video drivers on xp) and I don't wanna risk, anyone?
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huh? both vmware and virtual box arn't compatible with xp
why the heck were u trying to install win7 video drivers on xp
And why dont you dual boot?
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ZatBaloo said:
I don't think it's good to install ubuntu to compile android in a virtual machine, I think the compilation would be too slow. I'm sorry I can't help you, I've installed ubuntu from a Live CD and I didn't have many problems with the installation process.
BTW, added the three lines to manifest.xml synced repo. It's compiling well using make -j4
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if you have enough ram and a good enough processor there shouldnt be any problem in using a virtual machine. i use backtrack with 2.9/4gb ram and am able to use both windows7 and backtrack simultaneously without any problems/lag
I have an i5 2.3-2.9GHz

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Sure it depends on what you want to compile. It was just a suggestion to compile faster. You probably won't notice lag, but it will take more to compile everything.