[Android-tools-devel] Gradle or Ant?

[Fluff Rabbit]

Oh boy. This seems like one of the hardest things to package, so getting new contributors would be its own challenge. I'm assuming the packaging environment would be Debian testing or unstable and the packager would need familiarity with how Google packages things.

Ant used to be the way to build APKs, back when I was still using the official Android SDK and Java. I don't really "get" Gradle and I think it's shitty how a build system needs to update itself just to do its job. I would actually prefer working with Ant if not for incompatibility with other people's apps.

So you're saying that even though it's not documented, Debian's Android SDK should build apps no problem with the Ant it comes with?

On August 4, 2019 3:54:56 AM MDT, "殷啟聰 | Kai-Chung Yan" <seamlik at debian.org> wrote:
>Building an Android application involves a lot of tools, so it would be
>very difficult to do it in Ant without any official support.
>
>I have no opinion on Google toolchain vs Debian toolchain, however the
>Debian one is outdated and currently we have no developer active on
>this package.
>
>fluffrabbit--- via Android-tools-devel 於 2019/8/3 上午4:36 寫道:
>> I'm not sure, but I think the word is that users should get Gradle
>from somewhere else. Doesn't that defeat the purpose of Debian
>packaging?
>> 
>> Until somebody resolves the situation, does Ant work at least? Is
>that recommended? Are there special procedures for using Ant with
>Debian's tools as opposed to using it the Google Android SDK way?
>> 
>> Many thanks.
>> 
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