Android Development

Android Basics

• Tip: An easy way to add import packages to your project is to press Ctrl-Shift-O (Cmd-Shift-O, on Mac). This is an Eclipse shortcut that identifies missing packages based on your code and adds them for you.
• cpuinfo: /proc/cpuinfo

Useful Links

• using-adp1-without-sim-card
• register g1
• update g1 firmware
• Corona Sdk [[1]]
• HTML5 DeviceMotionEvent [[2]]
• PhoneGap [[3]]

Troubleshooting

If Android Device cannot be found (??????? no permissions error):

These instructions solve the problem almost entirely, with a slight deviation for CentOS 6. Here is what you have to do:

• su
• vi /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules
• Paste into the file:

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="502", SYMLINK+="android_adb",MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="0b05", SYMLINK+="android_adb",MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="413c", SYMLINK+="android_adb",MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="489", SYMLINK+="android_adb",MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="04c5", SYMLINK+="android_adb",MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="04c5", SYMLINK+="android_adb",MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="091e", SYMLINK+="android_adb",MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="18d1", SYMLINK+="android_adb",MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="109b", SYMLINK+="android_adb",MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="0bb4", SYMLINK+="android_adb",MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="12d1", SYMLINK+="android_adb",MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="24000", SYMLINK+="android_adb",MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="2116", SYMLINK+="android_adb",MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="482", SYMLINK+="android_adb",MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="17ef", SYMLINK+="android_adb",MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="1004", SYMLINK+="android_adb",MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="22b8", SYMLINK+="android_adb",MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="409", SYMLINK+="android_adb",MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="2080", SYMLINK+="android_adb",MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="955", SYMLINK+="android_adb",MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="2257", SYMLINK+="android_adb",MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="10a9", SYMLINK+="android_adb",MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="1d4d", SYMLINK+="android_adb",MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="471", SYMLINK+="android_adb",MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="04da", SYMLINK+="android_adb",MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="05c6", SYMLINK+="android_adb",MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="1f53", SYMLINK+="android_adb",MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="400000000", SYMLINK+="android_adb",MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="04dd", SYMLINK+="android_adb",MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="054c", SYMLINK+="android_adb",MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="0fce", SYMLINK+="android_adb",MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="2340", SYMLINK+="android_adb",MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="930", SYMLINK+="android_adb",MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="19d2", SYMLINK+="android_adb",MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"

• udevadm control --reload-rules
• Now "adb devices" should list the device correctly
• If not, restart ADB server:
  • adb kill-server
  • adb start-server