Re: [aerogear-dev] Early version of Android Tutorial

On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 8:57 AM, Christos Vasilakis <cvasilak(a)gmail.com <mailto:cvasilak@gmail.com>> wrote: On Jul 3, 2013, at 8:56 AM, Matthias Wessendorf <matzew(a)apache.org <mailto:matzew@apache.org>> wrote: > > > > On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 1:32 PM, Christos Vasilakis > <cvasilak(a)gmail.com <mailto:cvasilak@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Hi Tommy, > > nice guide! > > did some formatting fixes on it and pushed on a branch here [1]. > > Further, had some issues following the "Configure the Build" > for eclipse section. In particular: > > *>> PushEEDemo relies upon "aerogear-android", so we must > enable the two to work in tandem on the build path. In Eclipse * > *>> ADT, right click "aerogear-android", choose > "Properties", then choose "Android", and check "Is Library".* > > Apart from the 'Is library' checkbox, in the same form the > user should select a build target >= 4.0 otherwise there will > be errors of missing import statements of > "android.app.Fragment'. > > > > I *think* the "Android support library" fixes that, see [1] unfortunately no 'Android Support lib' will resolve the 'android.support.v4.app.*' imports problem only. The Build target >= 4.0 is needed otherwise imports of 'android.app.Fragment' won't work Oh - :) So the 2.3.3 / API Level-10 is not enough? If so, I'd file a bug for later, so that we not forget to look into that (what ever the "solution" means). -M

> > > *>> Now, right click >>"MainActivity" of PushEEDemo, and > choose "Properties" again. Click "Java Build Path", and check > the box >> next to "aerogear->android". This will include the > necessary resources needed for AeroGear. > * > Unfortunately I couldn't find that but I solved the issue by > selecting 'Android' from the left hand side of the Properties > dialog, and on the "Library section I clicked 'Add' and > added the dependency to 'aerogear-android' (found on the > instructions suggested by the eclipse aerogear guide here > <http://aerogear.org/docs/guides/GetStartedAndroidEclipse/>) > > > yes, that should be the right way. > > > *>> Finally, we also need to add a few Android and Google > resources to the build path of PushEEDemo....* > * > * > Once the libraries were added on PushEEDemo and tried to run > eclipse complained "Your project contains errors, please fix > them before running your application", mainly cause > aerogear-android has missing dependencies. To fix that the > libraries should be added to the 'aerogear-android' project > and not on 'PushEEDemo'. Further the user should ensure on > the "Order and Export Tab the libraries are checked > otherwise the dependent ant project "PushEEDemo" will > complain. Once this is setup, the project run fluently :) > > (As a side note ADT tools provides a feature to add the > support library, that is right clicking on the > aerogear-android project and selecting "Android Tools->Add > Support library..." will download the missing support library > so probably for this, we can instruct the user to do that). > > > My big cumbersome was downloading and configuring the missing > libraries. I know that since aerogear-android uses maven > (and with the Maven SDK Deployer installed) we can do: > > mvn dependency:copy (after we git clone the project) > > that will install the missing libraries in the /libs folder > of aerogear-android and then be auto picked up by eclipse > when we import the project (adding only the support library > using the ADT eclipse feature 'Add Support Library' and the > google-play services.jar). I tried that too and worked fluenty. > > I think for the purpose of the guide it can use the method > you describe e.g manually adding the dependencies but > probably add a comment in the like that "you can skip the > manual process of downloading the libraries by using the > maven sdk deployer plugin that aerogear-android uses, for > more information see the installation instructions in the > project's web site here > <https://github.com/aerogear/aerogear-android>) > > I think Summers and Passos can comment better on this one. > > > yep. > > I also had issues with Eclipse, and Summers already commented on > some of the issues there (see [1]). > > > Nice work! > > > > +1 > > > [1] > http://aerogear-dev.1069024.n5.nabble.com/aerogear-dev-Android-Eclipse-is... > > > > > > Thanks, > Christos > > > > [1] > https://github.com/cvasilak/aerogear.org/commits/initial.review > > Depending upon your configuration, you may need to also > reference the following external JARs (followed by location) > in your aerogear-android project: > > > On Jun 26, 2013, at 10:52 PM, Tommy McCarthy > <tomccart(a)redhat.com <mailto:tomccart@redhat.com>> wrote: > >> Hey everyone, >> >> I just pushed out the first iteration of the Android Push >> tutorial, similar to the iOS tutorial, to my GitHub account. >> I'm looking for some feedback on what I have so far >> (including style, content, depth, etc.) >> >> https://github.com/tmccarthy9/aerogear.org/tree/master/docs/guides/aeroge... >> >> Of course, I will be both finishing and polishing it up >> before I submit a pull request, but I'd like to know what >> everyone thinks so far. >> >> Thanks for your help! >> Tommy McCarthy >> _______________________________________________ >> aerogear-dev mailing list >> aerogear-dev(a)lists.jboss.org >> <mailto:aerogear-dev@lists.jboss.org> >> https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/aerogear-dev > > > _______________________________________________ > aerogear-dev mailing list > aerogear-dev(a)lists.jboss.org > <mailto:aerogear-dev@lists.jboss.org> > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/aerogear-dev > > > > > -- > Matthias Wessendorf > > blog: http://matthiaswessendorf.wordpress.com/ > sessions: http://www.slideshare.net/mwessendorf > twitter: http://twitter.com/mwessendorf > _______________________________________________ > aerogear-dev mailing list > aerogear-dev(a)lists.jboss.org <mailto:aerogear-dev@lists.jboss.org> > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/aerogear-dev _______________________________________________ aerogear-dev mailing list aerogear-dev(a)lists.jboss.org <mailto:aerogear-dev@lists.jboss.org> https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/aerogear-dev -- Matthias Wessendorf blog: http://matthiaswessendorf.wordpress.com/ sessions: http://www.slideshare.net/mwessendorf twitter: http://twitter.com/mwessendorf _______________________________________________ aerogear-dev mailing list aerogear-dev(a)lists.jboss.org https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/aerogear-dev