Proper way to update api/current.xml?

[David Herges]

Hi,

I want to extend the Android API and added some classes to frameworks/base/core/java. I do

mmm frameworks/base/core/res && mmm frameworks/base/
make update-api
make sdk

Then, my custom classes are included in the framework.jar. Yet, this seems not to update api/current.xml and the classes are not included in the android.jar

I found similar problem and solution in this postings: https://groups.google.com/d/topic/android-building/Je-TX7EtDlE/discussion
However, the URL in that posting is unreachable.

What is the proper way to put custom classes into android.jar? (wihtout doing a full rebuild/clean if possible)


Thanks, David

[David Herges]

I can now add the following information: the above commands work, if the classes are placed under the 'android.*' package namespace. When classes are in another package, e.g. 'mydroid.custom', then they don't get included in android.jar (in framework.jar, they are included).

Seems like something with droiddoc so that classes are not compiled for api-stubs. I tried to edit frameworks/base/core/Android.mk and edited the following lines:

# the documentation

# ============================================================

# TODO: deal with com/google/android/googleapps

packages_to_document := \

android \

mydroid \

javax/microedition/khronos

Still this doesn't result in the api stubs being generated...

Thanks for any advise, David

[Jean-Baptiste Queru]

FWIW, the recommended way to add APIs is to add them into separate
libraries, not into the core android.jar.

I believe that device/sample has an example of that.

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[David Herges]

FWIW, the recommended way to add APIs is to add them into separate
libraries, not into the core android.jar.

Yep, I know that this is the official recommendation. I do this for internal testing/playing-around only, so I'm deffo fine to modify the core Android API. 

Don't ask my why, the changes to the Android.mk seem to work now. Don't remember exactly the sequence of commands: full rebuild, make update-api, make sdk, etc., in the end, one-shot makefiles are working now.

frameworks/base/core/Android.mk

# the documentation
# ============================================================

### puts package 'mydroid' and any subpackages into API stubs (android.jar)