Eclipsed crashed while building APK
A tester reported that Eclipse crashed while trying to build the Briar APK. Here are the build instructions that the tester was following:
- Install the Eclipse ADT Bundle: https://developer.android.com/sdk/
- Download the source code:
- a) File > Import > Git > Projects from Git > URI
- b) https://code.briarproject.org/akwizgran/briar.git
- c) Select all branches
- d) Import existing projects
- e) Select all projects
- Enable USB debugging on the test device:
- a) Settings > About Phone
- b) Tap on Build Number seven times to enable Developer Options
- c) Settings > Developer Options > USB Debugging
- d) Connect the USB cable
- Build and launch the app:
- a) Right-click on the briar-android project
- b) Run As > Android Application
- After lauching the app you can find the APK in briar-android/bin
The crash occurred at step 4b. The following build environment was used:
- Kubuntu 14.04
- Linux 3.13.0-34-generic x86_64
- adt-bundle-linux-x86_64-20140702
Building from the command line with ant was successful.