Creating a new Android Project in Terminal-IDE

Question

Is there a script or something that creates a new Android project in Terminal IDE on Android? How does the R file get updated with new resources?

Answer 1

This might help : http://developer.android.com/tools/projects/projects-cmdline.html

It will create a project that can be used...with ant.

Maven has an archetype system that can create a new Android project : https://github.com/akquinet/android-archetypes

There doesn't seem to be any gradle equivalent (yet).

Answer 2

You need to create your project's home folder and then create the

./src
./dist
./res
./build
./build/classes

directories and add an "AndroidManifest.xml" file manually. It works. Copy the "builder.sh" script in the project's home folder and make the proper changes like cd into your project's home folder, set your project's package name and select the main activity class. As per your question about the R.java file, the aapt tool from Android SDK detects the changes in resources and writes R.java file and packs resources accordingly.