I'm trying to get started with Bazel for compiling for Android, and I'm having some problems with my app UI - specifically, if I try to have a UI, Bazel chokes.
The main activity looks like this:
package org.mamizou.example.test
import android.app.Activity;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
....
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main_activity);
}
}
So according to android.developer.com, the right thing to do if I want to use appcompat-v7 is just in my android_library block, include "//external:android/appcompat_v7". Cool. My android_library block now looks like this:
android_library(
name="lib",
deps=[ "//external:android/appcompat_v7", ],
srcs=[ "src/org/mamizou/example/test/ExampleLib.java", ],
)
Ok. Then I run bazel build, and I get
ERROR: missing input file '@android_sdk//:extras/android/support/v7/appcompat/libs/android-support-v7-appcompat.jar"
If I go to my android-sdk directory to check it out, I notice that there's a path like android-sdk/extras/android/m2repository/com/android/support/appcompat-v7 but there's no path like android-sdk/extras/android/support
Using the SDK manager tool, I managed to flush my support repository and re-install it, but no change - my support files are all under m2repository. And they're *.aar files, not *.jar files. I can't find anything with a name like *appcompat.jar
So, something's wrong here. It smells like I've done something wrong with my environment configuration, but you've seen the relevant block of BUILD, and my WORKSPACE looks like this:
android_sdk_repository(
name="android_sdk",
path="/home/mamizou/android-sdk",
api_level=23,
build_tools_version="23.0.2",
)
which looks well-formed to me, at least (and more importantly, points to a real place where the sdk is installed)
- Why is Bazel looking for a *.jar in support, when it seems to me that Google's SDK indicates it should be looking for an *.aar under m2repository?
- What changes do I need to make so Bazel can find the relevant appcompat-v7 files?
fwiw, Bazel build label is 0.2.0-jdk7
