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Tim Bird: /* target-side tools */ add reference to sqlite3 tool

2011-10-14T16:42:05Z

‎target-side tools: add reference to sqlite3 tool

Tim Bird: /* dumpstate */ add some details

2011-08-02T16:16:00Z

‎dumpstate: add some details

Tim Bird: /* logcat */ add more information about logcat

2011-01-14T19:54:16Z

‎logcat: add more information about logcat

Tim Bird: /* Emulator */

2011-01-11T18:58:15Z

‎Emulator

Tim Bird at 18:57, 11 January 2011

2011-01-11T18:57:32Z

Tim Bird: /* fastboot */

2011-01-11T18:52:41Z

‎fastboot

Frekej: /* Eclipse */

2010-11-30T22:08:01Z

‎Eclipse

Tim Bird: /* target-side tools */ add procrank

2010-07-16T19:10:36Z

‎target-side tools: add procrank

Tim Bird: /* Android SDK */ document ddms and service

2010-07-16T18:36:34Z

‎Android SDK: document ddms and service

Tim Bird: /* Android SDK */ add ddms

2010-07-16T18:27:14Z

‎Android SDK: add ddms

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	service list will show a list of different services that can be communicated with.		service list will show a list of different services that can be communicated with.
		+	==== sqlite3 ====
		+	sqlite3 is a command-line database client program, for manipulating sqlite databases.
		+
		+	See http://www.higherpass.com/Android/Tutorials/Accessing-Data-With-Android-Cursors/ for a tutorial and
		+	some examples of using sqlite.

	==== toolbox ====		==== toolbox ====

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 ==== dumpstate ====
 ==== logcat ====
 This is the user tool for accessing the Android system log.  This is implemented at a special

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 ==== dumpstate ====
 ==== logcat ====
-This is the main
+This is the user tool for accessing the Android system log.  This is implemented at a special
-See http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/adb.html#logcat
+option in adb (I'm not sure what the difference is between "adb logcat" and "adb shell logcat")
 ==== monkey ====

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 ==== Emulator ====
 * Emulator - See http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/emulator.html
 The emulator is a version of QEMU, which mimics the instruction set of an ARM processor, and
 the hardware that one might find on a mobile phone.  The emulator runs on an x86 system,

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-==== fastboot ====
+==== Fastboot ====
-* Fastboot - [[Android Fastboot]] is a tool to boot and manipulate the partitions on an Android development phone.
+[[Android Fastboot]] is a tool to boot and manipulate the partitions on an Android development phone.
 ==== Toolchains ====
-* toolchains -
+Android provides pre-built toolchains (C/C++ compilers and linkers), but requires the installation of a java compiler (JDK) from an external source.
-==== Logging system ====
+As of NDK version r5 (December 2010), the toolchains can now be used in standalone cross-compiler mode.
-* logging system -
+See docs/STANDALONE-TOOLCHAIN.html in the NDK for information about this.  Previously, the toolchains
 ==== Emulator ====

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	== Eclipse ==		== Eclipse ==
		+
		+	The officially supported integrated development environment (IDE) is [http://www.eclipse.org/ Eclipse] (currently 3.4 or 3.5) using the Android Development Tools (ADT) Plugin, though developers may use any text editor to edit Java and XML files then use command line tools (Java Development Kit and Apache Ant are required) to create, build and debug Android applications as well as control attached Android devices (e.g., triggering a reboot, installing software package(s) remotely).

	== Hardware ==		== Hardware ==

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 ==== monkey ====
 ==== service ====
 Can be used to send an individual service message.

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 == Android SDK ==
-=== adb ===
+=== host-side tools ===
 adb is the android debugger - it also doubles as file transfer agent.
 The setup consists of an <tt>adbd</tt> on the target in the <tt>/sbin</tt> directory. On the host two programs are run: the <tt>adb</tt> application (in the SDK's <tt>tools</tt> directory) and an adb server, started by the adb application.
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 * <tt>tools/adb devices</tt> should now list the device.
-=== aapt ===
+==== aapt ====
 The Android Asset Packaging Tool is used to create, inspect and manage Android packages.
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 See [[Android aapt]] for substantially more information.
-=== ddms ===
+==== ddms ====
 The Dalvik Debug Monitor Server is a host-based tool which interacts with and Android target system
 and can show numerous bits of information, including the log, cpu and memory utilization, and
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-=== fastboot ===
+==== fastboot ====
 * Fastboot - [[Android Fastboot]] is a tool to boot and manipulate the partitions on an Android development phone.
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 ** real hardware
-=== traceview ===
+==== traceview ====
 * Google's main page describing traceview: http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/traceview.html
 * http://www.bottomlesspit.org/file_download/2/Android_SDK_Traceview_tool.pdf - good overview presentation by Olivier Bilodeau
 ** presentation with speaker notes: http://www.bottomlesspit.org/file_download/3/Android_SDK_Traceview_tool_w_speakernotes.pdf
 * [http://newfoo.net/2009/04/18/performance-tuning-android-applications.html Performance Tuning Android Applications] - straightforward article discussing traceview use to find an application bottleneck. April 2009.
 == other tools ==

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	See [[Android aapt]] for substantially more information.		See [[Android aapt]] for substantially more information.
		+
		+	=== ddms ===
		+	The Dalvik Debug Monitor Server is a host-based tool which interacts with and Android target system
		+	and can show numerous bits of information, including the log, cpu and memory utilization, and
		+	lots of details about individual processes.
		+
		+	See the [http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/ddms.html DDMS developer guide]