Top "Android-build" questions

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Vector drawables that are automatically converted to pngs

At Google IO, the Tools team briefly showed the possibility to define vector drawables with a specific suffix (e.g. …

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How does the Android build process work?

I've found a good article on how the Android build process works, which shows the following process: However, I've also …

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Error:Build-in class shrinker and multidex are not supported yet

After adding useProguard true and multidexEnabled true to my built types this error comes up when trying to build: Error:…

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Android 5.0 build errors with Java version issue

My current java version running on my Ubuntu 14.04 is java -version java version "1.7.0_72" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_72-b14) …

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Building separate Android modules with dexpreopt disabled

For my thesis, I'm modifying the android framework and building the source (4.1.1 Jelly Bean). I can do a full build, …

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How to obtain Firmware version of Android programmatically?

The following screenshot of a generic tablet shows an example of Firmware version: We have tried pretty much everything of …

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What is the difference between some "Android Development/SDK tools"?

What is the difference between the Android Development Tools and the Android SDK Tools and the Android SDK Platform-tools and …

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Bulk Publishing of Android Apps

We have several apps that will be very similar in layout and code. The only difference is we will be …

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duplicate entry: com/android/volley/AuthFailureError.class while compiling project in android studio

I am using external libraries payu money sdk and linkedin-sdk, both uses volley libraries, which while compiling project gives duplicate …

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Android Gradle Plugin 1.1.0 - getNdkFolder() not found anymore, any replacement?

I just updated android Gradle plugin to 1.1.0 from 1.0.0, and I got this error: No signature of method: com.android.build.…

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