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## page was renamed from SummerOfCode2016/AndroidSDKToolsInDebian

Android tools in Debian

Description of the project: The Android platform is free software, including the tools used for developing apps for Android. Debian-derivatives are already a preferred platform for Android developers, and many Android SDK tools are included in Debian as part of the Android Tools and Java teams. This project is about working towards the goal of having the entire Android toolchain and SDK in Debian so that Android apps can be developed using only free software from easy-to-use packages. In combination with Replicant, this will make the most popular operating system in the world, Android, into a 100% Free Software platform.

There are many chunks of work to be done:

  • finish packaging all of the core development tools (lint, gradle-plugin, etc.)
  • update android-tools and relevant pkg-java packages to the latest upstream version

  • update androidsdk-tools to the Android Tools Team style, and update to latest upstream version

  • package new parts of the Android upstream source, including the NDK, target platforms, emulators, Android Studio, etc.
  • make all Android Tools packages build reproducibly
  • improve package build systems to be more tightly integrated with upstream build systems
  • add Continuous Integration tests

  • package and improve related tools, like apktool, androguard, fdroidserver, drozer, etc.

Since this project is a large one, multiple mentors and students could work on it simultaneously. You can find relevant documentation in READMEs in each git repo and source package. There is also this wiki section: https://wiki.debian.org/AndroidTools

The Debian Android Tools Team works with git and git-buildpackage: https://wiki.debian.org/PackagingWithGit

  • Confirmed Mentor: Hans-Christoph Steiner

  • How to contact the mentor: hans@at.or.at and _hc on IRC

  • Confirmed co-mentors: Markus Koschany <apo@debian.org>, (add yourself! we had lots of student applications last year)

  • Deliverables of the project: The deliverables of this project will mostly be finished packages submitted to Debian sid, both for new packages and updated packages. Whenever possible, we should also try to get patches submitted and merged upstream in the Android sources.

  • Desirable skills: Building and packaging C and Java code, Android development, an understanding of git and git-buildpackage.

  • What the student will learn: Students will learn to figure out large scale projects like Android, and how to organize their own work within such projects. They will also learn about building and packaging C and Java, as well as some of the guts of Android itself.

  • Related projects: