[Replicant] Android Studio calls for Replicant Studio

David Hedlund public at beloved.name
Thu May 26 21:00:55 UTC 2016


On 2016-05-25 23:20, Josh Branning wrote:
> On 24/05/16 11:34, David Hedlund wrote:
>> Android Studio require Android SDK: "The tools in Google's “software
>> development kit” (SDK) appear to be free, but it is hard work to check
>> this. The definition files for certain Google APIs are nonfree.
>> Installing the SDK requires signing a proprietary software license,
>> which you should refuse to sign. Replicant's SDK is a free replacement.
>> - https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Android_Studio
>>
>>
>> Is there any Replicant Studio or do you guys plan to make it?
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> Just had another look at this ...
>
> '   Historically, building the Android tools required building the 
> full Android SDK as well, since for example the emulator needed the 
> system image.
>
>    However, we've been gradually migrating the tools source code over 
> to a more independent setup, and you can now build the Android Studio 
> IDE without a full Android checkout and without a C compiler etc. The 
> instructions for building Android Studio are listed in the Building 
> Android Studio page
>
> This is really what I would want too then. As I don't like having to 
> download the whole Replicant tree to build the SDK when creating apps ...
>
> [1]: http://tools.android.com/build
>
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So can Android Studio be built on Replicant SDK?


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