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Developing for Android on OS X
Install Oracle JDK 7+ and Android Studio:
brew tap caskroom/cask
brew install brew-cask
brew cask install java
brew cask install android-studio
Once Android Studio is downloaded and installed, the first time it's run it'll ask to install the Android SDK which you should do. While doing so in the Android SDK Manager make sure to also select and install "Android Support Repository" and "Android Support Library" from "Extras":
By default, the Android SDK will be installed to /Users/<user>/Library/Android/sdk/. If you open Android Studio at this point, you may get an error message telling you that it can't find a JVM, it's because you installed a custom Java VM from Oracle. Follow these instructions to start Android Studio. You'll wind up setting these environment variables in your .bash_profile or similar:
echo "export ANDROID_HOME=`brew --prefix android-sdk`" >> .bash_profile
echo "export ANDROID_NDK_PATH=`brew --cellar android-ndk`/r10e" >> .bash_profile
# Replace <path> with something like /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_31.jdk/Contents/Home
echo "export JAVA_HOME=<path>" >> .bash_profile
echo "export STUDIO_JDK=$JAVA_HOME" >> .bash_profile
Setting Mapbox Access Token
The demo applications use Mapbox vector tiles, which require a Mapbox account and API access token. Obtain an access token on the Mapbox account page.
gradle will take the value of the MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN environ variable and save it to android/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/res/raw/token.txt where the app will read it from.
Run:
make android
open -a Android\ Studio
You can then open android in Android Studio via "Import project (Eclipse ADT, Gradle, etc.)".
Next: get your app running on a hardware Android Device or simulator