This video may help you with referencing the jar from an android project http://www.screencastcentral.com/public/yt3334.cfm
You can export code as a jar file in eclipse by selecting your project and going to File -> Export -> Select Java folder -> Jar file...then import that into your projects which you want be able to access the jar file from... Hope it helps! Dori On Mar 1, 6:38 pm, Mitch <[email protected]> wrote: > Okay, so one option is to create a .jar file (somehow) and then > (somehow) include that inside Eclipse. I may need to figure out how > to set up the build dependencies as well. > > I'll look into that. Seems reasonable and at least a direction to > try. If anyone has other suggetions or can fill in the "somehow"s, > that would be good too. > > Thanks. Mitch > > On Mar 1, 10:05 am, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Mitch wrote: > > > I'm not sure what the options are, which is the basis of my > > > question. > > > > I have some code that is general (geometry calculations, Android UI > > > helpers, ... etc). I would like to have multiple applications have > > > access to the same code. I don't need this done at runtime, but I do > > > know that is an option. I would like to start with sharing the source > > > and then move to sharing the compiled code (.class?). I don't know > > > how to set up the project to do this. I guessed by creating a new > > > Java Project and leaving off the Activity, which worked as far as the > > > Eclipse environment was concerned (no warnings, errors, etc), but when > > > it runs, it's ugly and unhelpful as to what's wrong. Even debugging > > > doesn't help. > > > > I assume there's a model here for sharing code. Source sharing, > > > compiled code sharing, runtime sharing, ... I simply don't know what > > > the options are for sharing. > > > You need to create a project that creates a JAR file as its target, then > > use that JAR file in other projects. I am sure there is some magic > > incantation, probably involving pentagrams drawn in chicken blood, to > > get Eclipse to do that. :-) Outside of Eclipse, using Ant, it's about a > > 15 second operation once you have the pattern in hand. > > > -- > > Mark Murphy (a Commons > > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > > Android Training...At Your Office:http://commonsware.com/training-Hide > > quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en
