Ok, I can confirm the bug is not happening with the latest ant version. My bad. However if using the wrong ant version is creating such strange mistakes you might consider making it mandatory or at least print a big fat warning. -- Andreas
On Dec 10, 12:01 pm, Xavier Ducrohet <[email protected]> wrote: > hmm if you use the proper version of Ant this should not be required. > I double checked it a few days ago. > you do need Ant 1.8 > > On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 11:52 AM, Matt Quigley > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Andreas, > >> I'm not sure where you added that line <path refid="jar.libs.ref" />. > >> I need to make this fix in the build.xml file, not in the Android SDK > >> Tools directory, because this change needs to work on all of my team's > >> machines and the build machine. I'll try to find a solution and post > >> it here. > > > I've found the problem. In the latest version of the Android SDK > > Tools (v8), the ${sdk}/tools/ant/main_rules.xml contains the build > > targets for regular Android projects built with Ant. In this file, > > inside the <macrodef name="dex-helper"> element, there is a command > > which calls the application dx which creates the classes.dex file for > > you. It is missing the external libs when called from the -dex > > target. Right now, the ERRONEOUS program is run like: > > > java -Xmx1024M -Djava.ext.dirs=lib\ -jar lib\dx.jar --dex --output=C: > > \xxx\bin\classes.dex C:\xxx\bin\classes > > > However, it SHOULD be run including the external jar libraries as the > > source, along with the java class files: > > > java -Xmx1024M -Djava.ext.dirs=lib\ -jar lib\dx.jar --dex --output=C: > > \xxx\bin\classes.dex C:\xxx\bin\classes c:\xxx\lib\external_lib.jar > > > In order to fix this, you can do two things. One, is to change the $ > > {sdk}/tools/ant/main_rules.xml file yourself by changing the -dex > > target from: > > > <if condition="${manifest.hasCode}"> > > <then> > > <dex-helper /> > > </then> > > <else> > > <echo>hasCode = false. Skipping...</echo> > > </else> > > </if> > > > to: > > > <if condition="${manifest.hasCode}"> > > <then> > > <dex-helper> > > <external-libs> > > <path refid="jar.libs.ref" /> > > </external-libs> > > </dex-helper> > > </then> > > <else> > > <echo>hasCode = false. Skipping...</echo> > > </else> > > </if> > > > Although that solution will work for most developers, it will not work > > if you need to propagate this fix across all team members working on > > the project. As an alternative, you can fix it in your own project's > > build file (build.xml) by ensuring that the external .jar files are > > included in the input directory. You can do this by copying the .jar > > files to the dex input directory before the dex target is called: > > > <target name="-pre-compile"> > > > <!-- To fix a bug in Android SDK Tools v8, we need to copy the > > external > > libraries to the binary output directory, so that the .jar > > is > > included by the DX compiler. This will be unnecessary in the > > future > > when the bug is fixed; see > > http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=13091. --> > > <copy todir="${out.classes.absolute.dir}"> > > <fileset dir="${jar.libs.absolute.dir}"/> > > </copy> > > </target> > > > If you fix it in your own build.xml file, then everyone who checks out > > the project will be able to build the project correctly, without > > having to change the SDK Tools local to their machine. > > > This is documented in the bug here: > >http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=13091 > > > -- > > Matt Quigley > >www.androidengineer.com > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > Xavier Ducrohet > Android SDK Tech Lead > Google Inc. > > Please do not send me questions directly. Thanks! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
