On May 9, 2012, at 2:54 AM, Miljenko Cvjetko wrote:
> So let see:
> http://docs.xamarin.com/android/advanced_topics/working_with_androidmanifest.xml
> has a link to mandroid.exe, but broken... 
> (http://docs.xamarin.com/android/about/tools/mandroid.exe)

Sorry; I've fixed the documentation.

> So mandroid.exe is winexe - for remote command execution from android (device 
> or emulator) on Windows?

The `mandroid.exe` program _was_ the "driver" of .apk creation, responsible for 
creating Android Callable Wrappers, compiling Java source into .class files, 
compiling .class files into a .dex file, generating the .apk, etc.

Most of this has since been moved into MSBuild tasks in order to speed up the 
build process.

The `mandroid.exe` program is a /target:winexe app so that it doesn't pop up 
Console windows whenever you build, as that's annoying. :-)

Generally, you should ignore it; you should never invoke it manually, unless 
you want to grab the version information from `mandroid --version`, and the new 
Version file will be an easier way to obtain that information.

 - Jon

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