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Generating and deploying an Android-App

Now an android studio project skeleton is needed for constructing a so-called apk file, which is the format of android app packages, like those on Google AppStore.

  • Navigate to cgi_studio_apps/references/Android/ and copy the MlcSample project to a location you like
  • From your build directory, copy the file libApplicationLib.so to following location of your project skeleton:
    <MlcProject>/app/native-libs/<architecture>/
  • Open Android-Studio and open your MlcSample project. This wil take a few seconds, wait till everything is ready.
  • Click at “Syncronise Project” like shown below and wait again till everything is ready:
    (This is only needed when the project is opened the first time)
    drawing-4-1678169637.png

  • Next click at “Show Project-Structure” like shown below:
    (This is only needed when the project is opened the first time)
    drawing-4-1678169672.png

  • A dialog opens. Select the tab “SDK Location” and there ensure that the field “Android NDK location” (the bottom-most one) is set to the ndk-r17c, which you installed previously:
     
    drawing-4-1678169700.png

  • Click OK and you’re ready to build and deploy.
  • Ensure that you connected your android device to an USB port and enabled “USB debugging” on that device.
  • Finally klick the “Run-Button”, like shown below and await what will happen:
    drawing-4-1678169731.png

  • Sometimes Android Studio asks for device selection – do so and proceed…
    drawing-4-1678169743.png

  • Sometimes Android Studio asks to install missing platforms. Simply do so and proceed…
    drawing-4-1678169765.png

  • And if you’re using an absolutely new platform like shown in the dialog above, Android-Studio still cries around: Simply klick OK to proceed and forget about that:
    drawing-4-1678169782.png

  • Finally if the application is deployed and running, Android Studio should look like this:
    drawing-4-1678169797.png

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