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| Project Info |
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| Scripting Layer For Android |
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| Originally authored by Damon Kohler, Scripting Layer for Android, SL4A, is an automation toolset |
| for calling Android APIs in a platform-independent manner. It supports both remote automation via |
| ADB as well as execution of scripts from on-device via a series of lightweight translation layers. |
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| Build Instructions |
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| Due to its inclusion in AOSP as a privileged app, building SL4A requires a system build. |
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| For the initial build of Android: |
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| 1) cd <ANDROID_SOURCE_ROOT> |
| 2) source build/envsetup.sh |
| 3) lunch <TARGET> |
| 4) make [-j15] |
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| Then Build SL4A: |
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| 1) cd <ANDROID_SOURCE_ROOT>/packages/apps/Test/connectivity/sl4a |
| 2) mm [-j15] |
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| Install Instructions |
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| 1) adb install -r <ANDROID_SOURCE_ROOT>/out/target/product/<TARGET>/data/app/sl4a/sl4a.apk |
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| Run Instructions |
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| 1) SL4A may be launched from Android as a normal App. |
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| or; |
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| 2) To enable RPC access from the command prompt: |
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| 1) adb forward tcp:<HOST_PORT_NUM> tcp:<DEVICE_PORT_NUM> |
| 2) adb shell "am start -a com.googlecode.android_scripting.action.LAUNCH_SERVER \ |
| --ei com.googlecode.android_scripting.extra.USE_SERVICE_PORT <DEVICE_PORT_NUM> \ |
| com.googlecode.android_scripting/.activity.ScriptingLayerServiceLauncher" |
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| where <HOST_PORT_NUM> and <DEVICE_PORT_NUM> are the tcp ports on the host computer and device. |
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| Doc Generation Instructions |
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| From SL4A source directory run this command: |
| 1)"perl Docs/generate_api_reference_md.pl" |
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| In the Docs direcotry there should now be an ApiReference.md file that |
| contains which RPC functions are available in SL4A as well as documentation |
| for the RPC functions. |