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Minimal Go app

This is a simple Android Go app template.

Prerequisites

• Install the latest Android SDK or extract the Android SDK command line tools into your preferred Android SDK root (available as archive at https://developer.android.com/studio/index.html, see bottom of page).

• Make sure you have the $ANDROID_HOME environment variable set to the Android SDK root (default is $HOME/android-sdk).

Android project

Directory android is a standard NDK project that has the AndroidManifest.xml as well gradle build files and the shared library we will built as a PREBUILT_SHARED_LIBRARY.

Build

Change to the examples/minimal directory and run ANDROID_HOME=path/to/sdk ../build-android.sh" to build an APK ready for deployment.

Test

Execute ../build-android.sh && (adb uninstall com.go_android.minimal; adb install android/app-debug.apk) && adb logcat -c && adb logcat | grep "GolangExample:" to build the apk and then install and test on a connected device.

Clean-up

Delete the gradle build folders android/build, android/app/build and android/app/src/jniLibs, which contains the compiled shared libraries.