Cradle to the Gradle

Building Android without the migraine, using Android Studio, Gradle and Genymotion.

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1. Cradle to the Gradle
   Building Android Without the Migraine
   @rdallman10
   

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2. Hello darkness, my old
   friend
   

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3. R cannot be resolved to a type...
   

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4. Dependencies missing...
   

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5. Fix project properties…
   

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6. Egit says you have unresolved conflicts...
   

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7. PC load letter… What the $#@! does that mean?
   

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8. Eclipse, meet your maker
   

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9. A UI for this millenium
   

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10. Version control baked in.
    And it works!
    

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11. Doesn’t randomly freeze.
    And it’s in beta!
    

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12. Will still suck all your RAM.
    But it tells you how much!
    

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13. All the “great IDE features.”
    And it’s not Eclipse!
    

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14. OK, real talk on some features
    

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15. Preview all screen sizes
    

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16. Jump from Activity to its Layout
    

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17. Jump from Layout to its Activity
    

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18. Jump from Fragment to its Layout
    

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19. Jump from Layout to its Fragment
    

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20. It’s &%$*ing life changing
    

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21. Some Useful commands:
    Jump to File: ⌘⇧O
    Jump to Class: ⌘O
    Run: ^⌘R
    Find All (Project): ⌘⇧F
    ...Hover and it’ll tell you
    

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22. http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/studio.html
    

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23. Now to the real cool stuff
    

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24. Let’s talk dependency management
    

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25. Maybe you did this?
    (guilty)
    

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26. Maybe you did this?
    (guilty again)
    

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27. And what do we say?
    

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28. No more carrying around dependencies!
    All we need is a build.gradle file
    

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29. The dayman cometh
    

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30. So let’s talk build.gradle
    

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31. AndroidManifest.xml gets stupid-er
    

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32. Versioning / SDK moves to build.gradle
    

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33. How many bloody DSL’s are there?
    

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34. It’s just Groovy, baby.
    

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35. ...So enough of that.
    

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36. Why should I make the switch?
    

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38. Ever seen this?
    

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39. https://gist.github.com/rdallman/7314868
    

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40. Build [release] from command line
    

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41. Take that, Eclipse
    

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42. For you heavy readers:
    http://tools.android.com/tech-docs/new-build-system/user-guide
    

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43. Also makes collaborating easy.
    

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44. Clone (or otherwise acquire) project source:
    

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45. Just import build.gradle file
    

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46. Also automagically sets up VCS and remotes
    

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47. One last thing…
    

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48. Poll: how long does this
    normally take you?
    

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49. Maybe you’re sick of always carrying one of these around
    

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50. Walk towards the light...
    http://www.genymotion.com/
    

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51. Integrates right into Android Studio (plugin)
    

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52. Make the switch. For Android. For Sanity.
    Let me know if you need any help!
    reed@auburn.edu
    

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53. Android Studio: http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/studio.html
    Android Gradle: http://tools.android.com/tech-docs/new-build-system/user-guide
    Versioning build.gradle: https://gist.github.com/rdallman/7314868
    Find maven dependencies: http://gradleplease.appspot.com/
    Genymotion: http://www.genymotion.com/
    Link Summary (+goodies):
    

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