[TIMOB-10352] Tooling: Android: Support alternative avd/sdcard locations via ANDROID_SDK_HOME environment variable
| GitHub Issue | n/a |
|---|---|
| Type | New Feature |
| Priority | Low |
| Status | Closed |
| Resolution | Fixed |
| Resolution Date | 2012-08-08T13:15:37.000+0000 |
| Affected Version/s | Release 2.1.1 |
| Fix Version/s | Sprint 2012-16 Core, Release 3.0.0 |
| Components | Tooling |
| Labels | core, qe-port |
| Reporter | Bill Dawson |
| Assignee | Bill Dawson |
| Created | 2012-08-08T12:53:08.000+0000 |
| Updated | 2013-03-29T00:02:01.000+0000 |
Description
Android itself supports an environment variable, ANDROID_SDK_HOME, which can be used to indicate where the user wants Android's tools to create user-specific files, most especially AVDs and .sdcard images. We (Titanium) should also support that.
By default, the location is ".android" under the user's home directory for AVDs, and ".titanium" for .sdcard images. However, we should respect ANDROID_SDK_HOME if it is available.
We have a community pull request for this: https://github.com/appcelerator/titanium_mobile/pull/2664
Testing Notes
Do two passes testing the pull request branch. In the first pass, don't change anything on your system. Just make sure building and releasing an app is not broken. Then, before the second pass, set the environment variable ANDROID_SDK_HOME to an alternative path (anything you want) that exists on your system. If you're testing with OSX, remember that because Titanium Studio is a GUI app, setting an environment variable in your .profile or in a shell won't really work. The proper way to do it is this command in a Terminal window....(Re-launch Titanium Studio *after* that.) The testing steps: 0) Make sure no existing emulator instances are running. 1) Open Titanium Studio. 2) Open an existing project or create a new one -- doesn't matter. 3) Launch the project to the Android Emulator. If you're doing the first pass, just make sure it works. If you're doing the second pass, after the emulator loads the app go and check that indeed an .sdcard image and AVD are created in the path you specified for ANDROID_SDK_HOME. (You should see .titanium and .android subfolders under that path, and contents in them.)Alternate location of AVD/SDK through ANDROID_SDK_HOME environment variable is supported. Tested through the testing notes mentioned in the comment. Verified on: Titanium Studio: 2.1.2.201208201549 Titanium SDK: 2.2.0.v20120827143312 Android: Google API Android 2.2 Emulator Android Runtime: V8, Rhino