Donnerstag, 6. März 2014

Apache Cordova for android development on Ubuntu 13.10 x64 and NodeJs 0.10.26-linux-x64

  1. Download adt-bundle-linux-x86_64-20131030.zip and extract to
    $HOME/android
  2. Set $HOME/android/tools and $HOME/android/platform-tools to $PATH
  3. Install ant, if not existing: apt-get install ant
  4. Download NodeJs node-v0.10.26-linux-x64.tar.gz and extract to $HOME/node
  5. Set $HOME/node/bin to $PATH
  6. Install some 32bit libs for cordova:
    - append to /etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring main restricted universe multiverse
    - sudo apt-get update
    - sudo apt-get install ia32-libs
  7. If you want to use the android emulator
    - Install another lib:
    sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-dev

    - Create a new virtual android device:
    android create avd -n testandroid -t 1
  8. Check cordova-phonegap-3-tutorial for further steps to create a first android app with cordova