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CS/SE Individual Practical

Stephen Gilmore

October 21, 2011

School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh

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Manifest files

Manifest files

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Manifest files

The manifest editor

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Manifest files

Adding extras

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Manifest files

Labels and icons

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Manifest files

Application nodes and intents

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Manifest files

Attributes for an action

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Manifest files

Add permissions

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Manifest files

Add instrumentation

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Manifest files

Source code view

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Manifest files

Source code tab

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Resources and strings


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A String resource, app name

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Managing string resources

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Drawable resources

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Managing drawable resources

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Contents of app notes.png

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The icon in the launcher view

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App attributes and resources

Application nodes

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Browsing

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Editing strings

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Updating a string

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Text in the XML view

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Updating a string in the Resources view

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The XML text is updated automatically

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Getting it wrong: editing the XML

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The bug shows up in the resources view

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Oh dear

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Android Eclipse issues

Oh no, Java problems . . .

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“Layout cannot be resolved . . . ”

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R.java is generated so clean the project?

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No good. Delete R.java and try again?

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R.java is regenerated but errors remain

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Refresh the view?

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No good. What now?

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Close the project and reopen it?

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Reopening the project. Praying . . .

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Didn’t work :-( but look at this . . .

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Moving the folder fixes the problem :-)

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Moving the folder fixes the problem :-)

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