How to build an android test app with a dependency on another app using ant?
- by Mike
I have a module called MyApp, and another module called MyAppTests which has a dependency on MyApp. Both modules produce APKs, one named MyApp.apk and the other MyAppTests.apk.
I normally build these in IntelliJ or Eclipse, but I'd like to create an ant buildfile for them for the purpose of continuous integration.
I used "android update" to create a buildfile for MyApp, and thanks to commonsware's answer to my previous question I've been able to build it successfully using ant.
I'd now like to build MyAppTests.apk using ant. I constructed the buildfile as before using "android update", but when I run it I get an error indicating that it's not finding any of the classes in MyApp.
Taking a que from my previous question, I tried putting MyApp.apk into my MyAppTests/libs, but unfortunately that didn't miraculously solve the problem.
What's the best way to build a test app APK using ant when it depends on classes in another APK?
$ ant debug
Buildfile: build.xml
[setup] Project Target: Google APIs
[setup] Vendor: Google Inc.
[setup] Platform Version: 1.5
[setup] API level: 3
[setup] WARNING: No minSdkVersion value set. Application will install on all Android versions.
dirs:
[echo] Creating output directories if needed...
resource-src:
[echo] Generating R.java / Manifest.java from the resources...
aidl:
[echo] Compiling aidl files into Java classes...
compile:
[javac] Compiling 5 source files to /Users/mike/Projects/myapp/android/MyAppTests/bin/classes
[javac] /Users/mike/Projects/myapp/android/MyAppTests/src/com/myapp/test/GsonTest.java:3: cannot find symbol
[javac] symbol : class MyApplication
[javac] location: package com.myapp
[javac] import com.myapp.MyApplication;
[javac] ^
