Upgrading to android SDK 2.0

This time the upgrade is much simpler than with previous versions. Upgrading is now supported from inside android tools itself.
Assuming you have already configured your installation to be able to install as root and run as unprivileged users as was described in previous posts, upgrading is a simple task, just run

$ sudo android

the select the desired components to install (i.e.: SDK Platform Android 2.0) and click Install Selected

Once you upgrade you still need to fix the permissions again, to do it run

$ wget -qO - http://android.codtech.com/android-tools/android-fixperms | sudo bash -s -- --sdk --sdk-dir=/opt/android

If you have installed android SDK to a different directory replace /opt/android in previous command by the correct location.

Hope this helps.

Japan Linux Symposium 2009 pictures

Photos from the Japan Linux Symposium. Some of them were taken at the VIP Reception at the MADO LOUNGE, which is located on the 52nd floor of Mori Tower in the Roppongi Hills. From 250 meters above sea-level, you can enjoy amazing views of Tokyo.

One of the photos taken by Keiko, who sent me the photo later, shows Klaas, Linus and me. There are other photos of Tokyo from the tower. They were taken with my Android HTC Hero, so you may understand they are not the best.
Finally, photos from the presentation that were kindly taken by Scott Trent.

Android Tutorial at 1st Japan Linux Symposium

I would like to thank Linux Foundation for the invitation to present the Android Tutorial at the 1st Japan Linux Symposium.
A successful event indeed, and I was gladly surprised by all the interest in Android development attendees demonstrated.
Some requested me the presentation slides and I wrongly assumed they could be located at the official site. My fault. Anyway, you can find the presentation and other resources at http://android.codtech.com/jls2009 or if you prefer at slideshare.

This newest Linux Foundation event in Asia Pacific brought together developers, managers, executives, students and end users from Japan, Korea, China and many International countries.

I have had a great time in Tokyo and I hope to be here for 2010 too.

I would also thank Scott Trent, who took this and other great pictures of the event. You can find them at day 1, day 2 and day 3.

Android SDK: one step closer

Starting with the latest android 1.6 SDK release 1, Google is distributing the Linux version as a TGZ file instead of ZIP.
We mentioned the problem of distributing the Linux version as a ZIP file in previous posts, loosing ownerships and file permissions is a problem when you install the SDK or NDK in a multiuser environment.

Well, we are halfway there, still there's some permission problems that you can fix using android-fixperms that can be downloaded from this site.

Use it like this, for example to change the SDK installed at /opt/android-sdk-linux_x86-1.6_r1

$ android-fixperms --sdk --sdk-dir=/opt/android-sdk-linux_x86-1.6_r1

Hope this helps.