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- At the moment the Nexus S is not available, so I will use the ugliest android phone ever seen: the Motorola Defy (MB 526), aka “Jordan” – specs<\/a> (From GSM arena)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n
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- I will use the CyanogenMod fork by\u00a0Quarx2k, based on Android JB 4.1.2 – XDA forum post<\/a><\/li>\n
- My old development machine @ work – a Dell studio XPS with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nStep 0 : setup the development environment<\/h2>\n
Simply follow the post on XDA forum. After a few hours you should have your standard build from JB sources<\/p>\n
Step 1 : setup a new github repo<\/h2>\n
I need to modify the “frameworks\/base<\/strong>” project, because the notification area sources are in “frameworks\/base\/packages\/SystemUI<\/strong>” folder. \u00a0Simply go to “https:\/\/github.com\/Quarx2k\/android_frameworks_base<\/a>” and fork this repository. My forked repo location is “https:\/\/github.com\/sarbyn\/android_frameworks_base_jordan<\/a>”<\/p>\n
Now you need to add a “local_manifest.xml<\/strong>” in your .repo\/local_manifests<\/strong> folder, in which you must define the new repository:<\/p>\n
\r\n<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>\r\n <manifest>\r\n <remove-project name="Quarx2k\/android_frameworks\/base"\/>\r\n <project remote="github" path="frameworks\/base" name="sarbyn\/android_frameworks_base_jordan" revision="jellybean"\/>\r\n<\/manifest>\r\n<\/pre>\n
A simple explanation (from CM wiki)<\/p>\n
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- remote — the name of the remote. this can be one that was defined in either the regular manifest or local_manifest.xml.<\/li>\n
- name — the name of the git project– for github it has the format account_name\/project_name.<\/li>\n
- path — where the git repository should go in your local copy of the source code.<\/li>\n
- revision — (OPTIONAL) which branch or tag to use in the repository.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Now you are ready to “repo sync<\/strong>” your source tree.<\/p>\n
Step 2 : start editing<\/h2>\n
Before you change anything you need to start a new git branch. Go into the main project folder and do a “repo start banchname frameworks\/base<\/strong>“. Now you are ready to modify the code in a new git branch.<\/p>\n
Step 3 : build<\/h2>\n
When all the development is done, do a full build with the standard procedure<\/p>\n
\r\nsource build\/envsetup.sh && brunch mb526\r\nmake -j# bacon\r\n<\/pre>\n
# represents double the cores you have on your computer<\/p>\n
Step 4 : commit and push on github repo<\/h2>\n
Enter in frameworks\/base<\/strong> and check the repo status with git status<\/strong>. Add all the modified files with the standard git add FILENAME<\/strong> and commit the changes with git commit -m ‘message’<\/strong>. Now you are ready to upload the new git branch on server git push -u github branch_name<\/strong><\/p>\n
Step 5 : backup & install<\/h2>\n
The last step is very simple: go into recovery mode and do a full Nandroid backup. After that you can flash your build and try if it works \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
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<\/a>EUREKA!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I’m still waiting for my 9$ Arduino…some mistake in Hong Kong customs procedure has generated a huge delay in shipment. But finally I found an “idea” for some Cyanogen development, and I want to share here the steps that I’m doing. The Goal At work I’m working on a feature that requires frequent “Force stop” …
- My old development machine @ work – a Dell studio XPS with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n
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- I will use the CyanogenMod fork by\u00a0Quarx2k, based on Android JB 4.1.2 – XDA forum post<\/a><\/li>\n
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