Question

I have a working Android tuner project app that I want to use as a library. The problem is the moment I mark it as a library (Project Properties -> Android -> Is Library) it suddenly can’t run and I get this error message:

[2011-09-04 19:25:31 - androidtuner] Could not find androidtuner.apk!

Things I’ve tried:

1. Read through the reference
   http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/projects/projects-eclipse.html

2. Cleaned my project, rebuilt everything

3. Closing Eclipse and reopening

4. Deleting the project from eclipse and importing it back.

Is a library Android project just not meant to be executable?

edit – the project for reference – http://code.google.com/p/androidtuner/source/browse/

Answer 1

Is a library android project just not meant to be executable?

Correct. The idea of a library is to be a set of shared code and/or resources, and to reference it from other projects so you don’t duplicate them.

From http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/projects/projects-eclipse.html

You can also designate an Android project as a library project,
which allows it to be shared with other projects that depend on it.
Once an Android project is designated as a library project, it cannot
be installed onto a device.