Question

I’m new to android programming. I’m trying to include code from a non-android project in an android app. This contains shared code used by a lot of my other non-android apps.

I was wondering what the best way to do this is from a code maintenance perspective. The shared code that I want to include does get modified from time to time and I want to keep the process of updating any apps I write as simple as possible (automatic if at all possible).

Am I better to build a .jar file containing the shared code and copy this to my app (eg: using an ant script) or is there a more streamlined approach.

I specifically want to avoid turning my shared code project into any kind of android project.

Answer 1

Make a jar and add it to the android project’s build path. Whenever there is an update to jar, you would need to update it in your project and update (increase) version of your app to automatically allow users to download and update the update (android market would take care of that for you).

Its the most widely and maintainable way.

Hope this helps.