Android Ant Proposal

We just finished submitting a proposal to the adt-dev Google Group. Here is a link to the new proposal. The goal of the proposal is to get a set of standard Ant tasks developed for Android. We would appreciate some feedback on this proposal. Let us know if you would like to help or have … Read more

Game Development in Android

Thanks to everyone who attended our session on game development in Android yesterday.  Sean, Brian and I all had a great time and enjoyed the questions and interactive discussions.  If you have any other questions for us, send us an email at disgruntledrats@gmail.com. Here is a copy of the presentation we gave.  Also, the Java … Read more

New Android Examples Added

In preparation for the Twin Cities Java User Group Presentation on August 9th, 2011, the Disgruntled Rats have added new Android example projects to their website. Check out the following link for more information: http://www.disgruntledrats.com/?page_id=545 We will continue adding examples and content to our website that is useful to developers as time permits. Cheers and … Read more

Android Ant Build Environment Release 3

A new version of the example Android Ant build environment has been posted. Use this link for the Release 3 of the Android Ant Build Environment. The new version works with slightly updated Release 10 of the Android SDK (e.g. android-sdk_r10-linux_x86.tgz). It should meet your needs for Jenkins builds and other continuous integration systems. Let … Read more

Android Ant Build Environment Released!

The Disgruntled Rats are giving back to the community by releasing code that will help other Android developers get their projects working with Ant. See the link below. Android Ant Build Environment If you find these files useful in any way, please help promote our site by liking our Facebook group. 🙂

Getting Ant to Work with Android

This tutorial will help you create a custom Ant build script which can be used to build an Android application.  I was very interested in taking an existing Java application and porting it to Android.  I searched the entire interweb and couldn’t find much documentation on the subject.  The example build scripts from the Android … Read more