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Hi ! 🙂 I guess you have collected all required source codes by now. (If not please refer the Buidl OS guide) In order to proceed further you need to communicate with your device through ADB (Android Debug Bridge). So let’s go ahead and download Android SDK to our Linux VM and enable adb.

Step 1. Download Android SDK

• We have a Linux environment. So get the android-sdk-r24.0.2-linux.tgz from android developer site here. Extract the files.

• Goto android–>sdk—>android-sdk-linux –> tools.

You will see the android executable file. This is the Andorid SDK Manager. Execute the file.

• Select Android SDK platform-tools, Build-tools and Install them. In order to get adb tool, fastboot tool these two should be installed on your machine.

Step 2. Update PATH variables

• Add path to platform-tools and tools to PATH

Command: $ gedit ~/.bashrc

Command: $ adb

Note: Some required build packages are missing.

Step 3. Get required build packages

Command: $ sudo apt-get install g++-multilib

This will suggest you to add some additional packages. Install them as well.

New packages installed: g++-multilib gcc-multilib lib32ncurses5-dev  lib32readline-gplv2-dev  lib32z1-dev

Step 4. Run adb command

Now the adb is enabled 🙂 Yesss

Command: $ adb devices

This will check for running android devices. Seems like we have no devices currently.

Never mind Lets check with some android virtual devices (emulators) 🙂

Step 5. Create an emulator and run the device.

• Create emulator using avd

Command: $ android create avd -n <given name> -t <target ID> –abi <specify CPU>

Ex: $android create avd -n TestAVD -t 1 –abi armeabi-v7a

• Run the emulator

Command: $ emulator -avd TestAVD

Running Emulator……

Step 6. Check for running devices through ADB

Command : $ adb devices

You can see the emulator is listed under the running android devices. 🙂

Cheers ! 🙂