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diff --git a/docs/html/guide/developing/tools/othertools.jd b/docs/html/guide/developing/tools/othertools.jd deleted file mode 100644 index 00f0b8d..0000000 --- a/docs/html/guide/developing/tools/othertools.jd +++ /dev/null @@ -1,95 +0,0 @@ -page.title=Other Tools -@jd:body - -<p>The sections below describe other tools that you can use when building -Android applications. </p> - -<p>All of the tools are included in the Android SDK and are accessible from the -<code><sdk>/tools/</code> directory.</p> - -<h2>Contents</h2> - -<dl> - <dt><a href="#android">android</a></dd> - <dt><a href="#mksdcard">mksdcard</a></dt> - <dt><a href="#dx">dx</a></dt> -</dl> - -<a name="activitycreator"></a> -<h2 id="android">android</h2> - -<p>{@code android} is an important development tool that lets you:</p> - -<ul> - <li>Create, delete, and view Android Virtual Devices (AVDs). See - <a href="{@docRoot}guide/developing/tools/avd.html">Android Virtual Devices</a>.</li> - <li>Create and update Android projects. See - <a href="{@docRoot}guide/developing/other-ide.html">Developing in Other IDEs</a>.</li> - <li>Update your Android SDK with new platforms, add-ons, and documentation. See - <a href="{@docRoot}sdk/adding-components.html">Adding SDK Components</a>.</li> -</ul> - -<p>If you develop in Eclipse with the ADT plugin, you can perform -these tasks directly from the IDE. To create -Android projects and AVDs from Eclipse, see <a href="{@docRoot}guide/developing/eclipse-adt.html">Developing -In Eclipse</a>. To update your SDK from Eclipse, see -<a href="{@docRoot}sdk/adding-components.html">Adding SDK Components</a>. -</p> - - -<a name="mksdcard"></a> - -<h2>mksdcard</h2> - -<p>The mksdcard tool lets you quickly create a FAT32 disk image that you can -load in the emulator, to simulate the presence of an SD card in the device. -Here is the usage for mksdcard:</p> - -<pre>mksdcard [-l label] <size>[K|M] <file></pre> - -<p>The table below lists the available options/arguments</p> - -<table> -<tr> - <th>Argument</th> - <th>Description</th> -</tr> - -<tr> - <td><code>-l</code></td> - <td>A volume label for the disk image to create. </td> -</tr> - -<tr> - <td><code>size</code></td> - <td>An integer that specifies the size (in bytes) of disk image to create. -You can also specify size in kilobytes or megabytes, by appending a "K" or "M" to -<size>. For example, <code>1048576K</code>, <code>1024M</code>.</td> -</tr> - -<tr> - <td><code>file</code></td> - <td>The path/filename of the disk image to create. </td> -</tr> - -</table> - -<p>Once you have created the disk image file, you can load it in the emulator at -startup using the emulator's -sdcard option. For more information, see -<a href="{@docRoot}guide/developing/tools/emulator.html">Android Emulator</a>.</p> - -<pre>emulator -sdcard <file></pre> - -<a name="dx"></a> - -<h2>dx</h2> - -<p>The dx tool lets you generate Android bytecode from .class files. The tool -converts target files and/or directories to Dalvik executable format (.dex) files, -so that they can run in the Android environment. It can also dump the class files -in a human-readable format and run a target unit test. You can get the usage and -options for this tool by using <code>dx --help</code>.</p> - - - - |