Deploying the Application on the Device (Mac or Windows or Linux)

The application is deployed to the Emulator directly from the Eclipse. To deploy the application on the Android powered device, following are the steps:

Declare Application as ‘debuggable’

We will declare our application as ‘debuggable’ in Android Manifest.xml file shown in Fig.1 at position 6 by adding android: debuggable="true" to the <application> element.

Android Device Setup

We will turn on the ‘USB Debugging’ on the device

·      On the device, go to home screen, press MENU then select Application->Development

·      Enable ‘USB Debugging’

System Setup to detect the device

This step varies for different operating systems on which we are developing our application.

Windows

Install a USB driver for adb (Android debug Bridge)

Mac OS

For Mac OS X, skip this step as it works fine.

Ubuntu Linux

In case of Ubuntu Linux, we need to add a rules file that contains a USB configuration for the device (Vendor Id) which we are using for development.

·      Log in as root and create this file: /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules

§  For Gusty/Hardy, edit the file to read:

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="0bb4", MODE="0666"

§  For Dapper, edit the file to read:

SUBSYSTEM=="usb_device", SYSFS{idVendor}=="0bb4", MODE="0666"

·         Now execute:

chmod a+r /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules

Run the Application

If you are using Eclipse, then select Eclipse->Run->Run Configurations->Run, in the available Device Chooser dialog that lists the available emulators and connected devices, select the device and click Run

If you are using command line, then open the cmd window and run the following command to run the application

C:\[path_to_adb_tool] > adb install [path_to_apk]\ [appname].apk

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