Python for Android, Part 1

We are now in the stage where we will start our learning curve on Android, and first things first. We need to prepare our development platform.

My assumptions are the following:

• Ubuntu 11.10 Desktop (12.04 just got released, I just never install it out of the oven, I always wait for a month or so before using it, so that I can install a more stable proven release); and...
• Ubuntu has been prep (here are a couple of very useful links: 10 Things to do after Installing Ubuntu 11.10, 15 Things I did after Installing New Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot)
• There is no Java JDK installed
• Internet connectivity!

So we begin by installing Java, in this case Open Java JDK. Please follow the next steps (taken from Ubuntu Community Documentation Java):

1. On a terminal window add the following commands:
   sudo apt-get install openjdk-6-jre
   sudo apt-get install icedtea6-plugin
   sudo apt-get install openjdk-6-jdk


2. Download and Install the Android Development Kit:
   Download the Android SDK Starter Package
   Instructions on Installing the SDK


3. Untar, unzip, and install (this is the latest version to the date of this post):
   cd
   tar -xzvf android-sdk_r18-linux.tgz
   sudo mv android-sdk-linux/ /opt
   cd /opt
   sudo ln -s android /opt/android-sdk-linux
   sudo chown -R (your-user-id):(your-user-group-id)  *
   
   NOTE I recommend to install in /opt (which is what I did), yet you can do it where ever you may want.


4. Now execute the installer:
   cd tools
   ./android


5. Select Android 2.2 latest revision and the Android SDK download will begin!

This is it, now stay tuned for Part 2 coming soon!

InnoTek Share From Linux Host to Linux Guest

I am using Ubuntu 7.10 and have created an InnoTek Guest virtual machine with Ubuntu 6.10, this due to project constraints. And so I needed a way to share between both my machines in an easy and practical way, thus I followed the instructions I found at:


How do I automatically mount my shared folder


The short story is:


1) Create a virtual machine with Shared Folders


2) Install the InnoTek Guest Additions on the given guest machine

3) Check what is the "name" of the shared folder, in my case it was "share"

4) Start your virtual machine and login

5) From a terminal console, edit the /etc/modules file and add at the end of the file: vboxvfs, vboxadd


# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.

lp
vboxvfs
vboxadd




6) Also modify the /etc/fstab file to mount the share


# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
#
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
/dev/ /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0
share /home/fbenavides/Share vboxsf defaults 0 0

Now, reboot and the share is working properly; otherwise, follow the previous link for more hints as to solve this issue.