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Android Porting Guidebook

Part One : The Android Build Environment

• Debian, Ubuntu Setup
• Windows, VirtualBox, Debian Setup
• Fedora, Redhat Setup
• OSX Setup
• repo
• envsetup.sh
• breakfast, brunch, lunch
• Makefiles, .mk, make and mka
• Building a basic ROM

Part Two : Gathering Device Information

• Examining build.prop
• Examining an existing boot.img
• Useful “adb shell ” commands and how to pipe their output
• How to use DuckDuckGo
• How to ask questions

Part Three : Manifests, git and Github

• Why you should use git
• Where can I host my git Repositories
• repo Revisited, manifest.xml
• Using Local Manifests
• A simple manifest project: Replace ClockWorkMod with Team Win Recovery Project
• An Absurdling Exhastive Breakdown of manifest.xml, Every Single Package In Brief

Part Four : Extracting Device Information and Proprietary Drivers

• How to use dmesg to examine your hardware
• How to Build a recovery.fstab By Cross-Referencing Information about your partition table.
• The /system/lib directory
• Researching proprietary drivers
• Finding similar devices
• Using system logs

Part Five : Compiling a Recovery

• mka recoveryimage
• recoveryui.cpp

Part Six : Compiling a ROM

Part Seven : Debugging Compilation Errors

Part Eight : Compiling a Kernel

• Kernel Hacking for people some would say probably shouldn’t be doing it.
• Basic Kernel Issue Resolution, and a Disclaimer.
• Setting up Automated Kernel Building for Cyanogenmod 10 or greater
• Backporting Kernels for devices

Part Nine : Testing Your ROM

Part Ten : Next Steps

• Add System Apps to the Build
• Other Open-Source Android-Based ROM’s
• Contribute To Replicant!
• Harden your ROM
• Develop an Android App
• Port GNU/Linux