Getting Android SDK Tools to work on Raspberry PI

Issue

I am currently attempting to start developing for Android on the Raspberry PI 2. I have already ruled out the posibility of using an IDE such as Eclipse or Android Studios (yes I know the RPI isn't even meant to be able to run it) so I am now looking at developing from the command line.

What I have so far:

• An arm ported adb
• Ant tools ( & pand tools )

Now all I need to have is the android executable which is contained in the stand-alone SDK. I have downloaded it from this source (android-studio-ide-135.1641136-linux.zip). However, when I try to run the android executable in the command line I get the following error:

SWT folder '/home/pi/android-sdk-linux/tools/lib/arm' does not exist.
Please export ANDROID_SWT to point to the folder containing swt.jar for your platform.

when I run any command from the android file.

I have no idea what to do or how to fix it as I am a complete noob when it comes to the RPI and anything with Linux in general. Any pointers as to how to fix this? Thanks.

Solution

First, you have to look in your /usr/share/java folder, for the file swt.jar If that doesn't work, try:

sudo apt-get install libswt-gtk-3-java

Which will put swt-gtk-3.8.0.jar in the /usr/share/java folder.

Create the folder /home/pi/android-sdk-linux/tools/lib/arm

Then, copy whichever file you chose, (swt-gtk-3.8.0.jar, or swt.jar) and place it in your /home/pi/android-sdk-linux/tools/lib/arm folder. This worked for me, and I hope it will also work for you.

Answered By - Finn Shadow