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