Set up the Eclipse project and build the Android app

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AEM Forms provides the complete source code of the AEM Forms app app. The source contains all components to build a custom AEM Forms app. The source code archive, adobe-lc-mobileworkspace-src-<version>.zip is a part of the adobe-aemfd-forms-app-src-pkg-<version>.zip package on package share.

To get the AEM Forms app source, perform the following steps:

Navigate to package share
URL: http://<server>:<port>/crx/packageshare.
Download the source package. When you download the package, it is added in your AEM Forms package manager.
After it is downloaded, navigate to: http://<server>:<port>/crx/packmgr/index.jsp, and install adobe-aemfd-forms-app-src-pkg-<version>.zip.
To download the source-code archive, open http://<server>:<port>/crx/de/content/forms/mobileapps/src/adobe-lc-mobileworkspace-src-<version>.zip in your browser.
The source package is downloaded on your device.

The following image displays the extracted contents of the adobe-lc-mobileworkspace-src-<version>.zip.

Extracted contents of the zipped Android source

The following image displays the directory structure of the android folder in the src folder.

Directory structure of the android folder in src

Perform the following steps to set up a project in Eclipse and provide a signing identity:

Copy the downloaded adobe-lc-mobileworkspace-src-<version>.zip archive to:

For MAC users: [User_Home]/Projects

For Windows users: %HOMEPATH%\Projects

Extract the archive in the following directory:

For MAC users: [User_Home]/Projects/[your-project]

For Windows users: %HOMEPATH%\Projects\[your-project]

Launch Eclipse that comes with ADT bundle. (If ADT is not installed, first install ADT.)

Default location:

For MAC users: Default location is Applications/ADT/eclipse/Eclipse. If the ADT is installed in any other location, update the local.properties file present in the [User_Home]/Projects/[your-project]/src/android folder and point the sdk.dir variable to ADT SDK location on your desktop.

For Windows users: Update the local.properties file present in the %HOMEPATH%\Projects\[your-project]\src\android folder and point the sdk.dir variable to ADT SDK location on your desktop.

Click Finish to build the project.

The project is available in the ADT Project Explorer.

In the ADT Project Explorer, select the project (MWSAndroid) and click the Project menu.

In the Project menu, choose Build Project.

The MWSAndroid.apk installer file is created in the bin directory.

After you have built the project, you can choose to install the app:

Using Android Debug Bridge
Using Eclipse

You can install the application on an Android device via the Android Debug Bridge with the following command:

For MAC users: adb install [User_Home]/Projects/[your-project]/adobe-lc-mobileworkspace-src-[version]/android/bin/MWSAndroid.apk

For Windows users: adb install %HOMEPATH%\Projects\[your-project]\adobe-lc-mobileworkspace-src-[version]\android\bin\MWSAndroid.apk

Alternatively, you can install the application on an Android device using Eclipse.

Connect the Android device to the computer on which you have built the project.

In the ADT Project Explorer, right-click on the project (MWSAndroid).

From the context menu, choose Run As -> Android Application.

The Android Device Chooser dialog is displayed.

In the Android Device Chooser dialog, select the Android device on which you need to install the app and click OK.

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