run external tools (ant)

[corvette]

how can I run an external ant build from the root of a project directory?

[jps]

I'll include an ant build system in the next version, but in the mean time you can create one yourself. Save this:

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{
   "cmd": ["ant"],
   "file_regex": "^ *\\[javac\\] (.+):([0-9]+):() (.*)$",
   "working_dir": "${project_path:${folder}}",
   "selector": "source.java"
}


as Packages/Java/Ant.sublime-build, and restart. The location of the Packages directory varies based on operating system; you can navigate to it via Preferences/Browse Packages.

[corvette]

awesome thanks.

I've tried to adapt the specified code for Android, but Sublime is smarter than I am apparently.

For the simplest cases, when you build an Android app via ant, you can target "compile", "debug", "install", and "release". For instance:

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ant compile

will build any missing classes (such as R.java) and compile your code

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ant debug

as above, and will build an unsigned version of your app

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ant install


same as "ant debug", but will also install the app on a default emulator or physical device

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ant release


create a signed version of your app, assuming you have a keystore specified in your build.properties (which exists in your project root)

So I tried this:

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{
   "cmd": ["ant compile"],
   "working_dir": "${project_path:${folder}}"
}

but I get an error message

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[Errno 2] No such file or directory
[Finished]

How can I fix this? Also, should I be creating a new "build system" for each of the ant targets (compile, debug,install,release)?

tia!

[jps]

The command needs to be entered as ["ant", "compile"] - there's some documentation on build systems at http://sublimetext.info/docs/core/build_systems.html

[Incendium]

You could, alternatively, insert a new task in your build file that does all 4 actions.

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<target name="all" depends="compile, debug, install, release" description="Build android application." />


Just drop that in anywhere in the root element (<project>).