This repository explores how simple it can be to set up a valid, working Android project. You will need:

• One .java activity source file, placed in its appropriate package directory
• One AndroidManifest.xml
• One build.gradle
  • Certainly this is optional, as you can build the project using command line tools from the Android SDK. But let's not complicate things unnecessarily.

For more in-depth information about this repository, see my blog post.

$ git clone https://github.com/czak/minimal-android-project.git
$ gradle installDebug

The app will be installed on all devices accessible to adb.

This project makes a few assumptions about your environment in order to build correctly:

• You have gradle 2.10 installed - there is no Gradle Wrapper included.
• You have JAVA_HOME set up. If you have java in your path, you should be good to go.
• You have ANDROID_HOME set to the root folder of your Android SDK installation.
• SDK and build tools versions are hardcoded in build.gradle to 23 and 23.0.2, respectively.

Additionally, the folder structure relies on the source set convention expected by the Gradle Android plugin:

project
 ├── build.gradle
 └── src
     └── main
         ├── AndroidManifest.xml
         └── java
             └── pl
                 └── czak
                     └── minimal
                         └── MainActivity.java

Suggestions on how to minimize this further are welcome!