By the way - Love your book Mark. The very first android resource I purchased.
On May 12, 2:56 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > I have actually tried the methods you mentioned however after getting > 10 levels deep in files I needed to port I looked for a better way. I > guess that easy way doesnt exist. Ahh well back to grabbing source I > guess. > > Thanks for the response. > > On May 12, 2:53 am, "Mark Murphy" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Why is it we cant reference java.awt within our android > > > projects. > > > Because it is not there. Android supports a subset of JavaSE. > > > > Or I guess a better question is why was a lib that is so > > > vital to so many other libs left out of android? > > > AWT, on the whole, is useless to Android, because it is mostly dealing > > with its own heavyweight widgets. > > > Some individual AWT classes might be useful, but AWT in toto is not. > > > > I have managed to get the JAI source code (stripped version) to > > > compile but the second I reference it I end up with > > > java.awt.image.RenderedImage not being able to be found. I have tried > > > including the rt.jar in my build path etc all to no avail. Compiles > > > but wont run. > > > First, do not put rt.jar in your build path, as it will not work. > > > Next, you can solve this problem yourself: > > > 1. Get the JAI source code. > > > 2. Replace all "import java.awt.image.RenderedImage;" statements with > > "import this.is.my.own.package.RenderedImage;" statements, substituting in > > some likely package name for this.is.my.own.package. Do not use the java.* > > or javax.* namespaces for this. > > > 3. Get the source code for java.awt.image.RenderedImage from Apache Harmony. > > > 4. Modify that source file to reside in the package you chose for step #3 > > and put the modified file in the corresponding spot in your source tree. > > > 5. Try building. Repeat steps 2-4 for any other dependencies. > > > 6. Try using the application. > > > -- > > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy)http://commonsware.com > > _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 2.0 Available! > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
