Setting up LEADTOOLS Demos Android Development Environment
Before working with the LEADTOOLS Android demo projects, take the following steps to set up the Android development environment.
- Download and the Install Android Studio IDE:
https://developer.android.com/studio/index.html.
- Extract the LEADTOOLS Android ZIP file.
How to import and setup the Demos into Android Studio:
- Run the Android Studio IDE.
- In Android Studio, Select "Open an existing Android Studio project":
- Select the path for any of the demos to load (i.e. <LEADTOOLS>Examples/Android/ViewerDemo).
Note: When the demo is opened the first time, Android Studio will ask for the Gradle settings:
Click OK, to use the Gradle Wrapper, or Cancel to set the path to a local Gradle distribution.
- Setting LEADTOOLS license:
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Add the license file (i.e. LEADTOOLS.lic) to <LEADTOOLS>Examples/Android/LeadtoolsDemos/src/main/res/raw/leadtools.lic
Note: Raw files must contain only [a-z0-9_.]
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Update the license info in the Support class as the following:
(<LEADTOOLS>Examples/Android/LeadtoolsDemos/src/main/java/leadtools/demos/Support.java)
int licenseFileId = R.raw.leadtools; // add the developer key here (The content of LEADTOOLS.lic.key) String developerKey = "contents...";
- Click on Run button .
- The 'Select Deployment Target' dialog will appear. Select the target device to install the demo APK.