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VIM4 Download Android Source Code

Introduction

This document mainly introduces how to download the Android source code of VIM4.

Download from github

Android 14

1. Create an empty directory to store working files: 

$ mkdir -p WORKING_DIRECTORY
$ cd WORKING_DIRECTORY

2. Run repo init to download the manifest repository first: 

$ repo init -u https://github.com/khadas/android_manifest.git -b khadas-vim4-android14

3. Run repo sync -c to pull down the Android Source branch: 

$ repo sync -c -j4

The initial sync operation may take an hour or more to complete.

You might need to run above command repeatly if it fails halfway. Or you can try with this script instead:

sync_helper.sh
repo sync -c -j4
while [ $? = 1 ]; do
	echo "Sync failed, repeat again:"
	repo sync -c -j4
done

If needed, press Ctrl+C to quit.

4. Begin a new branch for development: 

$ repo start <BRANCH_NAME> --all

Android 11

Install git-lfs tool to download Android 11.0 SDK 

$ sudo apt install git-lfs

1. Create an empty directory to store working files: 

$ mkdir -p WORKING_DIRECTORY
$ cd WORKING_DIRECTORY

2. Run repo init to download the manifest repository first: 

$ repo init -u https://github.com/khadas/android_manifest.git -b khadas-vim4-r-64bit

3. Run repo sync -c to pull down the Android Source branch: 

$ repo sync -c -j4

The initial sync operation may take an hour or more to complete.

You might need to run above command repeatly if it fails halfway. Or you can try with this script instead:

sync_helper.sh
repo sync -c -j4
while [ $? = 1 ]; do
	echo "Sync failed, repeat again:"
	repo sync -c -j4
done

If needed, press Ctrl+C to quit.

4. Run the following command to pull large files. Otherwise, compilation will report an error. 

$ repo forall -c 'git lfs pull'

5. Begin a new branch for development: 

$ repo start <BRANCH_NAME> --all

===== Download from cloud drive ===== Chinese developers can download base package from cloud drive. Then synchronize the code.

1. Download the android source code base package from follow links.

* VIM4 android11 source code base package

2. Use the following command to unzip the base package and synchronize the code. 

$ cat vim4-android11-20240811.tar.gza* | tar -xzv
$ .repo/repo/repo sync -l
$ .repo/repo/repo forall -c 'git lfs pull'

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