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+#!/bin/sh
+############################################################################
+#             __________               __   ___.
+#   Open      \______   \ ____   ____ |  | _\_ |__   _______  ___
+#   Source     |       _//  _ \_/ ___\|  |/ /| __ \ /  _ \  \/  /
+#   Jukebox    |    |   (  <_> )  \___|    < | \_\ (  <_> > <  <
+#   Firmware   |____|_  /\____/ \___  >__|_ \|___  /\____/__/\_ \
+#                     \/            \/     \/    \/            \/
+# $Id$
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2010 by Maurus Cuelenaere
+#
+# All files in this archive are subject to the GNU General Public License.
+# See the file COPYING in the source tree root for full license agreement.
+#
+# This software is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.
+#
+############################################################################
+
+# TODO: convert this into a Makefile
+
+ROCKBOX_DIR=`dirname $0`
+
+if [ -z "$ANDROID_SDK_PATH" ]; then
+    echo "Please set \$ANDROID_SDK_PATH!"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$ANDROID_PLATFORM_VERSION" ]; then
+    ANDROID_PLATFORM_VERSION=8
+fi
+
+ANDROID_PLATFORM="$ANDROID_SDK_PATH/platforms/android-$ANDROID_PLATFORM_VERSION"
+AAPT="$ANDROID_PLATFORM/tools/aapt"
+DX="$ANDROID_PLATFORM/tools/dx"
+APKBUILDER="$ANDROID_SDK_PATH/tools/apkbuilder"
+
+if [ \! -d "$ANDROID_PLATFORM" ]; then
+    echo "Can't find Android platform v$ANDROID_PLATFORM_VERSION!"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+if [ -d "$ROCKBOX_DIR/bin" ]; then
+    echo "[CLEAN]      bin/"
+    rm -rf $ROCKBOX_DIR/bin
+fi
+
+mkdir $ROCKBOX_DIR/bin
+
+echo "[AAPT]       bin/resources.ap_"
+$AAPT package -f -m -J $ROCKBOX_DIR/gen -M $ROCKBOX_DIR/AndroidManifest.xml -S $ROCKBOX_DIR/res -I $ANDROID_PLATFORM/android.jar -F $ROCKBOX_DIR/bin/resources.ap_
+
+for file in `find $ROCKBOX_DIR \( -wholename '*src/*' -o -wholename '*gen/*' \) -a -name '*.java'`; do
+    echo "[JAVAC]      `echo $file | sed 's/'$ROCKBOX_DIR'\///'`"
+    javac -d $ROCKBOX_DIR/bin -classpath $ANDROID_PLATFORM/android.jar:$ROCKBOX_DIR/bin -sourcepath $ROCKBOX_DIR/src:$ROCKBOX_DIR/gen $file
+done
+
+echo "[DEX]        bin/classes.dex"
+$DX --dex --output=$ROCKBOX_DIR/bin/classes.dex $ROCKBOX_DIR/bin
+
+echo "[APKBUILDER] bin/Rockbox.apk"
+$APKBUILDER $ROCKBOX_DIR/bin/Rockbox.apk -u -z $ROCKBOX_DIR/bin/resources.ap_ -f $ROCKBOX_DIR/bin/classes.dex