A all-in-one Docker ready image to build Android locally. Requires Linux or macOS with Docker.
To create and run our container, we can use the following command syntax:
docker run -it --name <container_name> --hostname <hostname> -v <local_repo>:/repo -v <local_ccache>:/tmp/ccache --rm divadsn/android-build:latest
Now you are probably wondering what those arguments mean, right? Let me explain.
| Argument | Description |
|---|---|
-it |
Allows docker to allocate a tty for the container process |
--name <container_name> |
Identification name for our container |
--hostname <hostname> |
Sets the specified name as containers hostname |
-v src:dest |
Mounts src path on host or volume to dest path on container |
--rm |
Cleans up the container and removes after exit |
Example when using volumes:
docker run -it --name build --hostname buildbot -v build_repo:/repo -v build_ccache:/tmp/ccache --rm divadsn/android-build:latest
Example when using bind mounts:
docker run -it --name build --hostname buildbot -v /home/${USER}/build/repo:/repo -v /home/${USER}/build/ccache:/tmp/ccache --rm divadsn/android-build:latest
After the container has been created, you should be greeted with a message about sudo access and you should be able to execute commands as user docker in directory /repo. Now you can go ahead and initialize your local repository using repo init and sync the sources, everything is setup to be ready to use.