Custom Plug-in Using Android Studio

Under Consideration Munifrogger ● 52 days ago

Your online instructions for preparing the API using eclipse did not match the dialogs I was seeing (at least not for MacOS). So, since I had to figure it out for myself anyway, I did so using my preferred Android Studio. Here are the steps I had to do:

Prepare Android Studio for JustInMind (JIM) SDK (See https://stackoverflow.com/a/35241990)

1. Launch Android Studio
2. Add new module for JIM plugin (`File` > `New` > `New Module…`)
3. Create a folder called `libs` within that module
4. Place the JIM SDK within `libs` folder
5. Expand `Project` Tab/View
6. Set view type as `Project` (as opposed to `Android`)
7. Expand `libs/javafx` folder
8. Right-click each of the JAR files
9. Click `Add as Library…`
10. Select the new module for Add to module:`
11. Expand `libs/api_plugins` folder
12. Right-click each of the JAR files
13. Click `Add as Library…`
14. Select the new module for Add to module:`
15. Wait for Android Studio to resolve the imports in the example code (`com.justinmind.pcontrols.ControlUtils` did not resolve for me)

Configure JIM for debugging (same as your instructions; included for completeness)

1. Edit `/Applications/Justinmind.app/Contents/Java/Justinmind.cfg`
2. Place within `JVMOptions`: `-agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,address=9000,server=y,suspend=n`
3. Launch JustInMind application
4. Click on `Plug-ins` > `Install a plug-in...`
5. Specify the location of the JAR built from this code (`build/libs/[module].jar`)

Update the plug-in after each JAR change

1. Copy the output JAR from module to JIM application
2. From: `[module]/build/libs/[module].jar`
3. To: `/Applications/Justinmind.app/Contents/Java/user_plugins/[module].jar`
4. Re-launch JIM application

Active debugging:

1. Within Android Studio, `Run` > `Attach to Process...`
2. Select the JustInMind process
3. Watch for `Debug` > `Console` to print "Connected to the target VM, address: pid ####"
4. Specify breakpoints
5. Within JustInMind, click `Plug-ins` > `[Module]` (whatever you specified in `getName()` in your code)
6. Now you can step through your code