Instructions for the Picasa Web Albums Android Sample

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• Browse Source, or main file PicasaSample.java

Checkout Instructions

Prerequisites: install Java 6, Mercurial (requires 1.6 or higher) and Maven (requires 3.0 or higher). You may need to set your JAVA_HOME .

    cd [someDirectory]
hg clone https://code.google.com/p/google-api-java-client.samples/ google-api-java-client-samples
cd google-api-java-client-samples/shared/gdata/shared-sample-gdata
mvn source:jar install
cd ../shared-sample-picasa
mvn source:jar install
  

Setup Project in Eclipse 3.7 (Indigo)

Prerequisites: install Eclipse, the Mercurial plugin, the Maven plugin, and the Android plugin.

• Preferences:
  • Android: setup SDK location
• Window > Android SDK and AVD Manager
  • Follow instructions to install Package "Google API's by Google Inc., Android API 8"
  • Follow instructions to create a new Android Virtual Device based on target "Google API's (Google Inc.) - API Level 8"
  • Click "Start..." (wait a while...)
  • On home screen in emulator, click Menu button, Settings
  • Click on "Accounts and Sync"
  • Click on "Add Account"
  • Click "Google" and follow instructions
• Import picasa-android-sample project
  • File > Import...
  • Select "General > Existing Project into Workspace" and click "Next"
  • Click "Browse" next to "Select root directory", find [someDirectory]/google-api-java-client-samples/picasa-android-sample and click "Next"
  • Click "Finish"
• Clean Project (if compile error about missing gen directory)
  • Select picasa-android-sample project
  • Project > Clean...
  • Select "Clean projects selected below"
  • Click on "OK"
• Run
  • Right-click on project picasa-android-sample
  • Run As > Android Application
  • On your device, click the Menu button to switch accounts or add a new Album. Select and hold on an album to update or delete it.
  • There is also a demo for uploading photos. After taking a picture using your Android device, browse your pictures, then click on "Share", click "Picasa Sample", and the photo will be uploaded to Picasa Web Albums.

Setup Project with Maven

• cd google-api-java-client-samples/picasa-android-sample
• Uncomment the dependency on android in pom.xml
• mvn install android:deploy android:run