SAWS: Simplest Android Web Suite

SAWS is an open-source build engine that allows you to turn a HTML5-based client web application into a mobile application for Android OS. Given the folder with your web app (HTML, JS, CSS) and its title, it outputs ready-to-use APK file with this application.

Requirements:

- Linux or other Unix-based OS with Bash shell
- Java SDK (sun-java6-sdk or the latest openjdk version)
- Ant
- Android SDK installed with Android 2.1 (android-7) available as a target

Configuration

After unzipping, you must specify the exact path to your Android SDK folder (without last slash) in sdk.ini that resides in SAWS root folder:
sdk.dir=/path/to/android-sdk

Usage:

/path/to/saws-build [application name] [webapp folder] [output apk file]

e.g.

~/saws/saws-build "My Cool App" ~/webapp/ ~/nice.apk

After this your nice.apk is ready to be installed on your device. SAWS does all the dirty work (assembly, compilation, signing and zipalign) for you.

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Categories

Build Tools, Mobile

License

MIT License

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Operating Systems

Android, Linux

Intended Audience

Developers, Non-Profit Organizations, Telecommunications Industry

User Interface

Command-line, Handheld/Mobile/PDA, Web-based

Programming Language

Java, Unix Shell

Related Categories

Unix Shell Build Tools, Unix Shell Mobile Software, Java Build Tools, Java Mobile Software

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2012-08-30