Android development with Docker
This post was written in 2016. I wrote an updated version on 2018. Android development with Docker 2018
I’ve been using Docker for developing servers and other web applications for a few months and I find it very comfortable. When I want to work on one of my projects I just need to clone the git repository and run a Docker command and everything is ready to start developing. The environment and all dependencies are installed inside the Docker container automatically and the developer doesn’t need to worry about a thing.
Today I decided to try to expand this concept to one of my Android projects. With Android development there are a few challenges to overcome. We need to get the correct development tools to build the project as well as a way to easily install the build into a device for testing. A few people have already done a lot of work on this subject so I’m going to use as much of their work as I can.