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rosjava.jar missing certain packages

asked 2011-09-14 15:55:51 -0500

sskk89 gravatar image

updated 2011-09-15 06:34:03 -0500

kwc gravatar image

I got rosjava.jar from delbian packages, in the dist folder. But when I use this as a reference lib in eclipse, I realise certain packages like org.ros.node and org.ros.android are missing.

Can someone please explain how I could solve this problem?

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answered 2011-09-21 03:05:23 -0500

updated 2011-09-22 01:01:36 -0500

org.ros.android comes from the rosjava.android packages (http://code.google.com/p/rosjava/source/checkout?repo=android). The other missing jars are most likely built when you build the rosjava package. The manifest.xml file of a package specifies dependencies and when you run "rosmake" on the package it will generate the jar files for each of those dependencies.

I recommend installing rosjava and rosjava.android from source. Here's (hopefully) a helpful guide:

1) Install ROS electric, unstable, or later

    a.  ‘sudo apt-get install ros-electric-desktop-full’ (for electric)

2) Clone the latest rosjava source from googlecode into a directory in your ROS_PACKAGE_PATH

    Install Mercurial (hg) : ‘sudo apt-get install hg’

    Go to http://code.google.com/p/rosjava/source/checkout and Follow “Command-line access” instructions

3) Run ‘rospack profile’ to update your environment

4) Build rosjava

    ‘rosmake rosjava’

Continue for Andorid setup

1) Install eclipse

    ‘sudo apt-get install eclipse’

2) Install the Andorid SDK

    Follow the instructions at http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html

3) Clone the latest rosjava.android source from googlecode into a directory in your ROS_PACKAGE_PATH

    Go to http://code.google.com/p/rosjava/source/checkout?repo=android and Follow “Command-line access” instructions

4) Run ‘rospack profile’ to update your environment

5) Build rosjava.android

    ‘rosmake rosjava.android’

From here you should have a working environment. To run the tutorials, run "rosmake" on the one you want, then import it into eclipse. If you're doing Android dev you may need to import android_gingerbread or android_honeycomb_mr2 into eclipse also, and add them as project references.

android_gingerbread and android_honeycomb_mr2 are the packages (eclipse projects) that provide org.ros.rosjava.android.

To create a new rosjava package you can follow the instructions here : http://www.ros.org/wiki/rosjava/Build

The only difference for android is that the build.xml file should be :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project>
  <property file="ros.properties"/>
  <include file="${ros.pkg.rosjava_bootstrap.dir}/android.xml"/>
</project>

You'll also need to set up the right exports. Add this to your manifest.xml file:

<export>
  <rosjava-android-lib target="android-9" />
  <rosjava-src location="src" />
  <rosjava-src location="gen" />
  <rosjava-src location="res" />
</export>

After running rosmake you should be able to import your the package into eclipse and begin development.

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answered 2011-09-15 01:55:51 -0500

DimitriProsser gravatar image

updated 2011-09-15 04:28:02 -0500

Have you tried using this tutorial?

You could also get the rosjava_core from source listed on the rosjava wiki.

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yup. i tried building. it gives me errors. is it possible to just download the rosjava.jar file from somewhere else?
sskk89 gravatar image sskk89  ( 2011-09-15 04:23:18 -0500 )edit
i got my rosjava_core from debian packages
sskk89 gravatar image sskk89  ( 2011-09-15 16:08:25 -0500 )edit
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answered 2012-02-28 20:55:57 -0500

vahid gravatar image

Hi, thanks for the tutorial on how to setup the tools, but currently I am trying to import up the android_tutorial_camera after doing rosmake on it and I wanted to know how do run it, because whenever I right click on the project name and "run->android application" I see the AVD fire up and try to run the tutorial but it tells me of an unexpected exception that could not run the tutorial and the only choice for me is to hit close. I wanted to know how should I exactly run this since this is my first time. I am not getting errors also in the source code. Thanks, Vahid.

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