Building Android Development Tools (ADT) Eclipse Plugin - UPDATED
Building the Android Development Tools
Since the appearance of the tools_r8 branch on the AOSP repo (with merges into the master branch) I haven't noticed anyone else discuss the new Eclipse plugin features yet so I figured I'd preview them in a blog here even though they are soon to be released as part of the upcoming Android SDK update. I'll also review how I built the Eclipse plugin from source and propose some ideas on how the community can improve the plugin and tools.
Update: Since 2.3, 3.0 SDKs are now available I've updated build instructions - snapshots are now also available for upcoming ADT versions at the revamped http://tools.android.com