How to correctly include the support library in non-Eclipse Android application
android, android-support-library, ant, linux
Solution
Assuming that you are not using `GridLayout`:
Step #1: Copy `android-support-v4.jar` or `android-support-v13.jar` from your SDK into the `libs/` directory of your project.
Step #2: There is no step #2.
Choose `android-support-v13.jar` if you are using native fragments (versus the Android Support package's own backport) and you want to use them with things like `ViewPager` that are part of the Android Support package.
`GridLayout` makes things a bit more complicated, in that it is an Android library project. You would need to follow the instructions for how to use an Android library project in a command-line project, probably working off of a copy of the official project.
All of this stuff can be found in the `extras/` directory of wherever your SDK is installed.
Problem
I am thinking how to get Android' s support library to include and compile outside Eclipse. I am using Linux as my build environment and I am not using any IDE for creating apps, only the basic Android SDK. I have only come over answers to this question regarding Eclipse, but how can I do it using only Ant and Android SDK?