Added more build information to BUILDING.md

Added more instructions about setting up a development environment.
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Building TextSecure
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1. Ensure the 'Android Support Repository' is installed from the Android SDK manager.
Basics
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Execute Gradle:
TextSecure uses [Gradle](http://gradle.org) to build the project and to maintain
dependencies.
Building TextSecure
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The following steps should help you (re)build TextSecure from the command line.
1. Checkout the source somewhere on your filesystem with
git clone https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure.git
2. Make sure you have the [Android SDK](https://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html) installed somewhere on your system.
3. Ensure the "Android Support Repository" is installed from the Android SDK manager.
4. Create a local.properties file at the root of your source checkout and add an sdk.dir entry to it.
sdk.dir=\<path to your sdk installation\>
5. Execute Gradle:
./gradlew build
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ndk-build
Afterwards, execute Gradle as above to re-create the APK.
Setting up a development environment
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[Android Studio](https://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/studio.html) is the recommended development environment.
1. Install Android Studio
2. Make sure the "Android Support Repository" is installed in the Android Studio SDK.
3. Make sure the latest "Android SDK build-tools" is installed in the Android Studio SDK.
4. Create a new Android Studio project. from the Quickstart pannel (use File > Close Project to see it), choose "Checkout from Version Control" then "git".
5. Paste the URL for the TextSecure project when prompted (https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure.git)
6. Android studio should detect the presence of a project file and ask you wethere to open it. Click "yes".
7. Default config options should be good enough.
8. Project initialisation and build should proceed.
Contributing code
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Code contributions should be sent via github as pull requests, from feature branches [as explained here](https://help.github.com/articles/using-pull-requests).
Mailing list
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Development discussion happens on the whispersystems mailing list.
[To join](https://lists.riseup.net/www/info/whispersystems)
Send emails to whispersystems@lists.riseup.net

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Building and contributing code
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Instructions on how to build TextSecure, as well as on how to setup an IDE to modify it can be found in the "BUILDING.md" file.
Bug tracker
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