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