[mono-android] dynamically target Kindle Fire from same project

[Jonathan Pryor]

Really, the easier/saner thing to do is just have separate projects for Kindle vs. non-Kindle builds, and Link the source files between the separate projects. There's less hand-editing of .csproj files this way, and it'll be easier to build your packages from within the IDE.

 - Jon

On Jan 15, 2012, at 11:43 AM, Jonathan Pobst wrote:

> We also now support declaring permission in code, so you can use defines:
> 
> #if !KINDLE
> [assembly: UsesPermission (Android.Manifest.Permission.Internet)]
> #endif
> 
> But I am guessing the actual issue you are hitting is that referencing the GoogleMaps assembly automatically adds the <uses-library> to your manifest.
> 
> So you would need to use conditions like JonP suggests, but on the <Reference> to the GoogleMaps.dll instead, and not reference the library on Kindle builds.
> 
> Jonathan
> 
> 
> On 1/15/2012 10:33 AM, Jonathan Pryor wrote:
>> On Jan 14, 2012, at 12:11 PM, Gerry High wrote:
>>> I'd like my monodroid app to be able to run on the Kindle Fire and as such I need to be able to turn off Google maps.  Short of creating a new project is there a way to tie the android manifest settings (e.g. ACCESS_COURSE_LOCATION, ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION) to a build configuration?
>> 
>> _Probably_. This is untested, but you could presumably edit your Project.csproj and add a Condition attribute to the the<AndroidManifest/>  element:
>> 
>> 	<PropertyGroup>
>> 		<!-- ... -->
>> 		<AndroidManifest Condition="'$(TargetKindle)'== 'True'">KindleManifest.xml</AndroidManifest>
>> 		<AndroidManifest Condition="'$(TargetKindle)'== ''">AndroidManifest.xml</AndroidManifest>
>> 	</PropertyGroup>
>> 
>> Then you could set the TargetKindle property when building your project to select the KindleManifest.xml file:
>> 
>> 	msbuild /t:SignAndroidPackage /p:TargetKindle=True Project.csproj ...
>> 
>> However, I have no idea what doing this will do to IDE support for editing the AndroidManifest.xml file; it may break.
>> 
>> (The "silly" MSBuild ideas that come to mind...)
>> 
>>  - Jon
>> 
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