Can't build Embeddinator-4000 from sources.

[galilov]

Just try to build Embeddinator-4000. The build script can't download oss-xamarin.android_v8.0.0.37_Darwin-x86_64_HEAD_376f684.zip because this file was removed.

Download-Xamarin-Android

Executing task: Download-Xamarin-Android Downloading Xamarin.Android SDK, this will take a while... Downloading file: https://jenkins.mono-project.com/view/Xamarin.Android/job/xamarin-android/682/Azure/processDownloadRequest/xamarin-android/oss-xamarin.android_v8.0.0.37_Darwin-x86_64_HEAD_376f684.zip An error occurred when executing task 'Download-Xamarin-Android'. Error: System.AggregateException: One or more errors occurred. ---> System.AggregateException: One or more errors occurred. ---> System.Net.Http.HttpRequestException: 404 (Not Found) at System.Net.Http.HttpResponseMessage.EnsureSuccessStatusCode () [0x0002a] in :0 at Cake.Common.Net.HttpClientExtensions.DownloadFileAsync (System.Net.Http.HttpClient client, System.Uri requestUri, System.String path, System.IProgress`1[T] progress) [0x00096] in :0

Is there any workaround? I need Embeddinator-4000 with android support.

[mandel-macaque]

@galilov I'm adding the appropriate tags so that the right engineers take a look at the issue. Thanks for reporting it!

[siejkowski]

@galilov The script tries to download Xamarin.Android v8.0.0.37. While I was unable to find this version available on the Mono project Jenkins, I've used 8.0.0.36 from https://jenkins.mono-project.com/view/Xamarin.Android/job/xamarin-android-builds-d15-4/14/PublishUrls/ and managed to get Embeddinator working.

You need to copy the files from where 8.0.0.36 is installed. Please read https://github.com/mono/Embeddinator-4000/blob/master/build/Android.cake to get details, the tl;dr is that you need to copy bin/Release of Xamarin.Android to Embeddinator-4000/external/Xamarin.Android and then delete bunch of files (but you can also skip the delete part).

Few other tricky things: you'll need to add JdkInfo file to the Xamarin.Android.Tools.sln and also download the Android NDK, Revision 15c from https://developer.android.com/ndk/downloads/older_releases.html#ndk-15c-downloads (please notice that the 15c version is needed!) and copy it to the ndk-bundle folder of android sdk you're using. Also, few paths in Xamarin.Android.Tools might break along the way, so you might need to update them.