1page.title=SDK Build Tools Release Notes 2 3@jd:body 4 5<div id="qv-wrapper"> 6<div id="qv"> 7 8 <h2>See Also</h2> 9 <ol> 10 <li><a href="{@docRoot}tools/building/index.html">Building and Running</a></li> 11 </ol> 12 13</div> 14</div> 15 16<p>Build Tools is a component of the Android SDK required for building Android 17 application code. The latest version of these tools is included in the 18 <a href="{@docRoot}sdk/index.html">SDK starter package</a> and installed in the 19 <code><sdk>/build-tools/</code> directory.</p> 20 21<p>You should always keep your Build Tools component updated by downloading the latest version 22 using the <a href="{@docRoot}tools/help/sdk-manager.html">Android SDK Manager</a>. By default, 23 the Android SDK uses the most recent downloaded version of the Build Tools. If your projects 24 depend on older versions of the Build Tools, the SDK Manager allows you to download and maintain 25 separate versions of the tools for use with those projects.</p> 26 27<p>To use a specific version of the Build Tools in your application project:</p> 28 29<div class="toggle-content closed"> 30<p style="margin-top:5px"><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)"> 31 <img src="/assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img" alt="" 32 />Using Eclipse</a></p> 33 34 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme"> 35 <ol> 36 <li>In the root folder of your application project, find the {@code project.properties} 37 file.</li> 38 <li>Open the file and specify the Build Tools version by adding a {@code buildtools} property 39 on a separate line: 40<pre> 41sdk.buildtools=17.0.0 42</pre> 43 </li> 44 </ol> 45 </div> 46</div> 47 48<div class="toggle-content closed"> 49<p style="margin-top:5px"><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)"> 50 <img src="/assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img" alt="" 51 />Using Android Studio</a></p> 52 53 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme"> 54 <ol> 55 <li>In the root folder of your application project, find the {@code build.gradle} 56 file.</li> 57 <li>Open the file and specify the Build Tools version by adding a {@code buildToolsVersion} 58 property to the {@code android} section: 59<pre> 60android { 61 ... 62 buildToolsVersion "17.0.0" 63 ... 64} 65</pre> 66 </li> 67 </ol> 68 </div> 69</div> 70 71 72<h2 id="notes">Revisions</h2> 73 74<p>The sections below provide notes about releases of the Build Tools. To determine which 75revisions of the Build Tools are available in your SDK, refer to the <em>Installed Packages</em> 76listing in the Android SDK Manager.</p> 77 78<div class="toggle-content opened"> 79 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)"> 80 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-opened.png" class="toggle-content-img" 81 alt=""/>Build Tools, Revision 21.1.1</a> <em>(November 2014)</em> 82 </p> 83 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme"> 84 <p>Fixed multidex script issues.</p> 85 </div> 86</div> 87 88 89<div class="toggle-content closed"> 90 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)"> 91 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img" 92 alt=""/>Build Tools, Revision 21.1</a> <em>(October 2014)</em> 93 </p> 94 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme"> 95 <p>Added multidex file support for APKs and Jack suppport to address the 64K method reference 96 limit.</p> 97 </div> 98</div> 99 100 101<div class="toggle-content closed"> 102 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)"> 103 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img" 104 alt=""/>Build Tools, Revision 21.0.2</a> <em>(October 2014)</em> 105 </p> 106 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme"> 107 <p>Complete updates for Eclipse ADT to solve instability issues on Windows platforms.</p> 108 </div> 109</div> 110 111 112<div class="toggle-content closed"> 113 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)"> 114 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img" 115 alt=""/>Build Tools, Revision 21.0.1</a> <em>(October 2014)</em> 116 </p> 117 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme"> 118 <p>Initial updates for Eclipse ADT on Windows. Please use Revision 21.0.2.</p> 119 </div> 120</div> 121 122 123<div class="toggle-content closed"> 124 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)"> 125 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img" 126 alt=""/>Build Tools, Revision 21.0.0</a> <em>(October 2014)</em> 127 </p> 128 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme"> 129 130 <dl> 131 <dt>General Notes:</dt> 132 <dd> 133 <ul> 134 <li>Added support for Android 5.0 (API level 21).</li> 135 <li>RenderScript now supports seamless 32/64-bit operation for API level 21 and higher.</li> 136 <li>Fixed issue with the Gradle build system when using the JaCoCo plugin. 137 (<a href="http://b.android.com/69174">Issue 69174</a>)</li> 138 <li>Added an <em>input-list</em> option for use with long command lines on Windows.</li> 139 </ul> 140 </dd> 141 </dl> 142 </div> 143</div> 144 145 146<div class="toggle-content closed"> 147 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)"> 148 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img" 149 alt=""/>Build Tools, Revision 20.0.0</a> <em>(June 2014)</em> 150 </p> 151 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme"> 152 153 <dl> 154 <dt>General Notes:</dt> 155 <dd> 156 <ul> 157 <li>Added support for Android Wear.</li> 158 </ul> 159 </dd> 160 </dl> 161 162 </div> 163</div> 164 165<div class="toggle-content closed"> 166 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)"> 167 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img" 168 alt=""/>Build Tools, Revision 19.1.0</a> <em>(May 2014)</em> 169 </p> 170 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme"> 171 172 <dl> 173 <dt>General Notes:</dt> 174 <dd> 175 <ul> 176 <li>Added <code>zipalign</code> to the Build Tools.</li> 177 <li>Modified <code>aapt</code> to ignore XML files that fail to compile.</li> 178 </ul> 179 </dd> 180 </dl> 181 182 </div> 183</div> 184 185<div class="toggle-content closed"> 186 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)"> 187 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img" 188 alt=""/>Build Tools, Revision 19.0.3</a> <em>(March 2014)</em> 189 </p> 190 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme"> 191 192 <p>Fixed an issue with RenderScript support.</p> 193 194 </div> 195</div> 196 197<div class="toggle-content closed"> 198 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)"> 199 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img" 200 alt=""/>Build Tools, Revision 19.0.2</a> <em>(February 2014)</em> 201 </p> 202 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme"> 203 204 <dl> 205 <dt>Fixed RenderScript build issues:</dt> 206 <dd> 207 <ul> 208 <li>Fixed a problem with RenderScript bitcode encoding. 209 (<a href="http://b.android.com/64775">Issue 64775</a>) 210 </li> 211 <li>Fixed a problem with RenderScript missing math symbols 212 (<a href="http://b.android.com/64110">Issue 64110</a>) 213 </li> 214 </ul> 215 </dd> 216 </dl> 217 <p></p> 218 219 </div> 220</div> 221 222 223 224<div class="toggle-content closed"> 225 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)"> 226 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img" 227 alt=""/>Build Tools, Revision 19.0.1</a> <em>(December 2013)</em> 228 </p> 229 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme"> 230 231 <dl> 232 <dt>Fixed miscellaneous build issues:</dt> 233 <dd> 234 <ul> 235 <li>Fixed support for compiling RenderScript in NDK mode with Gradle.</li> 236 <li>Fixed {@code BufferOverflowException} problem in the dx build. 237 (<a href="http://b.android.com/61710">Issue 61710</a>) 238 </li> 239 </ul> 240 </dd> 241 </dl> 242 <p></p> 243 244 </div> 245</div> 246 247<div class="toggle-content closed"> 248 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)"> 249 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img" 250 alt=""/>Build Tools, Revision 19</a> <em>(October 2013)</em> 251 </p> 252 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme"> 253 254 <p>Added support for Android 4.4 (API level 19) build targets.</p> 255 256 </div> 257</div> 258 259<div class="toggle-content closed"> 260 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)"> 261 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img" 262 alt=""/>Build Tools, Revision 18.1.1</a> <em>(September 2013)</em> 263 </p> 264 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme"> 265 266 <p>Fixed several minor build issues.</p> 267 268 </div> 269</div> 270 271<div class="toggle-content closed"> 272 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)"> 273 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img" 274 alt=""/>Build Tools, Revision 18.1.0</a> <em>(September 2013)</em> 275 </p> 276 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme"> 277 278 <p>Fixed issue with RenderScript support mode.</p> 279 280 </div> 281</div> 282 283<div class="toggle-content closed"> 284 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)"> 285 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img" 286 alt=""/>Build Tools, Revision 18.0.1</a> <em>(July 2013)</em> 287 </p> 288 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme"> 289 290 <p>Added support for Android 4.3 (API level 18) build targets.</p> 291 292 </div> 293</div> 294 295<div class="toggle-content closed"> 296 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)"> 297 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img" 298 alt=""/>Build Tools, Revision 17</a> <em>(May 2013)</em> 299 </p> 300 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme"> 301 302 <p>Initial release.</p> 303 304 <dl> 305 <dt>General Notes:</dt> 306 <dd> 307 <ul> 308 <li>Included support for Android 4.2 (API level 17) build targets.</li> 309 <li>Decoupled the build-specific components of the Android SDK from the platform-tools 310 component, so that the build tools can be updated independently of the integrated 311 development environment (IDE) components.</li> 312 </ul> 313 </dd> 314 </dl> 315 316 </div> 317</div> 318
