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ATAK SDK

PLUGIN DEVELOPMENT
PREREQUISITES

Access to the SDK via GIT has been granted.

Once logged into GIT, a request has been made for


access to the samples group. And that request has
been granted.
SETTING UP YOUR ENVIRONMENT
• Download and Install GIT
(Windows) https://git-scm.com/
• (Important) Download and Install GIT LFS
https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/releases
• Download and Install Android Studio
https://developer.android.com/studio
INSTALL (WINDOWS) GIT-SCM

Perform the default installation on Windows and


make sure to perform this action prior to continuing
with the Android Studio installation.
INSTALL ANDROID STUDIO

Install Android Studio using the default choices.


INSTALL ANDROID STUDIO
INSTALL ANDROID STUDIO (CONTINUED)
INSTALL ANDROID STUDIO (CONTINUED)

Under Settings, turn on Quick Documentation on Mouse


Move in order to see the Java Documentation for the SDK
INSTALL ANDROID STUDIO (CONTINUED)

Under the SDK Manager, install Android SDK 21


CHECK OUT THE ATAK SDK

Please use the provided repository URL. The directory that


the repository is cloned into will be important when cloning
the sample plugins.
CHECK OUT THE ATAK SDK

Close the project and under the Windows file system, locate
atak.apk and install it on your device. This is the developer
version of ATAK. Plugins developed using the SDK are only
compatible with this apk until built using the TAK Autobuilder.
CHECK OUT ONE OF THE SAMPLE SDK PLUGINS

For this guide, we will be demonstrating how to check out the HelloWorld
plugin supplied as a catch all example for some commonly used
capabilities in ATAK. It is important this project is checked out in the
appropriate directory. In this case the samples directory lives directly
below the location where the SDK was checked out
CHECK OUT ONE OF THE SAMPLE SDK PLUGINS
Example Path -

<cloned atak-sdk directory> / samples / <cloned plugin directory>


CHECK OUT ONE OF THE SAMPLE SDK PLUGINS

Once checked out, you will need to modify the run/debug configuration
so that the Launch Option is set to Nothing. This is because plugins are
APK’s that cannot be run.
CHECK OUT ONE OF THE SAMPLE SDK PLUGINS

Now we need to associate the Java Documentation with the plugin. This
is done by going from Android view to Project view. Next right click on
the main.jar External Libraries.
CHECK OUT ONE OF THE SAMPLE SDK PLUGINS

Select library Properties. Then associate atak-javadoc.jar with the


main.jar file. Restart Android Studio and you should now have full
Javadoc displayed when hovering over method names.
CHECK OUT ONE OF THE SAMPLE SDK PLUGINS
DEPLOY HELLO WORLD

Make sure that ATAK is running on the device and hit the play button.
Follow the prompts on the Android Device

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