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| # Android and Bazel |
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| This page contains resources that help you use Bazel with Android projects. It |
| links to a tutorial, build rules, and other information specific to building |
| Android projects with Bazel. |
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| ## Getting started |
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| The following resources will help you work with Bazel on Android projects: |
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| * [Tutorial: Building an Android app](tutorial/android-app.html). This tutorial |
| is a good place to start learning about Bazel commands and concepts, and how |
| to build Android apps with Bazel. |
| * [Codelab: Building Android Apps with Bazel](https://codelabs.developers.google.com/codelabs/bazel-android-intro/index.html). |
| This codelab explains how to build Android apps with Bazel. |
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| ## Features |
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| Bazel has Android rules for building and testing Android apps, integrating with |
| the SDK/NDK, and creating emulator images. There are also Bazel plugins for |
| Android Studio and IntelliJ. |
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| * [Android rules](be/android.html). The Build Encyclopedia describes the rules |
| you can use to build and test Android apps with Bazel. |
| * [Integration with Android Studio](ide.html). Bazel is compatible with |
| Android Studio using the [Android Studio with Bazel](https://ij.bazel.build/) |
| plugin. |
| * [`mobile-install` for Android](mobile-install.html). Bazel's `mobile-install` |
| feature provides automated build-and-deploy functionality for building and |
| testing Android apps directly on Android devices and emulators. |
| * [Android instrumentation testing](android-instrumentation-test.html) on |
| emulators and devices. |
| * [Android NDK integration](android-ndk.html). Bazel supports compiling to |
| native code through direct NDK integration and the C++ rules. |
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| ## Further reading |
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| * Learn [How Android Builds Work in Bazel](https://blog.bazel.build/2018/02/14/how-android-builds-work-in-bazel.html). |
