• Installed Java JDK 6.0+

• installed Mercurial (version > 1.7). I suggest TortoiseHG for Win users, which is GUI handler for Mercurial system

• Recommended is Android Studio in version 0.6+. “How to” is described below, or
• it's also possible to use Eclipse with ADT plugin or directly intelliJ with Android plugin, but “how to” install Locus API into these programs will not be described below.

• Start Android Studio
• Tap File > New project and create/define new project. By this you define core of your project, so for example core of your add-on. In this example case, let's define:
  • Application name - LocusApiTest
  • Module name - Add-on test
  • Project location - C:/LocusApiTest

• In directory C:\LocusApiTest open command line
• execute

  hg clone https://bitbucket.org/asamm/locus-api locusAPI

  to download repository

• back in Android Studio, double-tap on settings.gradle file in your root directory and add another line with include ':locusAPI'

• In directory C:\LocusApiTest open command line
• tap

  hg clone https://bitbucket.org/asamm/locus-api-android locusAPI_android

  to download repository

• back in Android Studio, double-tap on settings.gradle file in your root directory and add another line with include ':locusAPI_android'

• In directory C:\LocusApiTest open command line
• tap

  hg clone https://bitbucket.org/asamm/locus-api-android-sample locusAPI_android_sample

  to download repository

• back in Android Studio, double-tap on settings.gradle file in your root directory and add another line with include ':locusAPI_android_sample'

To make your project work fully, a few more steps are needed:

• in your root build.gradle, add extra parameters used globally in Locus API modules

// define global parameters
ext {
    compileSdkVersion = 19
    buildToolsVersion = '19.1'
 
    minSdkVersion = 8
    targetSdkVersion = 19
 
    signDebugPath = 'c:/path_to_debug_key/debug.keystore'
    signDebugPassword = 'android'
    signDebugKeyAlias = 'androiddebugkey'
    signDebugKeyPassword = 'android'
 
    signReleasePath = 'c:/path_to_public_key/release.keystore'
    signReleasePassword = 'your_passwork'
    signReleaseKeyAlias = 'your_key_alias'
    signReleaseKeyPassword = 'your_key_password'
}

LocusAPI Android (sample) now should be fully working.

Check it's build.gradle file, where is defined all you require. And also in build.gradle file in your own Add-on test module.