Layer Launcher Creator
Layer shortcut tool
Manual for the Layer Launcher Creator (L2C) Tool
In order to create a shortcut Android App for your layer you can use the Layer Launcher Creator
(L2C) Tool. By simply filling in the Workspace folder, Layer name, the App title and the Package
name this tool will generate an Android project for you which you can export to an APK . It is up to
you how you want to distribute the APK : simply put an download link on your site and/or put in the
App Market and/or use other distribution ways such as GetJar.
Requirements:
- 1- LayerLauncherCreator.jar (http://www
- 2- Android development environment set-up (such as Eclipse) For more information on how to setup the SDK, please visit; http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html . For more information on how
to publish your APK, for Android, please visit
http://developer.android.com/guide/publishing/publishing.html, For GetJar, please visit
http://developer.getjar.com/
How to use the Layer Launcher Creator (L2C) Tool
Step 1: open the LayerLauncherCreator.jar file and fill in the following fields: (please note: the layer
name needs to be the same name as the name of your actual layer. The package name is normally
indicated by layer name + your domain or company name)
Step 2: After the project has been created, check the existence of the just created folder
“[layarname]Launcher” in the indicated workspace. Based on the example above
c:\workspace\kitarLauncher
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Step 3: opening the project within Eclipse: file New  Android Project
Step 4: In the new project screen, please select “create project from existing source”. Once done,
give the project a name. In this example it has been given the name Kitar. You might receive a
warning indicating “The API level for the selected SDK target does not match the Min SDK Version.”
This can be ignored.
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Step 5: Modifying your project (icon settings)
The first thing you want to do is to change the default icons, to be replaced with your layer icon. In
the picture below you see the three sub folders within the res folder. Please put your own icon with
the following pixels:
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drawable-mdpi: 32x32
drawable-ldpi: 48x48
drawable-hdpi: 72x72
Please note all error codes are written in English. In case you would like to translate them in other
languages, please change the file strings.xml within the folder values
Step 6: Creating APK for distribution.
Please follow the steps in the procedure which you will start by Export your Android Application.
Disclaimer: this tool is not supported. It can be used as a guideline on how to create a shortcut application to
your layer.
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