Setup Instructions for the Google API Client Library for Java

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Checkout Instructions

Prerequisites: install Java 6, Mercurial and Maven. You may need to set your JAVA_HOME.

hg clone https://google-api-java-client.googlecode.com/hg/ google-api-java-client
cd google-api-java-client
mvn install

• The "default" branch has the stable 1.4 library. This is the default branch that is checked out with the instructions above.
• The "dev" branch has the development 1.5 library. To switch to this branch, run:

  hg update dev
  mvn clean install

Setup Project in Eclipse 3.5

Prerequisites: install Eclipse, the Mercurial plugin, the Maven plugin, and the Android plugin.

• Setup Eclipse Preferences
  • Window > Preferences... (or on Mac, Eclipse > Preferences...)
  • Select Maven
    • check on "Download Artifact Sources"
    • check on "Download Artifact JavaDoc"
  • Select Android
    • setup SDK location
• Import projects
  • File > Import...
  • Select "General > Existing Project into Workspace" and click "Next"
  • Click "Browse" next to "Select root directory", find [someDirectory]/google-api-java-client and click OK
  • Click "Next" and "Finish"