If you're just looking to install WordPress for Android, you can find it on Google Play. If you're a developer wanting to contribute, read on.

The gradle build system will fetch all dependencies and generate files you need to build the project. You first need to copy create the local.properties file, the easiest way is to copy our example:

$ cp local.properties-example local.properties

Then edit the local.properties file to add your Android sdk.dir. After this step, you can invoke gradle to build, install and test the project:

$ ./gradlew assembleDebug # assemble the debug .apk
$ ./gradlew installDebug  # assemble and install the debug .apk if you
                          # have an emulator or an Android device connected
$ ./gradlew cIT           # assemble, install and run unit tests

Note: you can use the Android Studio IDE, import the project as a Gradle project.

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