How do I install an app into the data/app folder instead of the system/app folder in an AOSP build?

Question

I put my application folder in

packages/apps  // inside AOSP source code

Now my application has following Android.mk in the s

Answer 1

You can take help of some other system app. Copy your target app which need to be installed in /data in say /system/usr/share

   device/<your platform> /extras/usr/share/<target app>:system/usr/share/<target app name> \

write above rule in device/platform/<platform specific mk > Now using some other system level app you can check whether your app is installed or not. If not installed install it via package manager by giving above path system/usr/share/<target app name>

Answer 2

I got the solution by changing this thing in Android.mk

LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS := tests

Answer 3

Basically, the android AOSP build system doesn't build anything into /data. The idea of the /data partition is that it's user data, and that it will be shipped from the factory empty (and deleted entirely on a device reset). If you want to install something into /data you do it after install using "adb install" or any other mechanism.

What exactly are you trying to accomplish?