AIDL(1)

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version 14.0.0+r75 · 2 versions
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💖 NAME 💖

okok so aidl — literally the Java bindings generator of AIDL interfaces ✨ she takes your AIDL and manifests the Java for you, no cap.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

aidl OPTIONS INPUT [OUTPUT]
aidl --preprocess OUTPUT INPUT...
bestie pls note there are two whole moods here: the regular run, and the --preprocess era 🫶

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -I<DIR> — search path for import statements. every place you want her to go digging, list it 💅
  • -d<FILE> — generate a dependency file. drop the path, get the deps 📝
  • -a — generate a dependency file right next to the output file, and the name is based on the input file. cute and automatic 🎀
  • -ninja — same dependency-file energy but in the format ninja understands 🥷
  • -p<FILE> — the file that --preprocess created, which you now want to import 💜
  • -o<FOLDER> — base output folder for all the generated files 🌈
  • -b — fail when trying to compile a parcelable. like, just refuse, on purpose 😭
  • INPUT — an aidl interface file, queen 👑
  • OUTPUT — the generated interface files ✨

so the tea on where stuff actually lands, fr fr:

  • if you skip OUTPUT and you didn't use the -o option, the input filename gets used, with the .aidl extension changed to a .java extension. glow up 💅
  • if you do use the -o option, the generated files go in the base output folder, tucked under their package folder 📁

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

iykyk, go read it 🦋

🫶 AUTHORS 🫶

The Android Open Source Project.

and that's the whole page!! this little cutie lives in the General Commands Manual under the name AIDL(1) — slay, periodt 💖✨🎀

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