SC20 Android SDK

Download User Guide

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Rev. SC20_Android_SDK_Download_User_Guide_V1.3

Date: 2018-04-08

Status: Released

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About the Document

History

Revision Date Author Description

1.0 2016-09-26 Chapin FANG Initial

1. Provided an example in Chapter 3.1 to show

the accomplishment of Google standard
Android SDK download.
2. Updated the FTP login information (username,
1.1 2017-02-24 Chapin FANG
password, etc.) for SC20 platform dependent
SDK downloading (Chapter 3.2).
3. Added the SDK download paths for SC20-CE,
SC20-E and SC20-W (Chapter 4.1~4.3).
1. Modified SC20 SDK download instruction.
1.2 2017-10-17 Kyle GAO
2. Added Android 7.1.2 SDK.
Updated SDK download method (changed from
1.3 2018-04-08 Kyle GAO
FTP server into SharePoint site) and paths

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Contents

About the Document ................................................................................................................................... 2

Contents ....................................................................................................................................................... 3

1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 4

2 Install Download Tools ........................................................................................................................ 5

3 SC20 SDK Download Demo ................................................................................................................ 6

3.1. Google Standard Android SDK Download .............................................................................. 6
3.2. SC20 Platform Dependent SDK Download ............................................................................. 7
3.3. Merge Two SDKs..................................................................................................................... 8

4 SC20 SDK Download Paths ................................................................................................................ 9

4.1. Android 5.1.1 SDK Download ................................................................................................. 9
4.2. Android 6.0.1 SDK Download ................................................................................................. 9
4.3. Android 7.1.2 SDK Download ............................................................................................... 10

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1 Introduction
This document mainly introduces how to download Quectel SC20 module’s Android SDK. SC20 Android
SDK includes two parts: Google standard Android SDK and SC20 platform dependent SDK. Customers
have to download the two parts separately, and then merge them together. The following chapters provide
details on how and where to download these SDKs.

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2 Install Download Tools

It is recommended to download SC20 Android SDK based on Ubuntu system.

1. Before downloading, it is needed to install the following tools on Ubuntu.

 Install the curl tool

sudo apt-get install curl //Install curl tool

 Install repo tool

sudo curl http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/git-repo-downloads/repo //Download repo

 Install git tool

sudo apt-get install git

2. Configure user email and name

sudo git config --global user.email “[email protected]”

sudo git config --global user.name “Your Name”

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3 SC20 SDK Download Demo

3.1. Google Standard Android SDK Download

Use repo command to pull code from Google platform.

repo init -u git://codeaurora.org/platform/manifest.git -b release -m XXX.xml

--repo-url=git://codeaurora.org/tools/repo.git --repo-branch=caf-stable
repo sync

NOTE

The above is only a reference example for the repo command. For the detailed command of
corresponding models, please refer to Chapter 4.

When "Syncing work tree...done" (as shown and marked below) is shown on the screen, it indicates that
the downloading of Google standard Android SDK has been completed.

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3.2. SC20 Platform Dependent SDK Download

Quectel creates a SharePoint document library for customers to download SC20 platform dependent SDK.
Customers need to provide an email address of their project manager for SC20, and then Quectel will
create a SharePoint account with this email address. Moreover, if there is an important patch update,
Quectel will send it to this email address.

After login, please enter SC20/SC20_AndroidSDK/ folder and then select the corresponding Android
version, thus to get the SC20_Androidx.x.x_Quectel_SDK_xxx.tar.gz which is just the platform dependent
SDK.

Figure 1: SC20 Android SDK Directory

NOTE

For the detailed download path of corresponding models, please refer to Chapter 4.

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3.3. Merge Two SDKs

1. Extract SC20_Androidx.x.x_Quectel_SDK_xxx.tar.gz (SC20 platform dependent SDK package) by

using the command below.

tar zxvf SC20_Androidx.x.x_Quectel_SDK_xxx.tar.gz

2. Google Standard Android SDK

3. Copy the extracted files to Google standard Android SDK forcibly, to cover the files with the same
name.

cp -rf patch_code/* google_android/

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4 SC20 SDK Download Paths

4.1. Android 5.1.1 SDK Download

If SC20 modules of R01/R02 firmware version are used, then Android 5.1.1 SDK such as
SC20CEQAR01Axx, SC20CEPBR01Axx or SC20WSAR01Axx should be used.

 Use the repo command below to acquire Google standard Android SDK for SC20 modules of
R01/R02 firmware version:

repo init -u git://codeaurora.org/platform/manifest.git -b release -m LA.BR.1.2.3-10210-8x09.0.xml

--repo-url=git://codeaurora.org/tools/repo.git --repo-branch=caf-stable

 Platform dependent SDK download path (from SharePoint):

SC20/SC20_AndroidSDK/Android5.1.1/SC20_Android5.1.1_Quectel_SDK_xxx.tar.gz

4.2. Android 6.0.1 SDK Download

If SC20 modules of R04 firmware version are used, then Android 6.0.1 SDK such as SC20ESAR04Axx,
SC20ASAR04Axx, SC20AUSAR04Axx, SC20JSAR04Axx or SC20WSCR04Axx should be used.

 Use the repo command below to acquire Google standard Android SDK for SC20 modules of R04
firmware version:

repo init -u git://codeaurora.org/platform/manifest.git -b release -m

caf_AU_LINUX_ANDROID_LA.BR.1.2.7_RB1.06.00.01.208.053.xml
--repo-url=git://codeaurora.org/tools/repo.git --repo-branch=caf-stable

 Platform dependent SDK download path (from SharePoint):

SC20/SC20_AndroidSDK/Android6.0.1/SC20_Android6.0.1_Quectel_SDK_xxx.tar.gz

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4.3. Android 7.1.2 SDK Download

If SC20 modules of R06 firmware version are used, then Android 7.1.2 SDK such as SC20CEQAR06Axx,
SC20ASAR06Axx, SC20ESAR06Axx, SC20JSAR06Axx, SC20AUSAR06Axx, or SC20WSCR06Axx
should be used.

 Use the repo command below to acquire Google standard Android SDK for SC20 modules of R06
firmware version:

repo init -u https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/manifest.git -b release -m

LA.BR.1.2.9-04610-8x09.0.xml --repo-url=git:// codeaurora.org/tools/repo.git --repo-branch=caf-stable

 Platform dependent SDK download path (from SharePoint):

SC20/SC20_AndroidSDK/Android7.1.2/SC20_Android7.1.2_Quectel_SDK_xxx.tar.gz

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