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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright 2015 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+# Note: This script requires the Android NDK and Android SDK to be installed.
+#       It also requires an Android device to be connected for installing and
+#       running the applicaton.
+
+sampledir=$(readlink -fn `dirname $0`)
+currentdir=$(readlink -fn `pwd`)
+
+if [[ "$sampledir" != "$currentdir" ]]; then
+  echo Error: This script must be run from inside the $sampledir directory.
+  echo You executed it from the $currentdir directory.
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Execute `build_apk.sh` to build and run the android app.
+cd android
+./gradlew build
+
+
+