# Build?

**URL:** <https://forum.getodk.org/t/build/574>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [July 25, 2011, 1:57pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/build/574 "2011-07-25T13:57:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Thomas\_Smyth](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Thomas\_Smyth](https://forum.getodk.org/u/Thomas_Smyth)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 1:57pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/build/574/1 "2011-07-25T13:57:21Z")

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This may be a dumb question but how to I build ODK Collect from  
source? There is no build.xml file in the source tree (that I can  
see)...

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**Author:** ![yanokwa](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.getodk.org/yanokwa/32/1695_2.png) [@yanokwa](https://forum.getodk.org/u/yanokwa)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/build/574/2 "2011-07-25T14:14:14Z")

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if you are using eclipse, install the android plugin, checking out the  
project and you should be good to go. might be good to start with  
hello world. [http://developer.android.com/resources/tutorials/hello-world.html](http://developer.android.com/resources/tutorials/hello-world.html)

if you aren't using eclipse, try  
[http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/projects/projects-cmdline.html](http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/projects/projects-cmdline.html)

i'd recommend eclipse (not as software), but it does have good android tools...

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> On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 06:57, Thomas Smyth wrote: \> This may be a dumb question but how to I build ODK Collect from \> source? There is no build.xml file in the source tree (that I can \> see)... \>