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Android: Adding new Application while building?

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I am exploring android build system and have a question.
Example application is Calculator. I see the folder in packages/app/Calculator/Android.mk file, but this "Calculator" is not captured in the core.mk @ build/target/product/Core.mk

Which .mk file contains 'Calculator'.?

posted Jan 4, 2014 by Meenal Mishra

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/build/target/product/generic_no_telephony.mk
answer Jan 6, 2014 by Ahmed Patel
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