diff --git a/bin/create2 b/bin/create2
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+#! /bin/sh
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+# to you 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.
+#
+# create a cordova/android project
+#
+# USAGE
+# ./create [path package activity]
+#
+set -e
+
+if [ -n "$1" ] && [ "$1" == "-h" ]
+then
+ echo 'usage: create path package activity'
+ echo "Make sure the Android SDK tools folder is in your PATH!"
+ exit 0
+fi
+
+BUILD_PATH=$( cd "$( dirname "$0" )/.." && pwd )
+VERSION=$(cat $BUILD_PATH/VERSION)
+
+PROJECT_PATH=${1:-"./example"}
+PACKAGE=${2:-"org.apache.cordova.example"}
+ACTIVITY=${3:-"cordovaExample"}
+
+# clobber any existing example
+if [ -d $PROJECT_PATH ]
+then
+ echo "Project already exists! Delete and recreate"
+ exit 1
+fi
+
+# cleanup after exit and/or on error
+function on_exit {
+ echo "Cleaning up ..."
+ [ -f $BUILD_PATH/framework/libs/commons-codec-1.6.jar ] && rm $BUILD_PATH/framework/libs/commons-codec-1.6.jar
+ [ -d $BUILD_PATH/framework/libs ] && rmdir $BUILD_PATH/framework/libs
+ [ -f $BUILD_PATH/framework/assets/www/cordova-$VERSION.js ] && rm $BUILD_PATH/framework/assets/www/cordova-$VERSION.js
+ [ -f $BUILD_PATH/framework/cordova-$VERSION.jar ] && rm $BUILD_PATH/framework/cordova-$VERSION.jar
+}
+
+function on_error {
+ echo "An error occured. Deleting project..."
+ [ -d $PROJECT_PATH ] && rm -rf $PROJECT_PATH
+}
+
+# we do not want the script to silently fail
+trap on_error ERR
+trap on_exit EXIT
+
+ANDROID_BIN=$( which android )
+PACKAGE_AS_PATH=$(echo $PACKAGE | sed 's/\./\//g')
+ACTIVITY_PATH=$PROJECT_PATH/src/$PACKAGE_AS_PATH/$ACTIVITY.java
+MANIFEST_PATH=$PROJECT_PATH/AndroidManifest.xml
+
+TARGET=$($ANDROID_BIN list targets | grep id: | tail -1 | cut -f 2 -d ' ' )
+
+# update the cordova-android framework for the desired target
+$ANDROID_BIN update project --target $TARGET --path $BUILD_PATH/framework &> /dev/null
+
+if [ ! -e $BUILD_PATH/framework/libs/commons-codec-1.6.jar ]; then
+ # Use curl to get the jar (TODO: Support Apache Mirrors)
+ echo "Downloading common-codecs-1.6 ..."
+ curl -OL http://mirror.symnds.com/software/Apache//commons/codec/binaries/commons-codec-1.6-bin.zip &> /dev/null
+ unzip commons-codec-1.6-bin.zip &> /dev/null
+ mkdir -p $BUILD_PATH/framework/libs
+ cp commons-codec-1.6/commons-codec-1.6.jar $BUILD_PATH/framework/libs
+ # cleanup yo
+ rm commons-codec-1.6-bin.zip && rm -rf commons-codec-1.6
+fi
+
+# compile cordova.js and cordova.jar
+echo "Building cordova-$VERSION.jar and cordova-$VERSION.js ..."
+(cd $BUILD_PATH/framework && ant jar &> /dev/null )
+
+# create new android project
+echo "Creating a new cordova android project ..."
+$ANDROID_BIN create project --target $TARGET --path $PROJECT_PATH --package $PACKAGE --activity $ACTIVITY &> /dev/null
+
+# copy project template
+echo "Copying assets and resources ..."
+cp -r $BUILD_PATH/bin/templates2/project/assets $PROJECT_PATH
+cp -r $BUILD_PATH/bin/templates2/project/res $PROJECT_PATH
+
+# copy cordova.js, cordova.jar and res/xml
+echo "Setting up config and plugins list ..."
+cp -r $BUILD_PATH/framework/res/xml $PROJECT_PATH/res
+
+echo "Adding cordova-$VERSION.js and cordova-$VERSION.jar ..."
+cp $BUILD_PATH/framework/assets/www/cordova-$VERSION.js $PROJECT_PATH/assets/www/cordova-$VERSION.js
+cp $BUILD_PATH/framework/cordova-$VERSION.jar $PROJECT_PATH/libs/cordova-$VERSION.jar
+
+# interpolate the activity name and package
+echo "Updating Activity and AndroidManifest ..."
+cp $BUILD_PATH/bin/templates2/project/Activity.java $ACTIVITY_PATH
+sed -i '' -e "s/__ACTIVITY__/${ACTIVITY}/g" $ACTIVITY_PATH
+sed -i '' -e "s/__ID__/${PACKAGE}/g" $ACTIVITY_PATH
+
+cp $BUILD_PATH/bin/templates2/project/AndroidManifest.xml $MANIFEST_PATH
+sed -i '' -e "s/__ACTIVITY__/${ACTIVITY}/g" $MANIFEST_PATH
+sed -i '' -e "s/__PACKAGE__/${PACKAGE}/g" $MANIFEST_PATH
diff --git a/bin/templates2/project/Activity.java b/bin/templates2/project/Activity.java
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+/*
+ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ distributed with this work for additional information
+ regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ to you 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.
+ */
+
+package __ID__;
+
+import android.app.Activity;
+import android.os.Bundle;
+import org.apache.cordova.*;
+
+public class __ACTIVITY__ extends DroidGap
+{
+ @Override
+ public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
+ {
+ super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
+ super.loadUrl("file:///android_asset/www/index.html");
+ }
+}
+
diff --git a/bin/templates2/project/AndroidManifest.xml b/bin/templates2/project/AndroidManifest.xml
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diff --git a/bin/templates2/project/assets/www/index.html b/bin/templates2/project/assets/www/index.html
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