1. Install Android Studio
2. Open tools->Android->SDK Manager
3. From SDK Platforms, select Android 4.0(IceCreamSandwich) and Android 7.1.1(Nougat)
4. From SDK Tools, select NDK, CMake, LLDB and install
5. Download Swig: http:https://www.swig.org (Mac brew install swig)

cd source/android/adaptivecards/src

<swig directory>\swig.exe -c++ -java -package io.adaptivecards.objectmodel -outdir main\java\io\adaptivecards\objectmodel -o main\cpp\objectmodel_wrap.cpp AdaptiveCardObjectModel.i

swig -c++ -java -package io.adaptivecards.objectmodel -outdir main/java/io/adaptivecards/objectmodel -o main/cpp/objectmodel_wrap.cpp AdaptiveCardObjectModel.i

1. From Android Studio, New->"Import Project..."
2. Select folder "\AdaptiveCards\source\android"
3. Build->"Rebuild Project"

If you get a build failure similar to "UnsupportedClassVersionError 52.0" then from Android Studio go to: File -> Other Settings --> Default project structure... --> Check Use Embedded JDK

1. Follow "To compile" section
2. Build->"Build APK" or "Generate Signed APK..."

1. add the following to the build.gradle of a project that will use the library compile 'io.adaptivecards:adaptivecards-android:1.2.0' For more information, please go to http:https://search.maven.org/ and search adaptivecards-android

1. Follow steps 1 and 2 from To compile section
2. Select "mobile" or "mobilechatapp" project
3. Click "Run" button and select device (physical or virtual) 3.1 If running the mobile app, you must copy the samples to the device