How to link assets/www folder in Eclipse / Phonegap / Android project?

This can be accomplished creating a “Linked Folder” resource in Eclipse. It’s essentially the same thing as what Xcode creates when you drag any file or folder into your project and tell it to create references – just nowhere near as easy.

The ADT Eclipse plugin expects an “assets” folder at the top level of your project, so we’re going to create an /assets linked folder that references ../www, sitting right next to your project folder.

  1. File menu > New > Folder
  2. Folder name: assets
  3. Click Advanced >>
  4. Select: Link to alternate location (Linked Folder)
    • You can use Browse to select the www folder and you’re done, but this option creates the link using a full path which will usually break on other team members’ systems
  5. Click Variables…
  6. New
    1. Name: SIBLING_WWW_FOLDER
    2. Location: ${PROJECT_LOC}/../www
  7. OK
  8. Select SIBLING_WWW_FOLDER and click OK
  9. Finish

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