How to get the complete android source code for kitkat 4.4?

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I have downloaded android source code from http://source.android.com/source/downloading.html[^]
I came to know that there's no any source file (.java, .c or any other ) downloaded in source code folder. All I see is just the folders with extensions .git and files with .pack extension. The files which I saw on https:www.android.source.com are not present in my downloaded source code.
Even some folders were not in expected format. They had .git extension ( e-g: build.git instead of build folder.)
is there any way of downloading the remaining files without overriding the existing files?
And if I have downloaded the exact source code, then how can I get those source files which are available on website?

Posted 15-Jan-15 21:45pm

Vinod Kulkarni

Updated 15-Jan-15 22:02pm

Richard MacCutchan

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Solution 1

See "No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop." , error occures while building android source code[^].

Posted 15-Jan-15 22:00pm

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RupeshMote · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-22T18:08:00

Solution 2

Hey vinod, I have successfully downloaded android os source code for master branch.

See this link and do all procedure described in it : https://source.android.com/source/building.html[^]

The size of master branch source code is 31.5 GB

I think in your case the problem is, your source code not downloaded properly.
Because after successfully downloading the source code, all source files and folders must be present in your working directory.

Posted 22-Jan-15 18:08pm

RupeshMote

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Vinod Kulkarni 23-Jan-15 0:45am

Thanks RupeshMote. As per your solution I will try to download the android source code for master branch.

Vinod Kulkarni 27-Jan-15 3:59am

thanks Rupesh Mote. The size of master branch source code was exactly 31.5GB. And yes my source code was not downloaded properly and that is the reason I faced problems while building the source code.
All the source files and folders were present after complete download.

RupeshMote 27-Jan-15 4:40am

You are welcome