android: org.eclipse.swt.SWTError 中的异常: 没有更多的句柄 [gtk_init_check() 失败]

Question

I'm trying to setup an environment in which I can develop android apps on an Ubuntu server 13.04. Therefore, I can only use the command line.

When I run android , just to check if it's working, I get:

Exception in thread "main" org.eclipse.swt.SWTError: No more handles [gtk_init_check() failed]
    at org.eclipse.swt.SWT.error(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.createDisplay(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.create(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Device.<init>(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.<init>(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.<init>(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.getDefault(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell.<init>(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell.<init>(Unknown Source)
    at com.android.sdkuilib.internal.repository.ui.SdkUpdaterWindowImpl2.createShell(SdkUpdaterWindowImpl2.java:168)
    at com.android.sdkuilib.internal.repository.ui.SdkUpdaterWindowImpl2.open(SdkUpdaterWindowImpl2.java:137)
    at com.android.sdkuilib.repository.SdkUpdaterWindow.open(SdkUpdaterWindow.java:111)
    at com.android.sdkmanager.Main.showSdkManagerWindow(Main.java:356)
    at com.android.sdkmanager.Main.doAction(Main.java:334)
    at com.android.sdkmanager.Main.run(Main.java:120)
    at com.android.sdkmanager.Main.main(Main.java:103)

What I've done so far:

• apt-get install ant
• Downloaded the "ADT bundle" from http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
• Unpacked it in my home directory /home/camilstaps
• Added /home/camilstaps/adt-bundle-linux/tools to my PATH environment variable

What can I do to solve this exception?

Answer 1

您可以使用-u （无 UI）选项从命令行更新 sdk。

./android update sdk -u

Answer 2

The problem here was that android tried to open a graphical display, which it couldn't. android simply cannot be runned on a server without a graphical screen.

However, with some parameters, android can be used. For example, see here :

android create project \
--target <target_ID> \
--name <your_project_name> \
--path path/to/your/project \
--activity <your_activity_name> \
--package <your_package_namespace>

Answer 3

If you want to run the Android IDE (which is Eclipse), you're going to need an X server to display it on. I'd recommend not trying to develop Android apps on a headless server, as you're going to need a display to use the IDE, and to run your app in the emulator, so that you can test it without flashing it to a device every time you change something.

If you want to develop the app without an X display, you're going to have to do everything by hand, which the IDE would normally do for you, and use an editor which doesn't require X, such as vim or emacs .

Answer 4

If you ssh -X in to the box and start android, it should use xserver on your machine. Sometimes I have to start another application eg Firefox to get the X working before I start android.

Answer 5

It looks like an old eclipse bug. It was related the JavaVM, you could try another VM if you can exclude that the issue is related to the X environment.

Answer 6

In My case, I tried to install GTK packages (using 'sudo apt-get install') ,still error was coming repeatedly.

To identify error , Please check log path : /configuration/*.log

you will notice the stack trace present in error log emphasizes about display related issue. Eclipse requires X server to be started so that User Interface loads properly. Root user by default doesn't start X-server.

Hence I switched to another user and was able to open eclipse successfully.

root@anotheruser:/eclipse/configuration# exit
logout
anotheruser@anotheruser:~$ cd /eclipse/
anotheruser@anotheruser:/eclipse$ ./eclipse