[android] - update getting started documentation

1 files changed, 45 insertions, 63 deletions

diff --git a/platform/android/README.md b/platform/android/README.md
index 3ce66526c2..d8ec069c6d 100644
--- a/platform/android/README.md
+++ b/platform/android/README.md
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 [![Circle CI build status](https://circleci.com/gh/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native.svg?style=shield)](https://circleci.com/gh/mapbox/workflows/mapbox-gl-native/tree/master)
 
-A library based on [Mapbox GL Native](../../README.md) for embedding interactive map views with scalable, customizable vector maps into Java applications on Android devices.
+A library based on [Mapbox GL Native](../../README.md) for embedding interactive map views with scalable, customizable vector maps onto Android devices.
 
-## Getting Started 
+## Getting Started
 
 Alright. So, actually, you may be in the wrong place. From here on in, this README is going to be for people who are interested in working on and improving on Mapbox GL Native for Android.
 
@@ -14,36 +14,6 @@ Alright. So, actually, you may be in the wrong place. From here on in, this READ
 
 [![](https://www.mapbox.com/android-sdk/images/splash.png)](https://www.mapbox.com/android-sdk/)
 
-#### Opening the project in Android Studio
-
-We recommend that you open this repository's `android` folder in Android Studio. 
-
-mapbox-gl-native > platform > android
-
-Once you open it in Android Studio and switch to the Android view in the left-hand sidebar,  you should see the `MapboxGLAndroidSDK` and `MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp` folders.
-
-Alternatively, you can use the Terminal application to open the project in Android Studio. Open your Terminal application, navigate to this repository's root folder, and run the `make aproj` command.
-
-#### Using the SDK snapshot
-
-Instead of using the latest stable release of the Mapbox Android SDK, you can use a "snapshot" or the beta version if there is one available. Our snapshots are built every time a Github pull request adds code to this repository's `master` branch. If you'd like to use a snapshot build, your Android project's gradle file should have -SNAPSHOT appended to the SDK version number. For example `5.2.0-SNAPSHOT` or:
-
-```java
-// Mapbox SDK dependency
-    compile('com.mapbox.mapboxsdk:mapbox-android-sdk:5.2.0-SNAPSHOT@aar') {
-    transitive = true
-    }
-```
-You need to have the section below in your build.gradle root folder to be able to resolve the SNAPSHOT dependencies:
-```
-allprojects {
-    repositories {
-        jcenter()
-        maven { url "http://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/" }
-    }
-}
-```
-
 ### Setup environment
 
 **These instructions are for developers interested in making code-level contributions to the SDK itself. If you instead want to use the SDK in your app, see above.**
@@ -53,77 +23,89 @@ allprojects {
 Clone the git repository
 
 ```bash
-git clone https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native.git
-cd mapbox-gl-native
+git clone git@github.com:mapbox/mapbox-gl-native.git && cd mapbox-gl-native
 ```
 
 #### Installing dependencies
 
 These dependencies are required for all operating systems and all platform targets.
 
-- Latest stable [Android Studio](https://developer.android.com/studio/index.html) 
+- Latest stable [Android Studio](https://developer.android.com/studio/index.html)
 - Update Android SDK with latest
-  - Android SDK Build-Tools 
+  - Android SDK Build-Tools
   - Android Platform-Tools
   - Android SDK Tools
   - CMake
   - NDK
   - LLDB
-
 - Modern C++ compiler that supports `-std=c++14`\*
   - clang++ 3.5 or later or
   - g++-4.9 or later
-- [cURL](https://curl.haxx.se) (for build only)
-- [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/) or later (for build only)
-- [pkg-config](https://wiki.freedesktop.org/www/Software/pkg-config/) (for build only)
+- [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/)
+- [ccache](https://ccache.samba.org/) (optional)
 
 **Note**: We partially support C++14 because GCC 4.9 does not fully implement the
 final draft of the C++14 standard. More information in [DEVELOPING.md](DEVELOPING.md).
 
-##### Additional Dependencies for Linux
+**Note**: On macOS you can install clang with installing the [Apple command line developer tools](https://developer.apple.com/download/).
+
+### Opening the project
 
-_These instructions were tested on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (aka Xenial Xerus)._
+#### macOS
+
+Execute the following command in this repository's root folder to generate the required build files and open the project with Android Studio:
 
 ```
-$ sudo apt-get install -y build-essential curl lib32stdc++6 lib32z1 pkg-config python
+make aproj
 ```
 
-##### Additional Dependencies for macOS
+#### linux
 
-- Apple Command Line Tools (available at  [Apple Developer](https://developer.apple.com/download/more/))
-- [xcpretty](https://github.com/supermarin/xcpretty) (`gem install xcpretty`)
+run `make android-configuration` in the root folder of the project and open the Android Studio project in `/platform/android`.
 
+### Project configuration
 
-##### macOS
+#### Setup Checkstyle
 
-Execute the following to generate the required build files and open the project with Android Studio:
+Mapbox uses specific IDE settings related to code and check style.
+See [checkstyle guide](https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native/wiki/Setting-up-Mapbox-checkstyle) for configuration details.
 
-```
-make aproj
-```
+##### Setting Mapbox Access Token
 
-##### linux
+_The test application (used for development purposes) uses Mapbox vector tiles, which require a Mapbox account and API access token. Obtain a free access token on the [Mapbox account page](https://www.mapbox.com/studio/account/tokens/)._
 
-Open Android Studio project in `/platform/android`, run `make android-configuration` in the root folder of the project.
+With the first gradle invocation, gradle will take the value of the `MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN` environment variable and save it to `MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/res/values/developer-config.xml`. If the environment variable wasn't set, you can edit `developer-config.xml` manually and add your access token to the `mapbox_access_token` resource.  
 
-##### Setup Checkstyle
+### Running project
 
-Mapbox uses specific IDE settings related to code and check style. 
-See [checkstyle guide](https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native/wiki/Setting-up-Mapbox-checkstyle) for configuration details. 
+Run the configuration for the `MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp` module and select a device or emulator to deploy on. Based on the selected device, the c++ code will be compiled for the related processor architecture. You can see the project compiling in the `View > Tool Windows > Gradle Console`.
 
-##### Setting Mapbox Access Token
+More information about building and distributing this project in [DISTRIBUTE.md](https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native/blob/master/platform/android/DISTRIBUTE.md).
 
-_The test application (used for development purposes) uses Mapbox vector tiles, which require a Mapbox account and API access token. Obtain a free access token on the [Mapbox account page](https://www.mapbox.com/studio/account/tokens/)._
+### Additional resources
 
-With the first gradle invocation, gradle will take the value of the `MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN` environment variable and save it to `MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/res/values/developer-config.xml`. If the environement variable wasn't set, you can edit `developer-config.xml` manually and add your access token to the `mapbox_access_token` resource.  
+#### Using the SDK snapshot
 
-#### Running project
+Instead of using the latest stable release of the Mapbox Android SDK, you can use a "snapshot" or the beta version if there is one available. Our snapshots are built every time a Github pull request adds code to this repository's `master` branch. If you'd like to use a snapshot build, your Android project's gradle file should have -SNAPSHOT appended to the SDK version number. For example `5.2.0-SNAPSHOT` or:
 
-Run the configuration for the `MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp` module and select a device or emulator to deploy on. Based on the selected device, the c++ code will be compiled for the related processor architecture. You can see the project compiling in the `View > Tool Windows > Gradle Console`. 
+```java
+// Mapbox SDK dependency
+compile('com.mapbox.mapboxsdk:mapbox-android-sdk:5.2.0-SNAPSHOT@aar') {
+    transitive = true
+}
+```
+You need to have the section below in your build.gradle root folder to be able to resolve the SNAPSHOT dependencies:
+```
+allprojects {
+    repositories {
+        jcenter()
+        maven { url "http://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/" }
+    }
+}
+```
 
-More information about building and distributing this project in [DISTRIBUTE.md][https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native/blob/master/platform/android/DISTRIBUTE.md].
 
 #### Symbolicating native crashes
 
-When hitting native crashes you can use ndk-stack to symbolicate crashes. 
+When hitting native crashes you can use ndk-stack to symbolicate crashes.
 More information in [this](https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native/wiki/Getting-line-numbers-from-an-Android-crash-with-ndk-stack) guide.