Javadoc in Eclipse failing to recognize packages

Thanks to this thread, I was able to get Javadoc links to work for my Android project within Eclipse on Windows. Specifically, "{@link android.widget.Toast}" is currently converted into a link to "http://d.android.com/reference/android/widget/Toast.html?is-external=true". I achieved this with the Javadoc option:

-linkoffline http://d.android.com/reference "file:/C:/Android/android-sdk-windows/docs/reference"

However, I get errors such as the following based on lines of my Java code (not the Javadoc comments):

C:\Users\Ellen\workspace\TestableToast\src\edu\mills\cs180\HelloAndroid.java:5: 
package android.view does not exist
import android.view.View;
                   ^ 
C:\Users\Ellen\workspace\TestableToast\src\edu\mills\cs180\HelloAndroid.java:6: 
package android.view.View does not exist 
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
                        ^ 
C:\Users\Ellen\workspace\TestableToast\src\edu\mills\cs180\HelloAndroid.java:8: 
package android.widget does not exist
import android.widget.Toast;
                      ^ 
C:\Users\Ellen\workspace\TestableToast\src\edu\mills\cs180\HelloAndroid.java:10: 
cannot find symbol symbol: class Activity 
public class HelloAndroid extends Activity implements OnClickListener {
                                  ^

How can I fix these references?

Solution 1:

This Works in Eclipse for me:

1. Project --> generate Javadoc
2. Go to "Configure Javadoc arguments."
3. in VM options add "-bootclasspath /path/to/sdk/platforms/android-##/android.jar"

Solution 2:

Adding -classpath parameter in the last screen of "Generate Javadoc..." wizard did not work for me: I got an error message saying that -classpath parameter can only be specified once.

Not really a solution, but a workaround:

• In the "Generate Javadoc..." wizard, check the option "Save the settings of this Javadoc export as an Ant script". This generates javadoc.xml file in project directory
• Edit javadoc.xml file and edit classpath attribute. Specifically, add "/path/to/sdk/platforms/android-##/android.jar" there and any other jars that you get warning messages about
• Generate the javadoc with: ant -buildfile javadoc.xml. For convenience, I put this line in a javadoc.sh shell script.

Solution 3:

You need to put the android classes in your javadoc classpath, too. For this, add the android jar file to the -classpath argument of javadoc (as you would do for your compiler).

I have no idea whether and where Eclipse gives you some configuration option for this, though.