Hey all, Its time for 2016's GSoC application process. Last year Markus and I were the mentors for this project, and we got a lot of solid contributions included, both for pkg-java and android-tools teams packages (groovy, gradle, android SDK bits written in C, etc). We also had lots of student applicants last year, so with more mentors, we could have a bigger team working this summer, which would mean we could make a big push towards getting things like gradle plugins or even Android Studio/IntelliJ in Debian.
I can manage the interfacing with Google and GSoC for those who don't want to touch that part What we really need are people who are working on Java/Android packages and are regularly available via email and/or IRC. https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/Projects/AndroidSDKToolsInDebian .hc