Running Google's IM.apk, built from source

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Hello all,

Has anyone been able to build Android from source and successfully
install the produced ImProvider.apk and IM.apk applications in their
SDK emulator and run them? I am able to install ImProvider.apk, but
when I try to install IM.apk, adb reports the
INSTALL_FAILED_MISSING_SHARED_LIBRARY error and logcat reports:

"Package com.android.im requires unavailable shared library
com.android.im.plugin; ignoring!"

Building Android from source produces the com.android.im.plugin.jar
file, but I am not sure where to put it nor how to configure it in
order for it to be correctly utilized. I placed this file in the
android/tools/lib/ folder, where many other .JARs reside, but this
didn't help a bit.

To generalize on my issue, does anyone understand how the Android
runtime "plugin" system works? Is there documentation on it
somewhere? Does someone know the answer that will resolve my
issue? :-)


Thanks!
Nathan Morse