Application source code for contacts(android)

Question

I want to run the code for contacts as a separate application from eclipse(and modify).... Is there any way to download the source code? I've read that u can download it locally by using

git clone git://android.git.kernel.org/platform/packages/apps/Contacts.git

but i use windows xp... i've tried creating the folders in the exact way as they are given in this link below(same tree structure)...

http://www.netmite.com/android/mydroid/packages/apps/Contacts/

but i got wayyy too many errors after inmporting it...

Can someone help me out pleeeeeeese...

Answer 1

Contacts.app uses a lot of internal classes which are not present in the public SDK. Running Contacts.app is possible only if you use all the android sources.

This will help: http://source.android.com/using-eclipse