Hello Werner, We have been looking into the use of Freetype and the compatibility with x86 devices, and as you noted in your first email, it should run on any platform, as it creates Libs/armeabi/libfreetype.so, libs/armeabi-v7a/libfreetype.so or libs/x86/libfreetype.so depending on the APP_ABI configuration of the software developer. Therefore my question would be if you provide specific scripts to developers using Freetype to build their library or is this the main source that developers use: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/OpenGL_Programming/Installation/Android_NDK#FreeType ? In that case, since the wiki-resource doesn't have any mention of the creation of x86 libs for the developers, would it be possible for you to add the instructions for developers to inform them about the possibility of setting their APP_ABI as APP_ABI:=all or APP_ABI:=armeabi-v7a x86 to create applications with x86 support?
Please let me know in case of any questions. Looking forward to your response. Sincerely, Aleksandra Semeriak Intel Software Partner Program +44 3300088836 [email protected] aleksandra.semeriak.work Please consider the environment before printing this email. Intel is committed to protecting your privacy. For more information about Intel's Privacy Notice, please visit www.intel.com/privacy or write Intel Corporation, ATTN Privacy, Mailstop RNB4-145, 2200 Mission College Blvd., Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA. -----Original Message----- From: Semeriak, AleksandraX Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2015 5:33 PM To: Werner LEMBERG Cc: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ft] Freetype x86 Dear Werner, My apologies for the late reply, the email was directed to the Junk E-Mail folder for some reason and I haven't seen it until now. Thank you very much for the provided information - our engineers are looking now into the possible difficulties and we will get back to you with a detailed feedback soon. Sincerely, Aleksandra Semeriak Intel Software Partner Program +44 3300088836 [email protected] aleksandra.semeriak.work P Please consider the environment before printing this email. Intel is committed to protecting your privacy. For more information about Intel's Privacy Notice, please visit www.intel.com/privacy or write Intel Corporation, ATTN Privacy, Mailstop RNB4-145, 2200 Mission College Blvd., Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Werner LEMBERG Sent: Friday, April 24, 2015 11:31 PM To: Semeriak, AleksandraX Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ft] Freetype x86 Hello Aleksandra! > We have come across several great Android apps that are taking > advantage of Freetype. As far as I found out the Freetype does > support Android x86 platforms natively, although this option is not > set by default. Basically, FreeType doesn't provide special support for *any* platform. Or to formulate it differently, FreeType should run on *any* platform that comes with an ANSI C compiler. The normal configuration for compilation of our library uses the GNU autoconf framework, which should be able to correctly derive the used platform. If that fails, there are various means to override the incorrect settings. For some platforms, FreeType provides assembler routines for time-critical functions. One of them is for i386, and I guess that this assembler code works on Android x86 also. > We would like to know if there would be an interest from your side and > opportunity to make the x86 version the default version of Freetype. Please be more specific. What exactly are the problems? Are there bug reports or similar things that we can analyze? Werner _______________________________________________ Freetype mailing list [email protected] https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freetype
