Re: Android Status
On Wednesday, 11 January 2017 at 21:13:07 UTC, Ignacious wrote: On Wednesday, 11 January 2017 at 03:49:42 UTC, Joakim wrote: On Tuesday, 10 January 2017 at 18:48:17 UTC, Ignacious wrote: [...] It's probably not easier, and in any case, android-x86 won't be supported, largely because I don't have any working x86 devices. [...] Ok, well the x86 thing wasn't my idea! It seems I was using the wrong build command for trying to compile the examples. In any case, I'll just wait until things get working a bit better. I'd suggest you put, in the title of the page, a bit more information. I didn't realize I was looking at an old version(which looks too similar to the new one). I am currently preparing a repository on dockerhub which contains the newest ldc with android support and the Android NDK. While these two applications run in a container you only have to install the Android SDK on your host machine. The dockerfile is in an early state, I will create an anouncememt when it is finished. You can already have a look https://hub.docker.com/r/andre2007/ldc-android/ Kind regards Andre
Re: Android Status
On Wednesday, 11 January 2017 at 03:49:42 UTC, Joakim wrote: On Tuesday, 10 January 2017 at 18:48:17 UTC, Ignacious wrote: [...] It's probably not easier, and in any case, android-x86 won't be supported, largely because I don't have any working x86 devices. [...] Ok, well the x86 thing wasn't my idea! It seems I was using the wrong build command for trying to compile the examples. In any case, I'll just wait until things get working a bit better. I'd suggest you put, in the title of the page, a bit more information. I didn't realize I was looking at an old version(which looks too similar to the new one).
Re: Android Status
On Tuesday, 10 January 2017 at 18:48:17 UTC, Ignacious wrote: Well, I posed a reply but I guess it didn't get though ;/ I'm only suing android-x86 because I thought it would be easier to test/debug. My device is a cortex-arm7. It's probably not easier, and in any case, android-x86 won't be supported, largely because I don't have any working x86 devices. Two questions I have: 1. In the command lines present there is a lot of use of `x86`. There shouldn't be when compiling for ARM. The instructions for ARM only have it because of the path where the cross-compiler toolchain is stored, in a directory called toolchains/llvm/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/ because that's the OS and CPU architecture where you can run the cross-compiler. I used them to compile the hello world for my device and it worked so I'm a bit confused. I realize there is the x86 binaries for compiling and then the binaries that are compiled to but not sure what is what. You are cross-compiling from linux (even though it's really a linux shell running in Windows) with the x86 or x86_64 CPU architecture to Android with the ARM CPU architecture. As such the cross-compiler itself is an x86_64 binary, but produces an ARM object file and binary. You have to be careful to set up the toolchain right or you will produce files for the wrong architecture. 2. I downloaded the native_app_glue.d and tried to compile it. It imports jni.d which I found in hello-jni and I copied that to the android folder and was able to compile it using effectively the same command line I used to compile the working hello world code. I'm not sure why you are downloading and moving around these individual files. They should all be in my android repository, which both pages of instructions tell you to clone. but when I try to then use it to compile the hello-jni sample I get that it is an invalid format and many ELF relocation errors. Could you send me your working native_app_glue.o(if for the cortex-arm7 or try to compile it for both cortex-arm7 and x86/x64) or explain to me what is the issue with linking it in and how to fix it? No. I'm not going to support Android/x86 and all the instructions are there for Android/ARM. cmdline that compiles android_native_app_glue.d bin/ldc2 -m32 -shared -Iandroid -c android_native_app_glue.d (tried with -m64 and without either) This won't work because my latest build of the ldc cross-compiler will try to compile for ARM by default. cmdline trying to compile hello-jni. $NDK/toolchains/llvm/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin/clang -Wl,-soname,libhello-jni.so -shared --sysroot=$NDK/platforms/android-9/arch-x86 ../obj/local/x86/objs-debug/hello-jni/hello-jni.o ../android_native_app_glue.o -lgcc -gcc-toolchain $NDK/toolchains/x86-4.8/prebuilt/linux-x86 -target i686-none-linux-android -no-canonical-prefixes -Wl,--no-undefined -Wl,-z,noexecstack -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now -L$NDK/platforms/android-9/arch-x86/usr/lib -llog -landroid -lEGL -lGLESv1_CM -llog -lc -lm -fuse-ld=bfd -L../../../phobos/generated/linux/release/32 -l:libphobos2.a -o ../libs/libhello-jni.so which gives the errors /usr/bin/ld.bfd: ../android_native_app_glue.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40) /usr/bin/ld.bfd: ../android_native_app_glue.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40) /usr/bin/ld.bfd: ../android_native_app_glue.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40) ../android_native_app_glue.o: error adding symbols: File in wrong format clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation) It's telling you that android_native_app_glue.o is the wrong format, likely ARM as I noted above. You can check the format with this command: file android_native_app_glue.o Since you're trying to create a binary for Android/x86, it cannot use the ARM object file to build it. It might be better to wait for you to finish your build setup which might resolve all these problems and be more robust(I'd like to be able to easily build for different platforms(for testing on VM and device). There is nothing to wait for, as I will not support Android/x86, certainly not anytime soon. But if all I need to do is get the android_native_app_glue to work to run full fledged apps, then It seems I'm close? (just need to compile it to the correct format?) It may not take much more to get it working, as I did first try ldc with Android/x86 and left that support in. However, it hasn't been tested in more than a year and so probably will require some fixing up. If you want to look into that, you're on your own.
Re: Android Status
Well, I posed a reply but I guess it didn't get though ;/ I'm only suing android-x86 because I thought it would be easier to test/debug. My device is a cortex-arm7. Two questions I have: 1. In the command lines present there is a lot of use of `x86`. I used them to compile the hello world for my device and it worked so I'm a bit confused. I realize there is the x86 binaries for compiling and then the binaries that are compiled to but not sure what is what. 2. I downloaded the native_app_glue.d and tried to compile it. It imports jni.d which I found in hello-jni and I copied that to the android folder and was able to compile it using effectively the same command line I used to compile the working hello world code. but when I try to then use it to compile the hello-jni sample I get that it is an invalid format and many ELF relocation errors. Could you send me your working native_app_glue.o(if for the cortex-arm7 or try to compile it for both cortex-arm7 and x86/x64) or explain to me what is the issue with linking it in and how to fix it? cmdline that compiles android_native_app_glue.d bin/ldc2 -m32 -shared -Iandroid -c android_native_app_glue.d (tried with -m64 and without either) cmdline trying to compile hello-jni. $NDK/toolchains/llvm/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin/clang -Wl,-soname,libhello-jni.so -shared --sysroot=$NDK/platforms/android-9/arch-x86 ../obj/local/x86/objs-debug/hello-jni/hello-jni.o ../android_native_app_glue.o -lgcc -gcc-toolchain $NDK/toolchains/x86-4.8/prebuilt/linux-x86 -target i686-none-linux-android -no-canonical-prefixes -Wl,--no-undefined -Wl,-z,noexecstack -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now -L$NDK/platforms/android-9/arch-x86/usr/lib -llog -landroid -lEGL -lGLESv1_CM -llog -lc -lm -fuse-ld=bfd -L../../../phobos/generated/linux/release/32 -l:libphobos2.a -o ../libs/libhello-jni.so which gives the errors /usr/bin/ld.bfd: ../android_native_app_glue.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40) /usr/bin/ld.bfd: ../android_native_app_glue.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40) /usr/bin/ld.bfd: ../android_native_app_glue.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40) ../android_native_app_glue.o: error adding symbols: File in wrong format clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation) It might be better to wait for you to finish your build setup which might resolve all these problems and be more robust(I'd like to be able to easily build for different platforms(for testing on VM and device). But if all I need to do is get the android_native_app_glue to work to run full fledged apps, then It seems I'm close? (just need to compile it to the correct format?) Thanks for all the help!
Re: Android Status
On Monday, 9 January 2017 at 18:38:01 UTC, Ignacious wrote: On Monday, 9 January 2017 at 08:28:04 UTC, Joakim wrote: I've tried to write up detailed instructions on the wiki. I'm still improving those and plan to spin off those two sections I linked you, on how to just build the samples, into their own page. You can contribute any steps you had to take with Bash/Ubuntu on Windows with the prebuilt linux/x64 cross-compiler there, once I put the page up. Yeah, I found it a bit confusing though. It seems like it is written up by someone that is working on the core rather than a newb! ;) Yep, that's what it is. That's one reason why I want to add another wiki page which will just focus on building the sample apps, as opposed to building the cross-compiler too. The main problem I have had seems to be that UoW uses ver 14. Somehow I was able to upgrade by following docs online(wasn't easy but eventually got there and everything seems to work... I should have documented ;) but I wasn't sure if the process would work. Supposedly ver 16 exists by one has to be part of the dev team or something. If you know all the steps to upgrade Ubuntu on Windows, you may want to document them on the wiki page I will put up or link to a good resource that shows how to do it. I don't because it was all new to me(I didn't know there was even such a thing as UoW. I simply searched for the errors I got and tried different solutions until it worked. Luckily the outcome worked... which is not always the case. Is it easy for you to nuke it and go back to the original 14.04 setup? I may be able to remove some of those ldc library dependencies, so that it works on the original setup too. I think that it would be a boon for D to have some type of well defined and well planned Android development suite rather than what seems to be hacked/cobbled together. This would bring not only more developers to D for android but also to D in general. Yes, definitely the plan. The big problem right now is that it requires a slightly modified llvm. If that weren't needed, we could just have the official release builders also build the standard library for Android/ARM on their OS. I'm gonna try the opengl examples and hopefully the work. The main problem I see is how to actually write "commercial" apps using D for android. Can it be done successfully? Nobody knows because there isn't a history. What are the exact steps, say, to add ads, or interface with the subsystem? I saw that there is some way to call some java stuff from D but seems like nothing is thoroughly tested(most of the work as been just trying to get things up and running). I got interfacing with Java working late last year, through JNI. Not "thoroughly tested" by any means, but seems to work. The only way to know whether commercial Android apps can be written in D is to actually do it. I plan on writing one this year. On Monday, 9 January 2017 at 23:24:08 UTC, Ignacious wrote: How difficult is it to build for x86/x64? Would be nice to be able to use something like http://www.android-x86.org/ as a test instead of an actual device. Does one simply have to use the proper ldc2/dmd and link in the correct libs? or is it more complex? Not too hard. I haven't bothered with it because Android/x86 had almost no market share, and Intel has essentially given up and pulled out of that market. I may someday update it again, but the problem right now is that I don't have an x86 machine on which to try it. I've gone all ARM and setting Android/x86 up on a VPS takes some work. Also, I'm a bit confused on how to compile the source examples(working it out and trying to explain the solutions as I type) https://wiki.dlang.org/Build_DMD_for_Android As noted there, those instructions haven't been updated in a year and a half and are out of date. I just updated the wiki page with a stronger warning. (set $NDK permanently) I have done(easy, find the file and modify) rt_init(); android_main(android_app); rt_term(); Clean up and compile as before: $NDK/ndk-build clean NDK_TOOLCHAIN_VERSION=clang $NDK/ndk-build V=1 But no error. Object files for various architectures are created though, it seems. (rt_ errors do no exist contrary to what is said in the docs) I'm not sure why that wouldn't error anymore, it should be the same. Anyway, since I wrote those instructions a couple years ago, I translated the google-provided android_native_app_glue.c to android_native_app_glue.d and didn't bother updating the instructions for Android/x86. But the following seems need updating/explaining. I am using prebuilt ldc2 for android from some link you provided. -android doesn't seem to work and I can't find sensor.d (not sure if it is needed anymore)? ../../../dmd/src/dmd -android -I../.. -ofobj/local/x86/objs/native-activity main.o -c jni/main.d ../../android/sensor.d I had to change to use
Re: Android Status
How difficult is it to build for x86/x64? Would be nice to be able to use something like http://www.android-x86.org/ as a test instead of an actual device. Does one simply have to use the proper ldc2/dmd and link in the correct libs? or is it more complex? Also, I'm a bit confused on how to compile the source examples(working it out and trying to explain the solutions as I type) https://wiki.dlang.org/Build_DMD_for_Android (set $NDK permanently) I have done(easy, find the file and modify) rt_init(); android_main(android_app); rt_term(); Clean up and compile as before: $NDK/ndk-build clean NDK_TOOLCHAIN_VERSION=clang $NDK/ndk-build V=1 But no error. Object files for various architectures are created though, it seems. (rt_ errors do no exist contrary to what is said in the docs) But the following seems need updating/explaining. I am using prebuilt ldc2 for android from some link you provided. -android doesn't seem to work and I can't find sensor.d (not sure if it is needed anymore)? ../../../dmd/src/dmd -android -I../.. -ofobj/local/x86/objs/native-activity main.o -c jni/main.d ../../android/sensor.d I had to change to use ldc2, remove -android, and obviously change the file names and such(and download the android dir from github). $NDK/toolchains/llvm-3.5/prebuilt/linux-x86/bin/clang -Wl,-soname,libnative-activity.so -shared --sysroot=$NDK/platforms/android-9/arch-x86 ./obj/local/x86/objs/native-activity/main.o ./obj/local/x86/libandroid_native_app_glue.a -lgcc -gcc-toolchain $NDK/toolchains/x86-4.8/prebuilt/linux-x86 -target i686-none-linux-android -no-canonical-prefixes -Wl,--no-undefined -Wl,-z,noexecstack -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now -L$NDK/platforms/android-9/arch-x86/usr/lib -llog -landroid -lEGL -lGLESv1_CM -llog -lc -lm -fuse-ld=bfd -L../../../phobos/generated/linux/release/32 -l:libphobos2.a -o ./libs/x86/libnative-activity.so Seems a lot of the paths are wrong/different than what I have $NDK/toolchains/llvm-3.5/prebuilt/linux-x86/bin/clang -Wl,-soname,libhello-jni.so -shared --sysroot=$NDK/platforms/android-9/arch-x86 ./obj/local/x86/objs-debug/hello-jni/main.o ./obj/local/x86/libandroid_native_app_glue.a -lgcc -gcc-toolchain $NDK/toolchains/x86-4.8/prebuilt/linux-x86 -target i686-none-linux-android -no-canonical-prefixes -Wl,--no-undefined -Wl,-z,noexecstack -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now -L$NDK/platforms/android-9/arch-x86/usr/lib -llog -landroid -lEGL -lGLESv1_CM -llog -lc -lm -fuse-ld=bfd -L../../../phobos/generated/linux/release/32 -l:libphobos2.a -o ./libs/x86/libhello-jni.so I am going to zip of what I have so you can see how the paths are laid out: http://www.filedropper.com/ldc2android There seems to be no obj file generated except for debug, that was probably intentional but the given command line doesn't represent that if so. It is a bit confusing for the beginner to come along and try to get all this to work when there is contradictory information. The reason being is simple in that a beginner won't know what is used for what and the docs essentially are give as "plug and play" yet don't actually work... rather than being descriptive and explaining exactly what is what(some of it should be obvious but not all will be to someone that isn't versed in linux and android development or used to windows which abstracts everything). What would be nice, at a minim, is a bash script that allows one to adjust different variables for different situations and then it can be used to compile. (e.g., set the obj path, ndk path, ldc2 path, etc) What really needs to be done, IMO, is to have a simple set of tools(scripts or whatever) that can be configured easily and abstracts the complexity. (I've done that for the test script I made #!/bin/bash /mnt/c/dlang/ldc2Android/bin/ldc2 -c $1.d $NDK/toolchains/llvm/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin/clang -Wl,-z,nocopyreloc --sysroot=$NDK/platforms/android-9/arch-arm -lgcc -gcc-toolchain $NDK/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/linux-x86_64 -target armv7-none-linux-androideabi -no-canonical-prefixes -fuse-ld=bfd -Wl,--fix-cortex-a8 -Wl,--no-undefined -Wl,-z,noexecstack -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now -fPIE -pie -mthumb -Wl,--export-dynamic -lc -lm $1.o lib/libphobos2-ldc.a lib/libdruntime-ldc.a -o $1 which does the compiling for me without having to type all that junk in each time.. pretty simple but does the job, a more advanced concept could be used to help make it easier on people ) If you want, and you can accomplish this, if there was an ldc2/dmd2 for android that runs on windows I could work on getting it working for windows(as I prefer it rather than linux, which I have no real experience with). I'm thinking everything more or less would work similarly(since sdk/ndk exists for windows). It would just be a matter of translating paths and such. I could easily write a wrapper to reduce the complexity. The main problem I seem to be having are
Re: Android Status
On Monday, 9 January 2017 at 08:28:04 UTC, Joakim wrote:
On Monday, 9 January 2017 at 00:40:35 UTC, Ignacious wrote:
On Sunday, 8 January 2017 at 22:19:31 UTC, Joakim wrote:
On Sunday, 8 January 2017 at 21:52:01 UTC, Ignacious wrote:
Not sure what is going on, of course ;) So much BS just to
do something that is suppose to be simple ;)
test.d
void main()
{
}
here is test.o
http://pastebin.com/NRrKgKtb
Any ideas?
Oh, that's easy: install the NDK too, as shown on the wiki.
You need the linker that supports ARM from the NDK. Follow
the instructions from the wiki to compile and link the
binary, simply having ldc do everything won't work.
Ok, after executing
$NDK/toolchains/llvm/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin/clang
-Wl,-z,nocopyreloc --sysroot=$NDK/platforms/android-9/arch-arm
-lgcc -gcc-toolchain
$NDK/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/linux-x86_64 -target armv7-none-linux-androideabi -no-canonical-prefixes -fuse-ld=bfd -Wl,--fix-cortex-a8 -Wl,--no-undefined -Wl,-z,noexecstack -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now -fPIE -pie -mthumb -Wl,--export-dynamic -lc -lm test.o lib/libphobos2-ldc.a lib/libdruntime-ldc.a -o test
I get a test elf file with no errors(although 2.5MB for a
hello world).
I had to do the chmod 755 test
then
./test
to get any output. Before that no output and no errors so
wasn't sure what as going on.
Looks like everything is working! ;)
Good to hear it finally works. :D
Seems like someone really needs to put some time in to getting
all this stuff organized and situated
Maybe the D language foundation can push some money towards it
to get it started off on the right foot?
I'll try to get some of the opengl examples on your repository
to see if they work soon.
I don't think money is the issue as much as people like you
trying it on your own platform and documenting any problems you
find.
ssshhh! Don't say that! Money always help!!! ;)
Cross-compiler toolchains are never simple, consider yourself
lucky for having gotten off easy. :)
I realize things are difficult but it's people that make it
that way ;) Life would be so much simpler if people would just
properly document stuff exactly(or, rather, do what they are
suppose to do). (Even windows seems to love to forget to put
in descriptions of services, tasks, application descriptions,
etc).
I've tried to write up detailed instructions on the wiki. I'm
still improving those and plan to spin off those two sections I
linked you, on how to just build the samples, into their own
page. You can contribute any steps you had to take with
Bash/Ubuntu on Windows with the prebuilt linux/x64
cross-compiler there, once I put the page up.
Yeah, I found it a bit confusing though. It seems like it is
written up by someone that is working on the core rather than a
newb! ;)
The main problem I have had seems to be that UoW uses ver 14.
Somehow I was able to upgrade by following docs online(wasn't
easy but eventually got there and everything seems to work...
I should have documented ;) but I wasn't sure if the process
would work. Supposedly ver 16 exists by one has to be part of
the dev team or something.
If you know all the steps to upgrade Ubuntu on Windows, you may
want to document them on the wiki page I will put up or link to
a good resource that shows how to do it.
I don't because it was all new to me(I didn't know there was even
such a thing as UoW. I simply searched for the errors I got and
tried different solutions until it worked. Luckily the outcome
worked... which is not always the case.
I think that it would be a boon for D to have some type of well
defined and well planned Android development suite rather than
what seems to be hacked/cobbled together. This would bring not
only more developers to D for android but also to D in general.
I'm gonna try the opengl examples and hopefully the work. The
main problem I see is how to actually write "commercial" apps
using D for android. Can it be done successfully? Nobody knows
because there isn't a history. What are the exact steps, say, to
add ads, or interface with the subsystem? I saw that there is
some way to call some java stuff from D but seems like nothing is
thoroughly tested(most of the work as been just trying to get
things up and running).
I will try to do a better job of documenting my progress now that
I have some faith ;) But right now I'm more of the horse rather
than the guy trying to show him where the water is.
Re: Android Status
On Monday, 9 January 2017 at 00:40:35 UTC, Ignacious wrote:
On Sunday, 8 January 2017 at 22:19:31 UTC, Joakim wrote:
On Sunday, 8 January 2017 at 21:52:01 UTC, Ignacious wrote:
Not sure what is going on, of course ;) So much BS just to do
something that is suppose to be simple ;)
test.d
void main()
{
}
here is test.o
http://pastebin.com/NRrKgKtb
Any ideas?
Oh, that's easy: install the NDK too, as shown on the wiki.
You need the linker that supports ARM from the NDK. Follow
the instructions from the wiki to compile and link the binary,
simply having ldc do everything won't work.
Ok, after executing
$NDK/toolchains/llvm/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin/clang
-Wl,-z,nocopyreloc --sysroot=$NDK/platforms/android-9/arch-arm
-lgcc -gcc-toolchain
$NDK/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/linux-x86_64
-target armv7-none-linux-androideabi -no-canonical-prefixes
-fuse-ld=bfd -Wl,--fix-cortex-a8 -Wl,--no-undefined
-Wl,-z,noexecstack -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now -fPIE -pie -mthumb
-Wl,--export-dynamic -lc -lm test.o lib/libphobos2-ldc.a
lib/libdruntime-ldc.a -o test
I get a test elf file with no errors(although 2.5MB for a hello
world).
I had to do the chmod 755 test
then
./test
to get any output. Before that no output and no errors so
wasn't sure what as going on.
Looks like everything is working! ;)
Good to hear it finally works. :D
Seems like someone really needs to put some time in to getting
all this stuff organized and situated
Maybe the D language foundation can push some money towards it
to get it started off on the right foot?
I'll try to get some of the opengl examples on your repository
to see if they work soon.
I don't think money is the issue as much as people like you
trying it on your own platform and documenting any problems you
find.
Cross-compiler toolchains are never simple, consider yourself
lucky for having gotten off easy. :)
I realize things are difficult but it's people that make it
that way ;) Life would be so much simpler if people would just
properly document stuff exactly(or, rather, do what they are
suppose to do). (Even windows seems to love to forget to put in
descriptions of services, tasks, application descriptions, etc).
I've tried to write up detailed instructions on the wiki. I'm
still improving those and plan to spin off those two sections I
linked you, on how to just build the samples, into their own
page. You can contribute any steps you had to take with
Bash/Ubuntu on Windows with the prebuilt linux/x64 cross-compiler
there, once I put the page up.
The main problem I have had seems to be that UoW uses ver 14.
Somehow I was able to upgrade by following docs online(wasn't
easy but eventually got there and everything seems to work... I
should have documented ;) but I wasn't sure if the process
would work. Supposedly ver 16 exists by one has to be part of
the dev team or something.
If you know all the steps to upgrade Ubuntu on Windows, you may
want to document them on the wiki page I will put up or link to a
good resource that shows how to do it.
Re: Android Status
On Sunday, 8 January 2017 at 22:19:31 UTC, Joakim wrote:
On Sunday, 8 January 2017 at 21:52:01 UTC, Ignacious wrote:
Not sure what is going on, of course ;) So much BS just to do
something that is suppose to be simple ;)
test.d
void main()
{
}
here is test.o
http://pastebin.com/NRrKgKtb
Any ideas?
Oh, that's easy: install the NDK too, as shown on the wiki.
You need the linker that supports ARM from the NDK. Follow the
instructions from the wiki to compile and link the binary,
simply having ldc do everything won't work.
Ok, after executing
$NDK/toolchains/llvm/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin/clang
-Wl,-z,nocopyreloc --sysroot=$NDK/platforms/android-9/arch-arm
-lgcc -gcc-toolchain
$NDK/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/linux-x86_64
-target armv7-none-linux-androideabi -no-canonical-prefixes
-fuse-ld=bfd -Wl,--fix-cortex-a8 -Wl,--no-undefined
-Wl,-z,noexecstack -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now -fPIE -pie -mthumb
-Wl,--export-dynamic -lc -lm test.o lib/libphobos2-ldc.a
lib/libdruntime-ldc.a -o test
I get a test elf file with no errors(although 2.5MB for a hello
world).
I had to do the chmod 755 test
then
./test
to get any output. Before that no output and no errors so wasn't
sure what as going on.
Looks like everything is working! ;)
Seems like someone really needs to put some time in to getting
all this stuff organized and situated
Maybe the D language foundation can push some money towards it to
get it started off on the right foot?
I'll try to get some of the opengl examples on your repository to
see if they work soon.
Cross-compiler toolchains are never simple, consider yourself
lucky for having gotten off easy. :)
I realize things are difficult but it's people that make it that
way ;) Life would be so much simpler if people would just
properly document stuff exactly(or, rather, do what they are
suppose to do). (Even windows seems to love to forget to put in
descriptions of services, tasks, application descriptions, etc).
The main problem I have had seems to be that UoW uses ver 14.
Somehow I was able to upgrade by following docs online(wasn't
easy but eventually got there and everything seems to work... I
should have documented ;) but I wasn't sure if the process would
work. Supposedly ver 16 exists by one has to be part of the dev
team or something.
Re: Android Status
On Sunday, 8 January 2017 at 21:52:01 UTC, Ignacious wrote:
Not sure what is going on, of course ;) So much BS just to do
something that is suppose to be simple ;)
test.d
void main()
{
}
here is test.o
http://pastebin.com/NRrKgKtb
Any ideas?
Oh, that's easy: install the NDK too, as shown on the wiki. You
need the linker that supports ARM from the NDK. Follow the
instructions from the wiki to compile and link the binary, simply
having ldc do everything won't work.
Cross-compiler toolchains are never simple, consider yourself
lucky for having gotten off easy. :)
Re: Android Status
On Sunday, 8 January 2017 at 20:34:21 UTC, Joakim wrote:
On Sunday, 8 January 2017 at 19:58:06 UTC, Ignacious wrote:
I suppose it will be easier to install a real ubuntu distro
rather than relying on windows? All these issues seem to be
related to outdated versions?
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS
Release:14.04
Codename: trusty
I doubt that'd work either as Debian just uses older packages.
Your best bet may be to just compile ldc yourself, by following
the instructions on the wiki.
Well, I finally got it to upgrade to 16.. when I run ldc2 or
ldmd2 I get the following errors
/usr/bin/ld: test.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
/usr/bin/ld: test.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
/usr/bin/ld: test.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
/usr/bin/ld: test.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
/usr/bin/ld: test.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
/usr/bin/ld: test.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
/usr/bin/ld: test.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
test.o: error adding symbols: File in wrong format
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
Error: /usr/bin/gcc failed with status: 1
test is just a simple hello world.
root@:/mnt/b/DLang/ldc2Android# gcc -v
Using built-in specs.
COLLECT_GCC=gcc
COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/5/lto-wrapper
Target: x86_64-linux-gnu
Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Ubuntu
5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.4'
--with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-5/README.Bugs
--enable-languages=c,ada,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++
--prefix=/usr --program-suffix=-5 --enable-shared
--enable-linker-build-id --libexecdir=/usr/lib
--without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix
--libdir=/usr/lib --enable-nls --with-sysroot=/
--enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug
--enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new
--enable-gnu-unique-object --disable-vtable-verify
--enable-libmpx --enable-plugin --with-system-zlib
--disable-browser-plugin --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-gtk-cairo
--with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-5-amd64/jre
--enable-java-home
--with-jvm-root-dir=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-5-amd64
--with-jvm-jar-dir=/usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.5.0-gcj-5-amd64
--with-arch-directory=amd64
--with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --enable-objc-gc
--enable-multiarch --disable-werror --with-arch-32=i686
--with-abi=m64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32
--enable-multilib --with-tune=generic --enable-checking=release
--build=x86_64-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-linux-gnu
--target=x86_64-linux-gnu
Thread model: posix
gcc version 5.4.0 20160609 (Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.4)
Not sure what is going on, of course ;) So much BS just to do
something that is suppose to be simple ;)
test.d
void main()
{
}
here is test.o
http://pastebin.com/NRrKgKtb
Any ideas?
Re: Android Status
On Sunday, 8 January 2017 at 19:58:06 UTC, Ignacious wrote: I suppose it will be easier to install a real ubuntu distro rather than relying on windows? All these issues seem to be related to outdated versions? Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description:Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS Release:14.04 Codename: trusty I doubt that'd work either as Debian just uses older packages. Your best bet may be to just compile ldc yourself, by following the instructions on the wiki.
Re: Android Status
Yeah, not a good idea to build from source yourself. Try the advice here, ie see if you can install a package with that library or just symlink to the older library if not: http://askubuntu.com/questions/771047/erlang-error-while-loading-shared-libraries-libncursesw-so-6 Well, the only way to get it to work is rename 5.9 ver to 6.0, but then now I get the error root@DESKTOP:/mnt/b/DLang/ldc2Android# bin/ldmd2 test.d bin/ldmd2: error while loading shared libraries: libncursesw.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory root@DESKTOP:/mnt/b/DLang/ldc2Android# bin/ldmd2 test.d bin/ldmd2: error while loading shared libraries: libncursesw.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory root@DESKTOP:/mnt/b/DLang/ldc2Android# bin/ldmd2 test.d bin/ldmd2: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.21' not found (required by bin/ldmd2) root@DESKTOP:/mnt/b/DLang/ldc2Android# bin/ldc2 test.d bin/ldc2: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.20' not found (required by bin/ldc2) bin/ldc2: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.21' not found (required by bin/ldc2) I followed this page: http://askubuntu.com/questions/575505/glibcxx-3-4-20-not-found-how-to-fix-this-error and now I get the error bin/ldc2: relocation error: bin/ldc2: symbol _ZNKSt3_V214error_category10_M_messageB5cxx11Ei, version GLIBCXX_3.4.21 not defined in file libstdc++.so.6 with link time reference even though strings /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 | grep GLIBCXX GLIBCXX_3.4 GLIBCXX_3.4.1 GLIBCXX_3.4.2 GLIBCXX_3.4.3 GLIBCXX_3.4.4 GLIBCXX_3.4.5 GLIBCXX_3.4.6 GLIBCXX_3.4.7 GLIBCXX_3.4.8 GLIBCXX_3.4.9 GLIBCXX_3.4.10 GLIBCXX_3.4.11 GLIBCXX_3.4.12 GLIBCXX_3.4.13 GLIBCXX_3.4.14 GLIBCXX_3.4.15 GLIBCXX_3.4.16 GLIBCXX_3.4.17 GLIBCXX_3.4.18 GLIBCXX_3.4.19 GLIBCXX_3.4.20 GLIBCXX_3.4.21 GLIBCXX_3.4.22 GLIBCXX_DEBUG_MESSAGE_LENGTH I suppose it will be easier to install a real ubuntu distro rather than relying on windows? All these issues seem to be related to outdated versions? Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description:Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS Release:14.04 Codename: trusty
Re: Android Status
On Monday, 2 January 2017 at 11:47:52 UTC, Ignacious wrote: On Monday, 2 January 2017 at 03:08:10 UTC, Joakim wrote: On Sunday, 1 January 2017 at 09:34:24 UTC, Ignacious wrote: Can you try sudo apt-get install libconfig9 I don't know if that will install something different, but it's the command I see others using online. Otherwise, check if the libconfig++9 package you installed included libconfig.so.9, which is what ldc is linked against. If not, install the package that provides that library. The wiki mentions installing libconfig-dev, you could always just install that if nothing else works. That is what I used to get it on there in the first place... but the ldc compiler still could not find it. The problem seems to be where ldc2 is looking for libconfig.so.9 rather than it being installed or not. How do I either know where it is looking for where to put it? You said you installed libconfig++9, which an apt search shows me is a different package than libconfig9, that includes a library named differently. As I said, are you sure that particular libconfig.so.9 library is installed? If it is, manually adding its path to LD_LIBRARY_PATH is the way to make sure it's found. Ok, I didn't realize they were different packages. I now get the error ./bin/ldmd2: error while loading shared libraries: libncursesw.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory and trying to install libncursesw is missing. I tried installing libncurses5 and it worked, but, of course, not version 6 or whatever. tried various things... nothing works. ./bin/ldc2: error while loading shared libraries: libncursesw.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory I downloaded the sources. I had to install gcc, make, then I did ./configure --enable-widec (http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=20=1161942), then ran make.. I end up getting the errors make[1]: Leaving directory `/mnt/b/c/test' cd misc && make DESTDIR="" all make[1]: Entering directory `/mnt/b/c/misc' WHICH_XTERM=xterm-new \ ticdir=/usr/share/terminfo \ /bin/sh ./gen_edit.sh >run_tic.sed echo '** adjusting tabset paths' ** adjusting tabset paths sed -f run_tic.sed ../misc/terminfo.src >terminfo.tmp make[1]: Leaving directory `/mnt/b/c/misc' cd c++ && make DESTDIR="" all make[1]: Entering directory `/mnt/b/c/c++' cp ./etip.h.in etip.h sh ./edit_cfg.sh ../include/ncurses_cfg.h etip.h substituting autoconf'd values from ../include/ncurses_cfg.h into etip.h ... CPP_HAS_PARAM_INIT 0 ... CPP_HAS_STATIC_CAST 0 ... ETIP_NEEDS_MATH_EXCEPTION 0 ... ETIP_NEEDS_MATH_H 0 ... HAVE_BUILTIN_H 0 ... HAVE_GPP_BUILTIN_H 0 ... HAVE_GXX_BUILTIN_H 0 ... HAVE_IOSTREAM 0 ... HAVE_TYPEINFO 0 ... HAVE_VALUES_H 0 ... IOSTREAM_NAMESPACE 0 cd ../objects; -I../c++ -I../include -I. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -I. -I../include -c ../c++/cursesf.cc /bin/sh: 1: -I../c++: not found make[1]: *** [../objects/cursesf.o] Error 127 make[1]: Leaving directory `/mnt/b/c/c++' make: *** [all] Error 2 So, now I do not know what to do next. Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package libncurses6 (This is why I hate working linux, so much obfuscation... so many potential points of failure) Yeah, not a good idea to build from source yourself. Try the advice here, ie see if you can install a package with that library or just symlink to the older library if not: http://askubuntu.com/questions/771047/erlang-error-while-loading-shared-libraries-libncursesw-so-6 Every system has these problems, whether Windows, linux, or OS X. Linux makes it really easy to install packages and libraries, but then you can hit this issue where Debian/Ubuntu doesn't provide the latest versions of packages like Arch does, which is where I compiled the cross-compiler. Also, once I go through all this trouble, I have to do it again for the arm verson(using x86-64 ldc)? Can I install on the same system or will the libraries conflict and I'll have to go through all this mess again? I'm not sure what you mean, there is no other ARM version. All you have to do is download the cross-compiler and run it. The cross-compiler is a linux/x64 binary that comes with a pre-compiled standard library for ARM. Once you can run this cross-compiler build I provided, by setting up the needed libraries, you should be able to build Android binaries or apks just by using the cross-compiler, by following these instructions: http://wiki.dlang.org/Build_LDC_for_Android#Build_a_command-line_executable http://wiki.dlang.org/Build_LDC_for_Android#Build_a_sample_OpenGL_Android_app_ported_to_D However, you will also want to install the Android SDK for Windows, which requires Java, if you want to build an apk in the usual way, as mentioned in the wiki: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html Alternately, you could package an apk from
Re: Android Status
On Monday, 2 January 2017 at 03:08:10 UTC, Joakim wrote: On Sunday, 1 January 2017 at 09:34:24 UTC, Ignacious wrote: Can you try sudo apt-get install libconfig9 I don't know if that will install something different, but it's the command I see others using online. Otherwise, check if the libconfig++9 package you installed included libconfig.so.9, which is what ldc is linked against. If not, install the package that provides that library. The wiki mentions installing libconfig-dev, you could always just install that if nothing else works. That is what I used to get it on there in the first place... but the ldc compiler still could not find it. The problem seems to be where ldc2 is looking for libconfig.so.9 rather than it being installed or not. How do I either know where it is looking for where to put it? You said you installed libconfig++9, which an apt search shows me is a different package than libconfig9, that includes a library named differently. As I said, are you sure that particular libconfig.so.9 library is installed? If it is, manually adding its path to LD_LIBRARY_PATH is the way to make sure it's found. Ok, I didn't realize they were different packages. I now get the error ./bin/ldmd2: error while loading shared libraries: libncursesw.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory and trying to install libncursesw is missing. I tried installing libncurses5 and it worked, but, of course, not version 6 or whatever. tried various things... nothing works. ./bin/ldc2: error while loading shared libraries: libncursesw.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory I downloaded the sources. I had to install gcc, make, then I did ./configure --enable-widec (http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=20=1161942), then ran make.. I end up getting the errors make[1]: Leaving directory `/mnt/b/c/test' cd misc && make DESTDIR="" all make[1]: Entering directory `/mnt/b/c/misc' WHICH_XTERM=xterm-new \ ticdir=/usr/share/terminfo \ /bin/sh ./gen_edit.sh >run_tic.sed echo '** adjusting tabset paths' ** adjusting tabset paths sed -f run_tic.sed ../misc/terminfo.src >terminfo.tmp make[1]: Leaving directory `/mnt/b/c/misc' cd c++ && make DESTDIR="" all make[1]: Entering directory `/mnt/b/c/c++' cp ./etip.h.in etip.h sh ./edit_cfg.sh ../include/ncurses_cfg.h etip.h substituting autoconf'd values from ../include/ncurses_cfg.h into etip.h ... CPP_HAS_PARAM_INIT 0 ... CPP_HAS_STATIC_CAST 0 ... ETIP_NEEDS_MATH_EXCEPTION 0 ... ETIP_NEEDS_MATH_H 0 ... HAVE_BUILTIN_H 0 ... HAVE_GPP_BUILTIN_H 0 ... HAVE_GXX_BUILTIN_H 0 ... HAVE_IOSTREAM 0 ... HAVE_TYPEINFO 0 ... HAVE_VALUES_H 0 ... IOSTREAM_NAMESPACE 0 cd ../objects; -I../c++ -I../include -I. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -I. -I../include -c ../c++/cursesf.cc /bin/sh: 1: -I../c++: not found make[1]: *** [../objects/cursesf.o] Error 127 make[1]: Leaving directory `/mnt/b/c/c++' make: *** [all] Error 2 So, now I do not know what to do next. Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package libncurses6 (This is why I hate working linux, so much obfuscation... so many potential points of failure) Also, once I go through all this trouble, I have to do it again for the arm verson(using x86-64 ldc)? Can I install on the same system or will the libraries conflict and I'll have to go through all this mess again?
Re: Android Status
On Sunday, 1 January 2017 at 09:34:24 UTC, Ignacious wrote: Can you try sudo apt-get install libconfig9 I don't know if that will install something different, but it's the command I see others using online. Otherwise, check if the libconfig++9 package you installed included libconfig.so.9, which is what ldc is linked against. If not, install the package that provides that library. The wiki mentions installing libconfig-dev, you could always just install that if nothing else works. That is what I used to get it on there in the first place... but the ldc compiler still could not find it. The problem seems to be where ldc2 is looking for libconfig.so.9 rather than it being installed or not. How do I either know where it is looking for where to put it? You said you installed libconfig++9, which an apt search shows me is a different package than libconfig9, that includes a library named differently. As I said, are you sure that particular libconfig.so.9 library is installed? If it is, manually adding its path to LD_LIBRARY_PATH is the way to make sure it's found.
Re: Android Status
Can you try sudo apt-get install libconfig9 I don't know if that will install something different, but it's the command I see others using online. Otherwise, check if the libconfig++9 package you installed included libconfig.so.9, which is what ldc is linked against. If not, install the package that provides that library. The wiki mentions installing libconfig-dev, you could always just install that if nothing else works. That is what I used to get it on there in the first place... but the ldc compiler still could not find it. The problem seems to be where ldc2 is looking for libconfig.so.9 rather than it being installed or not. How do I either know where it is looking for where to put it?
Re: Android Status
On Saturday, 31 December 2016 at 05:52:00 UTC, Ignacious wrote: On Thursday, 29 December 2016 at 10:14:53 UTC, Joakim wrote: On Wednesday, 28 December 2016 at 23:33:57 UTC, Ignacious wrote: What is the current status for building android apps in D? I would like to create simple graphic based apps but don't wanna get bogged down in trying to get car moving without any wheels. Should all work, but nothing other than small apps have been tested. Try the latest beta, which I just put up: http://forum.dlang.org/post/xetfqojxijgobisfa...@forum.dlang.org If you want something more substantive than my ports of the NDK's sample apps, check out Vadim's Tetris app, which I spent half an hour playing on my phone, :) or his minecraft-like demo (click on the sourceforge link from his forum post to get the apps): http://forum.dlang.org/thread/cdekkumjynhqoxvmg...@forum.dlang.org Let me know if you have any questions or problems. Is there any way to get a package that works for windows? While the steps don't seem too difficult to do, things never go well for me(something always breaks... always!) did install the linux subsystem but... seems like it would be easier for you to compile a binary and upload it... since you know what you are doing and have everything at hand already... At least that gives me(and others) the ability to try to build the examples and see how it works and all that... then I can go through all the trouble of building the compiler myself if it seems worth it rather than wasting time. Sorry, I haven't used Windows in more than a year, ever since my ultrabook died. I've gone full Android since then, which is why it is easier for me to provide a native Android compiler than a Windows cross-compiler. :) I'm currently typing this message out on an Android 5.1" smartphone, propped up on a cheap Chinese tablet stand in front of me and hooked up to a full USB keyboard. In any case, you should be able to use the linux build I provide, as you later found. On Saturday, 31 December 2016 at 06:48:12 UTC, Ignacious wrote: On Saturday, 31 December 2016 at 06:33:10 UTC, Ignacious wrote: On Saturday, 31 December 2016 at 05:52:00 UTC, Ignacious wrote: On Thursday, 29 December 2016 at 10:14:53 UTC, Joakim wrote: [...] I see these: https://github.com/joakim-noah/android/releases Seems the two archives are identical though except the libs? Is this what I use to compile the examples? nvm mind, I guess I accidentally extracted the same archive thinking it was the other. so, essentially these are the two different compilers for the two different android architectures? As mentioned at the top of the release, the first is a native Android compiler, meaning you use it on an Android tablet or smartphone. The second is a linux cross-compiler, meaning you need a linux/x64 shell from which you cross-compile to Android/ARM. On Saturday, 31 December 2016 at 08:05:42 UTC, Ignacious wrote: Ok, so I installed ldc2-android-arm-1.1.0-beta4-linux-x86_64.tar.xz in to ldcandroid and tried running ./bin/ldc2 -c test.d I get the error. ./bin/ldc2: error while loading shared libraries: libconfig.so.9: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Searched the file system for libconfig and found nothing so I did sudo apt-get install libconfig++9 which installed it under lxss\rootfs\usr\lib\x86_64-linux-gnu It shows up when I do sudo ldconfig -v /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu: libconfig++.so.9 -> libconfig++.so.9.1.3 I tried adding this: export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu But still same issue. Any ideas how to fix this? Can you try sudo apt-get install libconfig9 I don't know if that will install something different, but it's the command I see others using online. Otherwise, check if the libconfig++9 package you installed included libconfig.so.9, which is what ldc is linked against. If not, install the package that provides that library. The wiki mentions installing libconfig-dev, you could always just install that if nothing else works. Let me know if you run into any other problems. The Win10 support is brand new, just added this week, so we don't have much experience with it.
Re: Android Status
On Thursday, 29 December 2016 at 10:14:53 UTC, Joakim wrote: On Wednesday, 28 December 2016 at 23:33:57 UTC, Ignacious wrote: What is the current status for building android apps in D? I would like to create simple graphic based apps but don't wanna get bogged down in trying to get car moving without any wheels. Should all work, but nothing other than small apps have been tested. Try the latest beta, which I just put up: http://forum.dlang.org/post/xetfqojxijgobisfa...@forum.dlang.org If you want something more substantive than my ports of the NDK's sample apps, check out Vadim's Tetris app, which I spent half an hour playing on my phone, :) or his minecraft-like demo (click on the sourceforge link from his forum post to get the apps): http://forum.dlang.org/thread/cdekkumjynhqoxvmg...@forum.dlang.org Let me know if you have any questions or problems. Ok, so I installed ldc2-android-arm-1.1.0-beta4-linux-x86_64.tar.xz in to ldcandroid and tried running ./bin/ldc2 -c test.d I get the error. ./bin/ldc2: error while loading shared libraries: libconfig.so.9: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Searched the file system for libconfig and found nothing so I did sudo apt-get install libconfig++9 which installed it under lxss\rootfs\usr\lib\x86_64-linux-gnu It shows up when I do sudo ldconfig -v /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu: libconfig++.so.9 -> libconfig++.so.9.1.3 I tried adding this: export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu But still same issue. Any ideas how to fix this?
Re: Android Status
On Saturday, 31 December 2016 at 06:33:10 UTC, Ignacious wrote: On Saturday, 31 December 2016 at 05:52:00 UTC, Ignacious wrote: On Thursday, 29 December 2016 at 10:14:53 UTC, Joakim wrote: [...] Is there any way to get a package that works for windows? While the steps don't seem too difficult to do, things never go well for me(something always breaks... always!) did install the linux subsystem but... seems like it would be easier for you to compile a binary and upload it... since you know what you are doing and have everything at hand already... At least that gives me(and others) the ability to try to build the examples and see how it works and all that... then I can go through all the trouble of building the compiler myself if it seems worth it rather than wasting time. I see these: https://github.com/joakim-noah/android/releases Seems the two archives are identical though except the libs? Is this what I use to compile the examples? nvm mind, I guess I accidentally extracted the same archive thinking it was the other. so, essentially these are the two different compilers for the two different android architectures?
Re: Android Status
On Saturday, 31 December 2016 at 05:52:00 UTC, Ignacious wrote: On Thursday, 29 December 2016 at 10:14:53 UTC, Joakim wrote: [...] Is there any way to get a package that works for windows? While the steps don't seem too difficult to do, things never go well for me(something always breaks... always!) did install the linux subsystem but... seems like it would be easier for you to compile a binary and upload it... since you know what you are doing and have everything at hand already... At least that gives me(and others) the ability to try to build the examples and see how it works and all that... then I can go through all the trouble of building the compiler myself if it seems worth it rather than wasting time. I see these: https://github.com/joakim-noah/android/releases Seems the two archives are identical though except the libs? Is this what I use to compile the examples?
Re: Android Status
On Thursday, 29 December 2016 at 10:14:53 UTC, Joakim wrote: On Wednesday, 28 December 2016 at 23:33:57 UTC, Ignacious wrote: What is the current status for building android apps in D? I would like to create simple graphic based apps but don't wanna get bogged down in trying to get car moving without any wheels. Should all work, but nothing other than small apps have been tested. Try the latest beta, which I just put up: http://forum.dlang.org/post/xetfqojxijgobisfa...@forum.dlang.org If you want something more substantive than my ports of the NDK's sample apps, check out Vadim's Tetris app, which I spent half an hour playing on my phone, :) or his minecraft-like demo (click on the sourceforge link from his forum post to get the apps): http://forum.dlang.org/thread/cdekkumjynhqoxvmg...@forum.dlang.org Let me know if you have any questions or problems. Is there any way to get a package that works for windows? While the steps don't seem too difficult to do, things never go well for me(something always breaks... always!) did install the linux subsystem but... seems like it would be easier for you to compile a binary and upload it... since you know what you are doing and have everything at hand already... At least that gives me(and others) the ability to try to build the examples and see how it works and all that... then I can go through all the trouble of building the compiler myself if it seems worth it rather than wasting time.
Re: Android Status
On Thursday, 29 December 2016 at 10:14:53 UTC, Joakim wrote: On Wednesday, 28 December 2016 at 23:33:57 UTC, Ignacious wrote: What is the current status for building android apps in D? I would like to create simple graphic based apps but don't wanna get bogged down in trying to get car moving without any wheels. Should all work, but nothing other than small apps have been tested. Try the latest beta, which I just put up: http://forum.dlang.org/post/xetfqojxijgobisfa...@forum.dlang.org If you want something more substantive than my ports of the NDK's sample apps, check out Vadim's Tetris app, which I spent half an hour playing on my phone, :) or his minecraft-like demo (click on the sourceforge link from his forum post to get the apps): http://forum.dlang.org/thread/cdekkumjynhqoxvmg...@forum.dlang.org Let me know if you have any questions or problems. Thanks, hopefully it works. Had to upgrade to win10 aniversary and it destroyed my system so I am now in the process of getting it back to normal. Hopefully this Bash on Ubuntu is worth it and everything works as advertised...
Re: Android Status
On Wednesday, 28 December 2016 at 23:33:57 UTC, Ignacious wrote: What is the current status for building android apps in D? I would like to create simple graphic based apps but don't wanna get bogged down in trying to get car moving without any wheels. Should all work, but nothing other than small apps have been tested. Try the latest beta, which I just put up: http://forum.dlang.org/post/xetfqojxijgobisfa...@forum.dlang.org If you want something more substantive than my ports of the NDK's sample apps, check out Vadim's Tetris app, which I spent half an hour playing on my phone, :) or his minecraft-like demo (click on the sourceforge link from his forum post to get the apps): http://forum.dlang.org/thread/cdekkumjynhqoxvmg...@forum.dlang.org Let me know if you have any questions or problems.
Re: Android Status
On Wednesday, 28 December 2016 at 23:33:57 UTC, Ignacious wrote: What is the current status for building android apps in D? I would like to create simple graphic based apps but don't wanna get bogged down in trying to get car moving without any wheels. https://forum.dlang.org/thread/ovkhtsdzlfzqrqneo...@forum.dlang.org?page=2
