FPC4Android branch

[meanderix]

Hello, meandrix, would it be possible to explain how you did this ? :
http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/File:vpr-android.png

thanks (maybe I have to post on the forum ? )

It's okay, but I'll post my reply to the public fpc4android thread, in case anyone else is curious.

I'm basically using the VirtualBox image that is found on the following page (I tried to set it up in Windows initially, but eventually I realized it was easier to just go with the VB image):
http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Custom_Drawn_Interface/Android

I'm using Graphics32 together with the new GR32_Backends_LCL_CustomDrawn backend (it will be used automatically if you compile with the CustomDrawn widget set:
http://www.graphics32.org

I'm using a slightly updated version of VPR and a rather light-weight SVG renderer that I have not published (because I'm working on a more advanced version):
http://vpr.sourceforge.net

However, since I've made modifications to VPR that are not checked in, I would suggest that you wait with trying to use the current head revision. VPR will be natively included in Graphics32 in the next major release (the release after the 1.9.1. update.) Then it should be much easier to use it on Android.

[meanderix]

Ok, another question for Felipe:

It seems there is no support for inline assembly, but is there some other way to use assembly routines -- e.g. can you link in object files? I'm considering learning a bit about the Advanced SIMD extensions for the ARM architecture (a.k.a. NEON.)

[meanderix]

Please test with revision 37016

Everything works fine with this revision.

[felipemdc]

It seems there is no support for inline assembly, but is there some other way to use assembly routines -- e.g. can you link in object files? I'm considering learning a bit about the Advanced SIMD extensions for the ARM architecture (a.k.a. NEON.)

I have no idea about that... I would recommend asking in the fpc-pascal mailling list. Note that this question is generic to ARM-linux not specific to Android.

[huberte]

Hello, meandrix, would it be possible to explain how you did this ? :
http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/File:vpr-android.png

thanks (maybe I have to post on the forum ? )

It's okay, but I'll post my reply to the public fpc4android thread, in case anyone else is curious.

I have created a more pecific topic here : :http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/topic,16769.0.html

thanks

[Andru]

"Good news" everybody - FreePascal broken one more time, now the latest revision of fixes_2_6 branch doesn't work for me with patches which I used... Revision 20768 the latest one which will work. But there was some move from dead point and maybe soon we will get something useful in this official branch:
http://svn.freepascal.org/svn/fpc/branches/targetandroid/

[felipemdc]

"Good news" everybody - FreePascal broken one more time, now the latest revision of fixes_2_6 branch doesn't work for me with patches which I used...

That's why I use my own branches!

But there was some move from dead point and maybe soon we will get something useful in this official branch:
http://svn.freepascal.org/svn/fpc/branches/targetandroid/

Yes, I am also reliaved that we are no longer stuck here, although I would prefer if it was already merged to 2.7. 2.7 is highly experimental anyway.

[Takeda]

I saw and confirm FPC 2.6.1 svn 21637 and svn 21720 would successfully compile AndroidLCL example which shipped on Lazarus.

NOTE : I tested, we must use "Cross-Binutils" which came from NDK7. "Cross-Binutils" from NDK7b and NDK7c, was failed to work (to compile, the example). Sometime "Cross-Binutils" which came from NDK7b and NDK7c would make Crash when compile the examples.

FPC 2.7.1 (even the latest svn) would failed to compile the example.

[I Use Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit]

-takeda-

[barlone]

Good day, Felipe!
First of all - many thanks for your great work.

After todays update from svn my android project stop to build with message:

androidlcltest.lpr(38) Error: resource compiler "arm-linux-fpcres.exe" not found, switching to external mode

but in binary distribution from http://sourceforge.net/projects/p-tools this file is absent. Please, add this file.