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Code Typhon and Android. 6 years 1 month ago #11374

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Hello.

First of all, a big WOW for the CT toolchain Linux intel 64 ---> Android arm 32.
It works perfectly.

I did use it for create a Java native library (libuos.so) that works, out of the box, on a Android machine.
The library is used by a Java class.

But there is something that disturb me...

What can you do with a application compiled for Android (not a Java native library), because Android cannot deal with "classical" executable ?

Thanks for answer.

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Code Typhon and Android. 6 years 1 month ago #11375

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My friend
look here

and here

Android NDK has BIG problems...
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Code Typhon and Android. 6 years 1 month ago #11378

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> Android NDK has BIG problems...

Huh, I did install first Android studio.

It install SDK out of the box, then manually install NDK without problems.

For cross-compiling C libraries, I use a custom shell (see attachment) and it cross compile ok.

For Pascal libraries ---> CodeTyphon toolchain --> OK

Then, with Android Studio, I create a pkg with a Java class that use the libraries.

And both C and Pascal libraries work perfectly on the Android machine.

So the question was:

OK to cross compile for Android a library (that can be used by a java class) but what to do with a program, could it be used by Android ?

IMO Android is a Java OS (that can not deal with "classical".ELF executable.

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Code Typhon and Android. 6 years 1 month ago #11380

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and now comes the "Dual personality" of Android

-For Low level System Libraries you can use Pascal or C/C++ ( targeting to Android NDK API)
-For Android GUI Application (native java)
--- you must use Java or FPC pas2jni info
OR
--- to make your own GUI API like CT customdrawn platform

But FreePascal Team is working on pas2js pascal to JavaScript
and I think the improve of pas2jni is the next FPC target

LAB CT 6.4 on Win64 now..

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Code Typhon and Android. 6 years 1 month ago #11382

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Hello Sternas.

Ha, ok, so, if understand ok, cross-compiling to Android will work only for native Java libraries.

And cross-compiling applications will work only with complicated translation into a Java class or Java script.

IMO, I am not fan of this, I prefer use the Java widget-set directly.

And for the complicate code, I do create a Pascal Java native library and use it by the main Java class.

Thanks for explanation Sternas.

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Code Typhon and Android. 6 years 1 month ago #11385

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Code Typhon and Android. 6 years 1 month ago #11409

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Hello Sternas.

Sorry but, once again, I have a (difficult to explain) question... :blush:

If you have a C native library (for example PortAudio, Mpg123 or SndFile) and if you want to cross-compile from Linux to Android, the C
cross-compile chain add automaticaly the 2 first parameters needed for a native Android library (and Java too of course).

For example, this native method (translated in Pascal):
function mynativemethod(paramnative : integer): integer; cdecl;

will be transformed by the C cross-compiler into:
function mynativejavamethod(PEnv: PJNIEnv; Obj: JObject ; paramnative : integer): integer; cdecl;
// 2 first parameters were added

But how does the CT cross-compiler?

Does it add automatic also the 2 first parameters (PEnv: PJNIEnv and Obj: JObject) or must it done by the programmer ?

When I did use CT cross-compiler, I did add those 2 first parameters to each exported method of the Pascal library and the result is a Java native working Android library.

But now I have some doubt, maybe those parameters were also added by the CT toolchain (or by the NDK)?

Do you know if it exist a way to know the parameters needed in a exported method of a library?

Huh, I hope you did understand something...

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Code Typhon and Android. 6 years 1 month ago #11438

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Hello.

I note this here in case somebody needs it (or if I forget it ;) ).

When you have downloaded and compiled the Android tool-chain and have downloaded the Android Oses libraries you may have this error messages at compiling:

/usr/local/codetyphon/fpc/fpc64/bin/x86_64-linux/arm-linux-androideabi-ld.bfd: cannot find -llog
/usr/local/codetyphon/fpc/fpc64/bin/x86_64-linux/arm-linux-androideabi-ld.bfd: cannot find -ldl
/usr/local/codetyphon/fpc/fpc64/bin/x86_64-linux/arm-linux-androideabi-ld.bfd: cannot find -lc
uoslib.pas(511,93) Error: Error while linking


It is because the search path for those libraries was not defined.

Just add this in your fpc.cfg (according with the api you want):
(or add this parameter at compilation)
#ifdef cpuarm
-Fu/usr/local/codetyphon/binLibraries/android-4.0-api14-arm
#endif
Suggestion: Maybe CT could add this in the cross-compile chain-script.

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Code Typhon and Android. 6 years 1 month ago #11441

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Just
add your Android libraries path to your project "Libraries"
like this

In CT you don't need to edit fpc.cfg for any programming action.
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