Hi,

on Dockerhub I published a repository which makes it really easy to develop Android
applications using LDC and Joakims work. The repository contains Android 1.1.0 beta from
https://github.com/joakim-noah/android/releases and also the NDK from google.

By using this command, you will have a shell containing all you need to compile
the source files:
docker run --rm -it -v c:/D/projects:/projects andre2007/ldc-android sh

This command will also mount C:\D\projects from your host OS to the container path /projects. On linux / mac you will have to adapt the mount  source path.

You need the Google Android SDK on your host system installed to build the APK and test the application.

More information on building the demo applications you can find here:
https://wiki.dlang.org/Build_LDC_for_Android

A Wiki update will follow with detailed information.

Kind regards
André

On Sunday, 15 January 2017 at 17:40:01 UTC, Andre Pany wrote:
> Hi,
>
> on Dockerhub I published a repository which makes it really easy to develop Android
> applications using LDC and Joakims work. The repository contains Android 1.1.0 beta from
> https://github.com/joakim-noah/android/releases and also the NDK from google.
>
> [...]

it is Great!

Le 15/01/2017 à 18:40, Andre Pany a écrit :
> Hi,
>
> on Dockerhub I published a repository which makes it really easy to
> develop Android
> applications using LDC and Joakims work. The repository contains Android
> 1.1.0 beta from
> https://github.com/joakim-noah/android/releases and also the NDK from
> google.
>
> By using this command, you will have a shell containing all you need to
> compile
> the source files:
> docker run --rm -it -v c:/D/projects:/projects andre2007/ldc-android sh
>
> This command will also mount C:\D\projects from your host OS to the
> container path /projects. On linux / mac you will have to adapt the
> mount  source path.
>
> You need the Google Android SDK on your host system installed to build
> the APK and test the application.
>
> More information on building the demo applications you can find here:
> https://wiki.dlang.org/Build_LDC_for_Android
>
> A Wiki update will follow with detailed information.
>
> Kind regards
> André
>

It's really nice to see the Android support progress like that.

I hope to see the integration of this with dub, to be able to use Visual to target Android with ldc.

Thank you.

On Sunday, 15 January 2017 at 17:40:01 UTC, Andre Pany wrote:
> Hi,
>
> on Dockerhub I published a repository which makes it really easy to develop Android
> applications using LDC and Joakims work. The repository contains Android 1.1.0 beta from
> https://github.com/joakim-noah/android/releases and also the NDK from google.
>
> By using this command, you will have a shell containing all you need to compile
> the source files:
> docker run --rm -it -v c:/D/projects:/projects andre2007/ldc-android sh
>
> This command will also mount C:\D\projects from your host OS to the container path /projects. On linux / mac you will have to adapt the mount  source path.
>
> You need the Google Android SDK on your host system installed to build the APK and test the application.
>
> More information on building the demo applications you can find here:
> https://wiki.dlang.org/Build_LDC_for_Android
>
> A Wiki update will follow with detailed information.
>
> Kind regards
> André

Hi,

I added a WIKI page with all information you need to create your first Android application using LDC in a Docker container. Although the page describes the process on a windows system, it also work on Linux and Mac just by adapting the directory paths.

https://wiki.dlang.org/Build_Android_Apps_using_LDC_in_a_Container

Kind regards
André

On 01/15/2017 12:40 PM, Andre Pany wrote:
> Hi,
>
> on Dockerhub I published a repository which makes it really easy to
> develop Android
> applications using LDC and Joakims work. The repository contains Android
> 1.1.0 beta from
> https://github.com/joakim-noah/android/releases and also the NDK from
> google.
>

I haven't actually had a chance to try either this or Joakims's stuff by itself, although I am interested. Can you describe how this repo simplifies things?

Also, using this stuff, is there a way for the D application to call into Android's API?

On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 1:16 AM, Nick Sabalausky (Abscissa) via Digitalmars-d-announce <digitalmars-d-announce@puremagic.com> wrote:
> I haven't actually had a chance to try either this or Joakims's stuff by itself, although I am interested. Can you describe how this repo simplifies things?

Using the docker image just makes it so that you don't have to do the builds yourself. The docker image works on multiple OS. I've built Joakim's stuff myself and used the docker image and the docker image saves time if you're just wanting to take a quick look.

>
> Also, using this stuff, is there a way for the D application to call into Android's API?

Regarding Android's API there is the NDK. NDK exposes a cut down version of the Linux/posix APIs and JNI for interfacing with the VM, the app still runs in its own sandbox and you can call Java code or have Java call your code. DlangUI has some android code. Check out native-activity [0] for accessing the screen and sensors natively (it seems to be the most popular native example.

[0]: https://github.com/googlesamples/android-ndk/tree/master/native-activity

On Sunday, 19 February 2017 at 23:16:20 UTC, Nick Sabalausky (Abscissa) wrote:
> On 01/15/2017 12:40 PM, Andre Pany wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> on Dockerhub I published a repository which makes it really easy to
>> develop Android
>> applications using LDC and Joakims work. The repository contains Android
>> 1.1.0 beta from
>> https://github.com/joakim-noah/android/releases and also the NDK from
>> google.
>>
>
> I haven't actually had a chance to try either this or Joakims's stuff by itself, although I am interested. Can you describe how this repo simplifies things?
>
> Also, using this stuff, is there a way for the D application to call into Android's API?

I created a docker repo which contains Joakims's work (LDC+modifications).
You do not have to install LDC or Android NDK on your host system.
It is a fail safe, operation system independent solution.

You only have docker installed on your host system (windows/linux/mac)
and enter the command from my first post. This will open a shell which
is like a virtual system. LDC and Android NDK is available in this shell,
ready to run.

Kind regards
André