On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 3:07 AM, Benoît Minisini <gam...@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> I don't understand why I had no problem with compiling Gambas on > Debian/RaspberryPI and you have problems to compile Gambas on Ubuntu > which is based on Debian. Or not? android is not based on Debian. It has a heavily-patched linux kernel and that's about where the connection with linux as we know it stops. The runtime is totally different: no standard C library, no X, etc. I think graphics is only available through their Java-based layer so even if you could get Gambas C++ code to compile to ARM you can't take Qt/GTK with you: so no graphics. Plus no package management system as we know it: so users would have to manually download and install gambas, then download and install whatever application. I suspect the only real solution is cross-compiling: i.e, turning Gambas code into the "dalvik" bytecode instead of gambas bytecode, plus reimplementing all the Gambas graphics and system APIs to the Android APIs. Doable, but a crapload of work (basically a full rewrite of gambas) I suspect it would be faster to wait for Ubuntu-based tablets and phones which apparently are coming out "soon" :-) Ian ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Gambas-user mailing list Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user
