Hello MJ, On Thu, Sep 23, 2021, 10:10 MJ <mjos...@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> > > On 23/09/2021 6:21 pm, Riza Dindir wrote: > > Hello All, > > > > Can we build android apps using the android sdk and adb on netbsd? Or > > any other means to develop android applications for mobile devices and > > smart phones? > > > > Regards, > > Riza > > > > Hi Riza, > > I know it's not NetBSD, but you seem able to do it on FreeBSD. > > https://baohaojun.github.io/blog/2020/06/16/0-Android-App-development-under-FreeBSD.html Yep. Will read that. > > So, tick off the one's in this FreeBSD tutorial: > > 1. Linux compatibility. ( > https://www.netbsd.org/docs/guide/en/chap-linux.html) > 2. OpenJDK - https://pkgsrc.se/lang/openjdk8 > 3. ADB tools - https://pkgsrc.se/wip/android-tools-adb > 4. Eclipse - https://pkgsrc.se/wip/eclipse > 5. Android studio. That I don't know. I do know people on FreeBSD have > tried it and discussions were on the forums, but it never got anywhere and > it seemed most resigned to running it in Linux or, eek, Windows. > Would not need eclipse or android studio. I would do fine with the command line tools. But there seems not much support. Although jdk we have. Linux compatibiliry must be there on netbsd 9.2. But adb is a thorn there. > So, I fear you might get 90% of the way and the last 10% will be > impossible. > > There was some talk about an Android emulator, but I don't see anything > happening on that front. > https://wiki.netbsd.org/projects/project/compat_android/ > > It's probably worth wasting a few hours to see how far you get and who > knows, you might be successful. > :-) > Hehe. Its not a waste of time. I will try to see how far i can get. Will also look at the links. > Cheers > Mark > Regards, Riza
