It depends on your workflow. For PdParty, you can stream *all* live sensor events over OSC while prototyping in desktop Pd, which is sufficient for my use case. Then again, I don’t use my mobile device as an everything computer, so I suppose I’m biased.
enohp ym morf tnes ----------- Dan Wilcox danomatika.com robotcowboy.com > On Feb 24, 2023, at 12:23 PM, Matevz Leskovsek <matevz.leskov...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Dan thanks! Yes your considerations are reasonable but sadly pd has > really lost its "livecoding" angle when Android/iOS devices became so > popular. Smartphones are portable and have so many sensors that > livecoding on android would really make much more sense than coding on > desktop and deploying to smartphone for each change. I hope there will > be some effort to rewrite pd-lib to run in stock android and I am > willing to help (although I am worst programmer ever.. I am kinda good > tester and profiler though). And if it is actually possible to run > pd-lib on rooted android that is interesting but I am somewhat > suspicious. If there is a linux container for androids that would be > easier I guess (but not so RAM friendly). Btw, I've noticed purrdata > js runtime for pd is available but again I think it does not allow > patch creation/editing, only patch running? Btw, pddroidparty webpage > is really nicely organised and clear in its communication -> much > respect! Thanks! > >> On Fri, Feb 24, 2023 at 12:21 AM Dan Wilcox <danomat...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Howdy Matevz, >> >> I don't believe so, although I must include the caveat tat I do not use >> Android, so perhaps there is something out there I am not aware of. >> >> Running patches via libpd in a mobile app is much easier than creating a >> live, graphical *editor* as with desktop Pd as: >> >> 1. the interaction metaphors are different >> 2. libpd does not have a way to tap into the core pd editing logic (yet) >> >> That being said (written?), it's certainly possible to create something that >> can automate writing a Pd file which can then be loaded by libpd, however, >> once things complicated enough, you basically end up duplicating most of the >> core logic with the detriment that you have to carefully try to keep it up >> to date with whatever version of pd / libpd you are using. In short: it's a >> lot of thankless work that is best *not* done without lots of interest, >> resources, and support. >> >> The closest thing I can think of is rooting the device to install a Linux >> distro so you can run *desktop* Pd, however I don't think this is where your >> question is focused. >> >> As the author of PdParty, which utilizes libpd on iOS, I made a clear >> decision early on to *not* tackle on-device editing, mainly for the reasons >> mentioned above. >> >> On Feb 23, 2023, at 12:00 PM, pd-list-requ...@lists.iem.at wrote: >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2023 10:44:58 +0100 >> From: Matevz Leskovsek <matevz.leskov...@gmail.com> >> To: pd-list@lists.iem.at >> Subject: [PD] Creating/editing patches on android? >> Message-ID: >> <caesqpf7mq+slkczqo848oq9lweocuzjvpvhxvqysfvkz+gt...@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" >> >> Hi all, as I remember all those PD on Android platforms (mobmuplat, >> pddroid) only allowed running patches and not editing those, meaning >> that one needed a desktop computer to create and edit patches. Is this >> still the case or is it possible now to use Android device for >> creating and running pd patches. Thanks! >> >> >> -------- >> Dan Wilcox >> @danomatika >> danomatika.com >> robotcowboy.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
