Latest revision as of 19:42, 18 June 2022

Building Android

See https://github.com/minetest/minetest/blob/master/doc/README.android

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-= Building and Running =
+= Building Android =
-== Building ==
-What you need:
-* Linux
-* Android NDK '''Crystax version''' (with <code>android_native_app_glue.h</code> copied into <code><TOOLCHAIN_ROOT>/sysroot/usr/include</code>)
-* Android SDK
-* Android device
-* Git
-* CMake
-* Ant
-* ADB (optional but very useful)
-=== Irrlicht ===
-Clone <code>https://github.com/sfan5/irrlicht-android</code>.
-Make sure you have arm-linux-androideabi-gcc and arm-linux-androideabi-g++ usable and run <code>make</code> in <code>source/Irrlicht</code>.
+See https://github.com/minetest/minetest/blob/master/doc/README.android
-This will build Irrlicht as static and shared library and place it in <code>lib/Linux</code>
-=== Minetest ===
-Clone <code>https://github.com/sfan5/minetest.git</code> and switch to the <code>android_new</code> branch.
-Configure it using CMake like this:
-<pre>
-$ cmake . \
-    -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=`which arm-linux-androideabi-gcc` \
-    -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=`which arm-linux-androideabi-g++` \
-    -DCMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH=<sysroot of your android toolchain> \
-    -DCMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_INCLUDE=ONLY \
-    -DCMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_LIBRARY=ONLY \
-    -DCMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_PROGRAM=BOTH \
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Linux \
-    -DIRRLICHT_LIBRARY=<path to libIrrlicht.a> \
-    -DIRRLICHT_INCLUDE_DIR=<path to include/ of Irrlicht> \
-    -DANDROID=1 \
-    -DRUN_IN_PLACE=1
-</pre>
-Now just enter <code>make package</code>.
-After make is done go into the <code>Android</code> directory and run <code><SDK_DIR>/tools/android update project --path .</code>.
-Then copy the .so using <code><NDK_DIR>/ndk-build</code> and build the apk using <code>ant debug</code>.
-You will then have the resources in minetest-''x.x.x''.tar.gz and the apk at <code>Android/bin/Minetest-debug.apk</code>.
-You will only need to do the "android update project" step once.
-== Running ==
-For this step you need minetest-''x.x.x''.tar.gz and Minetest-debug.apk from the previous step.
-Put all resource files & folders (builtin, client, ...) into <code>/sdcard/minetest</code> on your Android device.
-Install <code>Minetest-debug.apk</code>.
-Now touch the Minetest icon and the lovely main menu should appear. ;-)
-= Dev Notes =
-== General notes ==
-* cURL does not work
-* Add Bluetooth support for local multiplayer? (probably requires use of Java)
-== Moving away from Crystax NDK ==
-=== Situation ===
-NDK seems to be unmaintained, would be good if we could move away from it.
-* Builds with small tweaks to the code
-* Works, but everything that goes through wchar_t is messed up
-=== Ideas ===
-* use Android's support library (verify if it does support locale stuff good enough)
-* use uClibc
-==== Android's support library ====
-pro:
-* Do not need to depend on more (Android-)external libraries
-* (Probably) Tuned for usage with Android
-contra:
-* -
-==== uClibc ====
-pro:
-* Completely independent from Android -> avoids upcoming problems in Android
-* Also fixes some other problems we have with the libc
-contra:
-* Increases executable size (uClibc is pretty small, this does not really count)
-* OpenGLES / Android libs may not work (verify this!)

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