hi there, i wanted to try at least a "hello world" on android. so i installed some linux on a usb stick to use as a "mobile development environment". it went rather well, using the official hello world tutorial, eclipse and ADT.
but eclipse is not my thing really and as many components needed for android development run on openbsd, and there is linux emulation (must be on for this) i started wondering how far could i get on openbsd before using linux as a crutch. turns out, looong way. the development flow is basically: write code, make apk, install apk on phone/emulator, run apk, (get rich). first things first, had to cheat to get the SDK. the initial download android-sdk_r16-linux.tgz contains only scaffolding to get the real thing. it is in java, but unfortunately swt (part of eclipse) from ports is too old and i couldnt use the GUI or install ADT (Android Development Tools). TODO: try to update the eclipse port. but as i already had all of it on the linux stick, i simply rsync-ed it over under ~/adroid-sdk $ ls -1 android-sdk SDK Readme.txt add-ons/ docs/ platform-tools/ platforms/ samples/ sources/ system-images/ temp/ tools/ $ sudo pkg_add jdk apache-ant $ export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/jdk-1.7.0/bin:$HOME/android-sdk/tools:$HOME/adroid-sdk/platform-tools $ java -version openjdk version "1.7.0" OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0-b00) OpenJDK Server VM (build 21.0-b17, mixed mode) apply the attached patch to dx. these are the API's i have installed using linux: $ android list target | grep ^id id: 1 or "android-3" id: 2 or "Google Inc.:Google APIs:3" id: 3 or "android-7" id: 4 or "Google Inc.:Google APIs:7" id: 5 or "android-15" id: 6 or "Google Inc.:Google APIs:15" i will use id 3 (Android 2.1.x Eclair) HelloAndroid.java is also attached $ cd src/android/hello ~/src/android/hello$ android create project -t 3 -n HelloPuffy -p . -k com.puffy.hello -a HelloPuffy ~/src/android/hello$ cp ~/HelloAndroid.java src/com/puffy/hello/ ~/src/android/hello$ ant debug if i did not leave out something, the output should finish with: BUILD SUCCESSFUL Total time: 7 seconds for now i upload the apk files using ftp (swiftp on android). http://obiit.org/f/hello.png obviously, this is a suboptimal solution, and there is the emulator... let's see how far that goes. ~/src/android/hello$ android create avd -n puffy_avd -t 3 Auto-selecting single ABI armeabi Android 2.1 is a basic Android platform. Do you wish to create a custom hardware profile [no] Created AVD 'puffy_avd' based on Android 2.1, ARM (armeabi) processor, with the following hardware config: hw.lcd.density=240 vm.heapSize=24 unfortunately 'emulator' uses /proc to determine it's own path, so we need to trick it: ~/src/android/hello$ sudo ln -s ~/android-sdk/tools/emulator /proc/self/exe ~/src/android/hello$ emulator -avd puffy_avd emulator: ERROR: _camera_device_open: Cannot open camera device '/dev/video0': No such device or address emulator: warning: opening audio input failed emulator: WARNING: Unable to create sensors port: Connection refused masaka! stupefaction http://obiit.org/f/android-emulator-on-openbsd.jpg http://obiit.org/f/android-emulator-on-openbsd2.jpg and its fast compared to the linux stick. just wow. now the bad news. adb does not work. i have asked about it some time ago on ports@ as having a native adb just by itself would be great to push apk's, shell, root, etc. http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=131809077812364&w=2 some responses indicated it's already work in progress. TODO: get adb to work adb source: https://github.com/android/platform_system_core so this is it, perhaps because i started out with zero expectations, this is a massive happy end. of course, hello world is just that. it remains to be seen if more complicated projects can be compiled. -f -- most days the only good thing on tv is the vase. --- android-sdk/platform-tools/dx.orig Wed Feb 15 21:42:04 2012 +++ android-sdk/platform-tools/dx Tue Feb 14 21:29:26 2012 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -#!/bin/bash +#!/bin/sh # # Copyright (C) 2007 The Android Open Source Project # @@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ # By default, give dx a max heap size of 1 gig. This can be overridden # by using a "-J" option (see below). defaultMx="-Xmx1024M" +defaultMx="-Xmx512M" # The following will extract any initial parameters of the form # "-J<stuff>" from the command line and pass them to the Java package com.puffy.hello; import android.app.Activity; import android.os.Bundle; import android.widget.TextView; public class HelloPuffy extends Activity { /** Called when the activity is first created. */ @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.main); TextView tv = new TextView(this); tv.setText("Android, meet Puffy"); setContentView(tv); } }
