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author Sam Lantinga <slouken@libsdl.org>
date Tue, 04 Jan 2011 12:39:10 -0800
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2 Simple DirectMedia Layer for Android
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5 Requirements: Android NDK r4 or later
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7 ================================================================================
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8 How the port works
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11 - Android applications are Java-based, optionally with parts written in C
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12 - As SDL apps are C-based, we use a small Java shim that uses JNI to talk to
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13 the SDL library
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14 - This means that your application C code must be placed inside an android
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15 Java project, along with some C support code that communicates with Java
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16 - This eventually produces a standard Android .apk package
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23 ================================================================================
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24 Building an app
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27 Instructions:
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28 1. Edit android/config.cfg to point to the location of the NDK
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29 2. Run 'make -f Makefile.android'. If all goes well, libsdl.a should be created
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30 3. Place your application source files in android/project/jni
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31 4. Edit the Android.mk to include your source files
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32 5. Run 'ndk-build' (a script provided by the NDK). This compiles the C source
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33 6. Edit project/local.properties to point to the SDK directory
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34 6. Run 'ant debug' in android/project. This compiles the .java and eventually
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35 creates a .apk with the C source embedded
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36 7. 'ant install' will push the apk to the device or emulator (if connected)
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41 ================================================================================
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42 Known issues
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45 - SDL audio (although it's mostly written, just not working properly yet)
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46 - TODO. I'm sure there's a bunch more stuff I haven't thought of