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SMSQmulator for Android?
Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2021 1:30 pm
by NormanDunbar
I was just thinking, as I sit in North Wales, in the rain, watching the sea...that as Android development mainly uses Java, and SMSQmulator is written in Java, could anyone possibly have tried to migrate SMSQmulator to Android?
I'm not a Java developer, although I dabble when I must, and I'm definitely not an Android developer, so I'm not sure it's even possible, just a thought.
I'd love a QL on my tablet!
Cheers,
Norm.
Re: SMSQmulator for Android?
Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2021 2:09 pm
by XorA
There is SDL2 for Android AFAIK, Id accept patches for Android build of sQLux!
Re: SMSQmulator for Android?
Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2021 2:42 pm
by Derek_Stewart
Hi,
QPC 1 can be run uder Dosbox.
There seems to be no Java runtime available for Android, only the rubbish in the Gopgle Play Store.
I did not know that SDL2 was available for Android. How does sQLux get compiled on Android?
Re: SMSQmulator for Android?
Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2021 2:50 pm
by XorA
How does sQLux get compiled on Android?
Thats for someone to work out, I no longer have any android devices!
Re: SMSQmulator for Android?
Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2021 3:04 pm
by dilwyn
NormanDunbar wrote:I was just thinking, as I sit in North Wales, in the rain, watching the sea...that as Android development mainly uses Java, and SMSQmulator is written in Java, could anyone possibly have tried to migrate SMSQmulator to Android?
I'm not a Java developer, although I dabble when I must, and I'm definitely not an Android developer, so I'm not sure it's even possible, just a thought.
I'd love a QL on my tablet!
Cheers,
Norm.
Welcome to North Wales, Norman. This is the point at which you find out that Welsh rain is wetter than that in Leeds!
When I had a Windoze tablet, I would often run QPC2 on it. Like you, I'd love to have a QL emulator run on my Android tablet.
Re: SMSQmulator for Android?
Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2021 5:16 pm
by Derek_Stewart
XorA wrote: How does sQLux get compiled on Android?
Thats for someone to work out, I no longer have any android devices!
Could GCC be used to compile sQLux with android as the target binary?
Re: SMSQmulator for Android?
Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2021 5:29 pm
by NormanDunbar
Apparently, C/C++ uses the NDK and Cmake so, I assume, that there is/should be a way to compile the SDL.
Mind you, it's dangerous to assume!
Cheers,
Norm.
Re: SMSQmulator for Android?
Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2021 7:37 pm
by Derek_Stewart
Hi,
I had alittle search on Android programming, it seems, Android Studio or Ecilse with ADT plugin will be able to provide Java IDE.
I have a T95Z plus Octa-core Androd box, never used maybe a good platform for a Android QL
Re: SMSQmulator for Android?
Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2021 5:33 pm
by mk79
NormanDunbar wrote:I was just thinking, as I sit in North Wales, in the rain, watching the sea...that as Android development mainly uses Java, and SMSQmulator is written in Java, could anyone possibly have tried to migrate SMSQmulator to Android?
Not an expert here either, but Android doesn't provide the J2SE API (Swing, etc.) so while the emulation core should work easily enough the rest would have to be re-implemented using the Android API I guess.
Marcel
Re: SMSQmulator for Android?
Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2021 5:37 pm
by NormanDunbar
Thanks Marcel, looks like it's QPC we'll have to migrate then!
Cheers,
Norm.