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reply Gour <gour atmarama.net> writes:
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Hello,

What is the prospect of developing applications for Android using D?

I'm aware there is qt-android
(http://code.google.com/p/android-lighthouse/) which may be used (with
QtD), but wonder if there would be some other solution as well?


Sincerely,
Gour

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Dec 29 2010
next sibling parent reply Trass3r <un known.com> writes:
Well you can always compile to native ARM code with gdc for example.
But normal apps use Java.
Dec 30 2010
parent reply Michel Fortin <michel.fortin michelf.com> writes:
On 2010-12-30 09:44:46 -0500, Trass3r <un known.com> said:


 Well you can always compile to native ARM code with gdc for example.



But has the runtime been ported to ARM?

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Dec 30 2010
parent Andre Tampubolon <andre lc.vlsm.org> writes:
But the "native" code still need the VM to run, right?

On 31-Dec-10 7:09 AM, Klaim wrote:

 Nope. There is a "native" SDK too. And it have been recently enhanced to
 allow native-only application (no java).


 On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 15:50, Michel Fortin <michel.fortin michelf.com
 <mailto:michel.fortin michelf.com>> wrote:

     On 2010-12-30 09:44:46 -0500, Trass3r <un known.com
     <mailto:un known.com>> said:

         Well you can always compile to native ARM code with gdc for example.


     But has the runtime been ported to ARM?

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     michel.fortin michelf.com <mailto:michel.fortin michelf.com>
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prev sibling next sibling parent Klaim <mjklaim gmail.com> writes:
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Nope. There is a "native" SDK too. And it have been recently enhanced to
allow native-only application (no java).


On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 15:50, Michel Fortin <michel.fortin michelf.com>wrote:


 On 2010-12-30 09:44:46 -0500, Trass3r <un known.com> said:

  Well you can always compile to native ARM code with gdc for example.



 But has the runtime been ported to ARM?

 --
 Michel Fortin
 michel.fortin michelf.com
 http://michelf.com/



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prev sibling next sibling parent  Johannes Pfau <spam example.com>  writes:


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Michel Fortin wrote:

On 2010-12-30 09:44:46 -0500, Trass3r <un known.com> said:


 Well you can always compile to native ARM code with gdc for example.



But has the runtime been ported to ARM?



hello world with gdc2 for ARM some time ago and it basically worked. If
optimization is enabled though, all programs enter an infinite loop,
see:
https://bitbucket.org/goshawk/gdc/issue/120/gc-enters-an-infinite-loop-on-a=
rm
When I was trying to debug that issue I also enabled the GC debug output
and everything was correct. The gc collected objects and freed
memory as it should. Iain pushed some fixes to the floating point
control in phobos, but that's the only ARM specific change I'm aware of.

But generating code for Android could be more complicated. I'm not sure
if the NDK is enough. Maybe you'd have to root your phone, but then it
should be possible.



 Dec 31 2010



prev sibling  parent  Trass3r <un known.com>  writes:


 But the "native" code still need the VM to run, right?



Nope.



 Dec 31 2010