To use this virtual machine one should install Virtual Box and then use it to open the. Both need to be located in the same folder and also note that the source forge download is a zipped file, so it needs to be unzipped. The virtual machine image is composed by two files: “Android Devel VM.vbox” and “Android Devel VM.hdd”. Both 7-Zip and the Windows 7 default unzipper fail. The Mac OS X default zip application can, and PeaZip too and WinRAR too. The download like for the virtual machine image is: (warning: the VirtualBox image was created using the Mac OS X default Zip utility and not all zip applications can handle it.
The fastest way to configure Free Pascal and Lazarus for Android development is simply using a pre-configured virtual machine image which already includes Mageia Linux 1, KDE, Lazarus 0.9.31, Subversion, Free Pascal for both x86-linux and arm-linux (targetting Android), the Android SDK, the Android NDK, Java, Ant, Gtk2 and all it's development packages, the GNU debugger (GDB), subversion and everything else necessary for building Android applications with Lazarus. See Android Programming, also includes caracteristics of the various phones relevant for programming.Ĭonfiguring the Free Pascal Compiler for Android Use the ready Virtual Box Image with FPC and Lazarus Using the Android SDK, Emulator and PhonesĬustom Drawn Interface/Using the Android SDK, Emulator and Phones Android Programming
7.4.2 Step 4 - Creating the APK package in Windows.7.4.1 Step 4 - Creating the APK package in Linux.7.3 Step 3 - Create the Android project structure.
7 How to create an LCL Android Application.6 Compiling the example LCL Android Application.5.4 Using the pre-compiled compiler in Linux.
5.3 Building the compiler yourself in Linux.5.1 Use the ready Virtual Box Image with FPC and Lazarus.5 Configuring the Free Pascal Compiler for Android.3 Using the Android SDK, Emulator and Phones.