Android Port (SDL2)

[Asmin]

Any updates?
I bet a lot of people would love to run openxcom on their androids!
Have a great holidays

[HappyCat]

With 0.9 it becomes interesting again. Sadly, I have almost no experience in android programming myself.

[SupSuper]

SDL is cross-platform so it shouldn't be too hard, seems it's already been done for other SDL projects: https://libsdl-android.sourceforge.net/

I dread to think how OpenXcom performs on mobile devices though...

[Amunak]

SDL is cross-platform so it shouldn't be too hard, seems it's already been done for other SDL projects: https://libsdl-android.sourceforge.net/

I dread to think how OpenXcom performs on mobile devices though...

Better than emulated in DosBox I'd guess

[xracer]

how will it work, with the required data?

would we have to compile, insert the data and the create the .apk?

I think that for us lowly non-programmer people that will be trouble some.

And i know that you guys do not want to distribute the original artwork.

What are your thoughts Sup?

[HappyCat]

As far as I can see, it's possible to require user to provide folder with original data on the first run.

[SupSuper]

You can still access external data on the memory card, much like ScummVM and DosBOX do, no need to embed it into the APK.

[sidav]

Is there still hope for the port?

[SupSuper]

Probably the best chance would be porting to SDL2, as it's the least disrupting option, but it would still require a fair amount of change.

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Is there still hope for the port?

There is hope: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImQyW7A8hcw 

[starwindz]

There is hope: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImQyW7A8hcw 

This is a real hope! I am looking forward to see 1.0 version of apk release.

[starwindz]

There is hope: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImQyW7A8hcw 

Splendid job! I strongly would like to know the following information and run OpenXcom on my Android smartphone and tablet PC.

1. How to merge 'SupSuper's the latest git master' and 'your android code'?
2. How to set up the android compile environment and how to compile the source code?
3. How to install .apk file and how to run OpenXcom-android?

Thank you very much.

[SupSuper]

There is hope: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImQyW7A8hcw 

Nice job, surprised to see it actually works.

I noticed your text colors seem off though. You probably need to update Surface::paletteShift to copy SDL_Color's new alpha field. There might be other places where you need to check this (I assume you already corrected the palettes to be fully opaque).

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Splendid job! I strongly would like to know the following information and run OpenXcom on my Android smartphone and tablet PC.

1. How to merge 'SupSuper's the latest git master' and 'your android code'?
2. How to set up the android compile environment and how to compile the source code?
3. How to install .apk file and how to run OpenXcom-android?

Thank you very much.

Thanks. To explain in detail all that would require more than a forum post, but I can give you some hints:
1. Basically you fetch both branches (they're both in github) and git merge. I guess I'll do that myself anyway, sooner than later, to prevent the branches from diverging too much.
2. This depends on your o.s. but you need android's sdk and ndk. Then you put all the SDL libs in openxcom/android/jni (you need a special patch for SDL_gfx, which its author just added to the lib) and you're ready to go: cd android / ndk-build / ant debug
3. Run 'ant debug install' and you're set.

You can google for details about all those steps. There are many step by step guides if you're starting.

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Nice job, surprised to see it actually works.

I noticed your text colors seem off though. You probably need to update Surface::paletteShift to copy SDL_Color's new alpha field. There might be other places where you need to check this (I assume you already corrected the palettes to be fully opaque).

Yep, text rendering is indeed broken. For now I've just made enough changes to achieve a somewhat working state, so I haven't even checked what might be wrong. Thanks for the hint!