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Now this is what I call salvation: I was looking into one of those android tabs (read your thread paul, very nice finds) and was very worried I'd end up on the experimental side of compilers or have to revert to C/C++ which isn't my first choice. For me, Java is just NO. plain and simple - no java ever. The only iteration of Java I find 'acceptable' is javascript but propper java on a device: sorry - no...
I once tried to change the world. But they wouldn't give me the source code. Damned evil cunning.
I know what you mean, but I have bit the bullet, and am now also learning Java + Eclipse IDE to make some programs for my tablet. This is until I can find something suitable with Pascal and Android...
I have been spoiled with Pascal, Java doesn't even have unsigned types like Byte (unsigned), Word, LongWord, only signed integers! This is causing some pain when trying to convert some Pascal code to Java
I am also trying Project Cooper beta, but I am having trouble getting my head around the Delphi Prism syntax Also, quite frankly, doing something with Java + Eclipse is rather nice (ignoring the language issues)...Eclipse is very user friendly once you get used to it, mainly hints with errors It gives you one or more fixes for errors that you can just click on and implement!!
cheers,
Paul
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So I had to reset my android device, and when I went to reinstall all my purchase apps, one of them was the OrbLive... It shows up, but wont let me install, and when I did a search for the OrbLive, its not in the market anymore. What to do?
I agree with you, totally. Awful language, combining the worst parts of C with poor performance, tedious frameworks and, worst of all, a "purity" attitude that is totally unacceptable.
And I have learned Java. I have used it in education, designed labs using it, and in two commercial projects. I know it well enough to know that it is my enemy. Java, the dark side of programming!
But nothing bad that doesn't have a bright side. If I can write for Android in pure FPC code, I believe that I can outperform the Java crowd in performance (almost without even trying), and the C crowd in productivity. The only thing I fear is that it is as hard to make a working installation as it is for the iPhone. (I have a working iPhone installation, and the process to make a new one, but it was not easy to figure out.)
It's pretty easy to make Android programs using the NativeActivity trick. It requires that huge ant build system, but once set up it generally just works
I have an example here: http://j-software.dk/android.zip
Run lazbuild test.lpi in the jni dir, and then run ant debug/ant
install in the root dir
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Ok, will try and build a cross-compiler, and I already have the android SDK
cheers,
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