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The ARM is still useless slow. So when the 901DP1 will be ready it will support the x86. Then you can use the x86 Android emulator which is really fast.
Meep Meep....pyaaaaauuung

That's good news. (You mean 9.0.2, right?) Then I can test on devices I don't own. Yay!

No sorry 9.1.0DP1--i mixed up the 1 and 0 https://github.com/livecode/livecode-ide/milestone/97 seems almost ready

I'm new to Android development but not new to LiveCode. I am absolutely stumped (and rather annoyed) by how difficult it is to set up the Android SDK and get LiveCode to recognise it. Basically, I have utterly failed to do it.

I have a support contract so I can get help, which I will do if I must – but it's Friday evening now so I presume that help wouldn't be available for a while. Anyway, I just want to find some instructions that are simple, clear and up-to-date! Does this exist?

LiveCode 9.0.2
Mac OS X 10.14 (Mojave)

k

Sorry

I just want to find some instructions that are simple, clear and up-to-date! Does this exist?

I never found such a jewel. If you do please share...

Now I feel like I'm being trolled. In the https://livecode.com/resources/support/ page, down in the Setup section, there are four items: Download LiveCode, Activating LiveCode, iOS Setup, and Android Setup. Each has its own button designed, I presume, to take the user to the appropriate part of the site. Except...
The buttons for Activating LiveCode, iOS Setup, and Android Setup all point to https://livecode.com/download – which is where I can see my current LC licenses and download installers. It is NOT where any of the promised instructions are. I don't even know if those destinations even exist!

Hi Keith,

maybe you mean these pages http://lessons.livecode.com/m/4069?

Best

Klaus

THANK YOU Klaus!
That page did help me get everything set up. I am deeply grateful.

Right, time for me to try Android!

EDIT: I spoke too soon:
"There was an error while saving the standalone application
could not compile service support class"

I don't develop for mobile, don't even own any cellphone or tablet, but maybe this helps:
search.php?keywords=could+not+compile+s ... port+class

It helped very much, thanks.

The problem turned out to be what someone else in one of those threads experienced: an incomplete removal of a newer Java install in /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines. LiveCode's automatic finding of the JDK path had picked up the newer one. Once I deleted that and re-picked the Android SDK the JDK path was remade to the correct one.

Phew! I've now built a test .apk successfully. I am DEEPLY grateful Klaus, and I hope others find it helpful too.

k

Hi Keith I want to apologize if it was my answer that made you "feel being trolled".

My answer was a consequence of my frustration with the lack of good documentation regarding Android installation. It took me several interactions (and I don't know how to reproduce the path) to get it working, as a matter of fact I still can't test on the Android simulators, just on real devices.

Regards

simon.schvartzman wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 17, 2019 1:18 pm

Hi Keith I want to apologize if it was my answer that made you "feel being trolled".

I don't think he was referring to your answer Simon. From his post, I think he feels the 'trolling' is due to the way the various links he lists all point to the same page, which wasn't helpful (modified quote from Keith)

thatkeith wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 15, 2019 9:20 pm

Now I feel like I'm being trolled. In the https://livecode.com/resources/support/ page, down in the Setup section, there are four items: Download LiveCode, Activating LiveCode, iOS Setup, and Android Setup. Each has its own button designed, I presume, to take the user to the appropriate part of the site. Except...
The buttons for Activating LiveCode, iOS Setup, and Android Setup all point to https://livecode.com/download –

simon.schvartzman wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 17, 2019 1:18 pm

Hi Keith I want to apologize if it was my answer that made you "feel being trolled".

bogs wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 17, 2019 1:33 pm

I don't think he was referring to your answer Simon.

Absolutely right Bogs!
Simon, it was purely the frustrating experience of having paths consistently lead me to dead ends that felt like trolling, not your input at all.
I'm delighted to see the incorrect links have been fixed. Thank you to whoever implemented that.

thatkeith wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 26, 2019 3:20 pm

I'm delighted to see the incorrect links have been fixed. Thank you to whoever implemented that.

I just love happy endings