Re: Objective-C code running on Android

[David Chisnall]

On 24 Jun 2011, at 21:58, Ivan Vučica wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 22:55, Pirmin Braun <pb@seat-1.com> wrote:
> Am Fri, 24 Jun 2011 22:03:31 +0200
> schrieb Ivan Vučica <ivucica@gmail.com> :
> 
> > Is there any interest in getting at least GNUstep's Foundation to run on
> > Android?
> 
> yes.
> 
> I am almost certain that I will NOT be able to successfully do this, which is 
> why I have posted on this list. :-)

I'm interested.  The clang that Apple ships can target ARM and the GNU 
runtimes, so you should be able to target android without a custom compiler, 
although you will need a copy of Android binutils for linking, along with the 
Android headers.

With the latest NDK, there is even the possibility of running -gui.  There's a 
Skia back end for Cairo, so it should be possible to port the drawing part with 
minimal effort, although the event handling and window management code will 
need writing.

David

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