Android
Android
Currently support for android target is present in the trunk (development) version 2.7.1 of FPC.
Supported CPUs:
- ARM
- i386
Android NDK
You need to download and install Android NDK in order to compile programs for the android target. Download Android NDK using this link: http://developer.android.com/tools/sdk/ndk/index.html
Extract it to some folder.
FPC sources
Check out the latest trunk sources of FPC using the following command:
svn co FPC http://svn.freepascal.org/svn/fpc/trunk
Now you have the compiler sources in the FPC sub-folder.
Building cross compiler
You need to have working installation of FPC 2.6.x compiler in order to create the cross-compiler. This tutorial describes how to build the cross-compiler on Windows, but it can be used for any system with small obvious modifications.
Assume the following paths:
- Android NDK path:
C:\Program Files\Android SDK\android-ndk-r8d - FPC svn sources path:
C:\Develop\FPC\FPC - The cross-compiler installation path:
C:\Develop\FPC\pp
Add path to Android binutils to the PATH environment variable. In this tutorial the path is
C:\Program Files\Android SDK\android-ndk-r8d\toolchains\arm-linux-androideabi-4.7\prebuilt\windows\bin
First you need to build the latest version of the fmcmake support program.
To do that cd to the following folder:
C:\Develop\FPC\FPC\utils\fpcm\fpcmake
Then execute the command: make
Now cd to the root of FPC sources folder:
C:\Develop\FPC\FPC
Execute the following command:
make clean all install OS_TARGET=android CPU_TARGET=arm CROSSOPT="-O2 -g-" CROSSINSTALL=1 INSTALL_PREFIX=C:\Develop\FPC\pp FPCMAKE=C:\Develop\FPC\FPC\utils\fpcm\fpcmake
After that you should have the cross-compiler and units installed in folder C:\Develop\FPC\pp
Now create a new fpc.cfg file in folder C:\Develop\FPC\pp\bin\i386-win32 and paste into it the following text:
-Fu/Develop/FPC/pp/units/$FPCTARGET/*
- ifdef android
- ifdef cpuarm
-FlC:\Program Files\Android SDK\android-ndk-r8d\platforms\android-14\arch-arm\usr\lib
- endif
- endif
