D for Android

[Xavier Bigand via Digitalmars-d]

Le 09/05/2014 15:22, Chris a écrit :
> On Thursday, 8 May 2014 at 16:16:22 UTC, Joakim wrote:
>> Well, Android/x86 for now.  I've been plugging away at getting D
>> running on Android/x86 and got all of the druntime modules' unit tests
>> and 37 of 50 phobos modules' unit tests to pass. I had to hack dmd
>> into producing something like packed TLS for ELF, my patch is online
>> here:
>>
>> http://164.138.25.188/dmd/packed_tls_for_elf.patch
>>
>> I simply turned off all TLS flags for ELF and spliced in the el_picvar
>> patch from OS X to call ___tls_get_addr.  Somebody who knows dmd
>> better than me should verify to make sure this is right.
>>
>> I've also put online preliminary pulls for druntime and phobos:
>>
>> https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/druntime/pull/784
>> https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/phobos/pull/2150
>>
>> Now that a significant chunk of D is working on Android/x86, I'm
>> looking for others to pitch in.  We really need to get D on mobile,
>> and Android/x86 is an ideal place to start.  Dan Olson has done some
>> nice work getting D on iOS using ldc, I'm sure he could use help too:
>>
>> http://forum.dlang.org/thread/m2txc2kqxv.fsf@comcast.net
>> http://forum.dlang.org/thread/m2d2h15ao3.fsf@comcast.net
>>
>> Stuff remaining to be done:
>>
>> 1. Fix all phobos unit tests.  Those who know the failing modules
>> better would be best equipped to get them to work.
>>
>> 2. I tried creating an Android app, ie an apk, which is really just a
>> shared library called from the Dalvik JVM, as opposed to the
>> standalone executables I've been running from the Android command line
>> so far.  The apk enters the D code and then segfaults in the new TLS
>> support, I'll debug that next.
>>
>> 3. Use ldc/gdc to build for Android/ARM.
>>
>> 4. Start translating various headers on Android so they can be called
>> from D, ie EGL, OpenGL ES, sensors, etc.
>>
>> 5. Integrate the D compilers into the existing Makefile-based build
>> system of the Android NDK.  Right now, I extract the necessary
>> compiler and linker commands and run them by hand when necessary.
>>
>> All you need to get going is to download the latest Android NDK
>> (http://developer.android.com/tools/sdk/ndk/index.html) and run
>> Android/x86 (http://www.android-x86.org/, I recommend the 4.3 build)
>> in a VM.  I'll put up some basic setup and build instructions if
>> someone is interested.
>
> I can't tell you how much I appreciate this! It's wonderful. All the
> stuff I'm working on will have to go on smart phones and tablets sooner
> or later. People do ask for it, because everything is an "app" these days.
>
> Much as I appreciate all the efforts to improve D as a language (GC,
> library etc.), if we can't get into the mobile market, D won't take off.
> People think "app". "What do you think?" - "Think? Is there an app for
> that?"
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