Ever want to compile D on your Android phone? Well, now you can!

[Joakim via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On Saturday, 29 October 2016 at 21:47:35 UTC, Mergul wrote:
> On Sunday, 24 January 2016 at 15:12:30 UTC, Joakim wrote:
>> An alpha release of ldc, the llvm-based D compiler, for 
>> Android devices is now available.  It is best used with the 
>> excellent Termux app 
>> (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.termux&hl=en) and a bluetooth keyboard. ;) Updated test runners, that run most tests from the standard library on any Android device, are also available (results have been reported for everything from a TomTom BRIDGE GPS navigation device to a Huawei Watch):
>>
>> https://github.com/joakim-noah/android/releases/tag/polish
>>
>> You can install a test runner app or run a command-line binary.
>>  Please report your results in this thread in the ldc forum, 
>> which requires no registration, with the info and format 
>> requested there, particularly for Android 4.1 or earlier:
>>
>> https://forum.dlang.org/thread/bafrkjfwmoyriyhmqizl@forum.dlang.org
>>
>> If you try out the native compiler, take a look at the README 
>> that comes with it for instructions.
>>
>> If you have a D/OpenGL app you'd like to port to Android and 
>> submit to the Play Store, let me know if I can help with that 
>> process.
>
> I'm trying to build native-activity sample in .d.
> I have build cross ldc compiler using your instructions. When I 
> have build native activity its work properly on BlueStack, but 
> on my phone (android 4.2.1) this always crash and run again. 
> Your app test runner work perfect and every test passed.
> Application always crash when I'm using android_app.savedState.
>
> if (state.savedState != null) {
>     // We are starting with a previous saved state; restore 
> from it.
>     engine.state = *cast(saved_state*)state.savedState; //crash!
> }
>
> Sorry for bad english.

Hmm, I am unable to reproduce the crash with that sample app on 
my tablet running Marshmallow.  Can you try the prebuilt 
cross-compilers at 
https://github.com/joakim-noah/android/releases and see if the 
problem crops up with those too?

If you are able to reproduce consistently with some compiler, 
please file an issue with more info, such as which ldc version 
you built and what commands you used to build the app, either at 
the github repo for the sample app, 
https://github.com/joakim-noah/android/, or if you can reproduce 
with the pre-built ldc compilers, at the ldc github, 
https://github.com/ldc-developers/ldc/.