hi! i'm new here and i would like to know how to setup the whole enviroment to make android apps, i read the android setup manual and couldn't understand how to set it all up.
it says i need eclipse with the android sdk, ndk, adt and cywin but it doesn;t says exactly HOW to set it all up...... can someone help me with a quick explanation?
it also doesn't says were to put orx's libraries...
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Did you read that section on the wiki : http://orx-project.org/wiki/en/orx/tutorials/setup_android ?
To install all the android stuff (ndk,eclipse), you can use the android developper tutorial :
- SDK: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
- NDK: http://developer.android.com/sdk/ndk/overview.html
I hope that can help you !
i'm new to all of this so i don't really understand how to use java, i know c++ and since orx says it's a c++ library i though this would be my best choice.
but hey, i knew the hardest part would be the start, once i can set it all up and watch the samples i know i'll be able to grasp the concept... i just need help setting everything up... :side: :dry:
Did you also have a look at the older version of the tutorial: http://orx-project.org/wiki/setup_android_manual ?
I've never used the Android version myself so I won't be able to help you much on that sorry!
In a first time though, I'd recommend setting up a project for computer instead of Android. Learning orx there and then create an Android project later when you are familiar with orx.
Beside multitouch everything else will be almost, if not completely, identical to what your computer version and you shouldn't have to change any code.
i did read that manual, actually that's what gave me so much trouble, i mean look at it:
Download the latest versions of the Android SDK and NDK. The latter is required in order to build native apps (i.e., using C/C++), which we're doing.
In China, these can be acquired from a mirror such as http://androidappdocs.appspot.com/index.html.
Follow the installation instructions to make sure the SDK is properly installed.
Windows users will need to download Cygwin to emulate the GCC environment.
Mac and Linux users can use the NDK directly, and may optionally add the NDK folder to their $PATH environment variable
Download Eclipse and install the ADT plugin provided by Google.
Make sure you have up-to-date versions of the SDK, NDK, and ADT.
The Google/Android sites linked above have a lot of information on installing and configuring these packages, and are worth browsing if there are any issues.
it seemed useful at first glance but after a while i noticed that it didn't said how to implement the ndk and stuff into the eclipse environment, and here i am...
anyway, what's the manual for the PC setup? anything i should know that's not in the manual?
http://orx-project.org/wiki/en/orx/tutorials/main
I can advise to use the Visual Studio 2008 Express Edition; as it's best documented. You can also use VS2010EE, but you'll need some know-how to convert it, so not very beginner-friendly.
As mentioned, don't hesitate to ask, while I may be not as good in Orx as mr wizard above, I know a thing or 2 about visual studio
It's very standard C/C++ procedure and there's no real gotchas there.