[mono-android] x86 Android

[Alex Soto]

Hey Gabe, this was discussed a few weeks ago by Jon and Wally, I'm
copy/pasting the info

Alex

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On Nov 13, 2011, at 2:08 PM, Wally McClure wrote:

He thinks that an apk file is cpu independent due to java apps being cross
platform.  I'm not sure if thats true or not.  Anyway, questions:


No. The .apk file is a ZIP package that can contain native shared
libraries, and libmonodroid.so is a native shared library. Just because
it's a .apk does not mean it's cross platform (just as being Java does not
make it cross-platform; see also `native` methods and the fact that
`android.jar` doesn't run elsewhere yet ;-)

   • Does m4a support x86 android? I was under the impression it did not at
this time.


Not at this time.

   • Do the Xamarin guys think that they can/will support x86 android in
the future?


Maybe. :-)

It's being looked into. I can't promise anything at this point in time.

   • isn't google tv x86?


Yes.

   • Any thoughts regard the x86 marketplace for android, besides the fact
it barely exists?


http://www.theverge.com/2011/11/10/2553406/logitech-ceo-google-tv-cost-us-dearly-no-revue-replacement-coming

:-)

I'm sure it'll be there eventually, it's just not there yet.

As for Xamarin priorities, getting 2.0 out the door with support for
Android v4.0 is our highest priority. After 2.0 is out, lots of things are
under investigation.

- Jon

El 05/01/2012, a las 06:34 p.m., Gabe Codina <Gabe at agtrix.com> escribió:

Hi



The main block for experimenting with Monodroid for me has been the
emulator is unusable on my machine (5 yo laptop)  however the other day I
followed these instructions
http://geeknizer.com/install-android-froyo-on-pc/ and I can now run froyo
in Virtualbox which is far better than the emulator – my questions to this
group are:



Is anyone here working with x86 Android

Is it possible to use this in place of the emulator

Is monodroid compatible with x86 Android



Thank you



Gabe



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