Lazarus on Android with WINE.

[Almir Lima]

Hi everyone!

with launch of the Wine 3.0 to run on android.
Would we can run, Windows apps maked in Lazarus on Android.
Ex: A app with a interface equal a Metro.
What do you think?

[taazz]

it can happen but its unlikely that the existing apps will run. You need to make sure that your application is compiled for the correct CPU, wine is not an emulator intel code will not run on none intel CPUs

[Almir Lima]

Thanks your answer.

[Handoko]

Thank you for bringing this news to us.

I checked the Internet, and yes they're working on it now. They showed the preview of running Windows Solitaire on Android-ARM device.
https://wiki.winehq.org/ARM#Wine_On_Android

When I heard Windows programs can run on Linux, that really was a great news to me and other Linux users. But running Windows on Android devices, it isn't so exciting to me. It's may be okay for tab's users. But for me and other smaller screen users, the program won't be look good.

Developing Android apps requires different design than on desktop computers.  Most Android devices run slower than normal desktop computers. Android favors more screen touching (including multi-touch) than keyboard.

[Almir Lima]

Is true, the expriency with UI is very different.
Still i not tried develop nothing in the Android using Lazarus, but i go try soon.

[Handoko]

It is so fun if you can develop your own app that running on your mobile phone, which you can carry and run it anywhere.

Developing Android using Lazarus is not difficult. The most difficult part is how to install and configure your Lazarus to make it able to produce Android binaries. If you're interested, I recommend you LAMW (Lazarus Android Module Wizard).

For Linux users, you can read my explanation how to cross compile and configure your Lazarus to produce Android app:
https://forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/topic,38777.0.html

If you use Online Package Manager, you can install LAMW easier but you still need to deal with Android SDK and NDK, etc.

[Almir Lima]

Tanks. I have a little project to develop, a little app of the Price Search in a ERP. I go give priority to create it, using Lazarus.