All,
Background of my experience:
I started a long time ago writing my own programs (since Delphi 1), started doing it because I could not reason with myself purchasing expensive programs, when I should be able to do it myself. With that being said, I learned Delphi/Pascal through self teaching. I was pleased when kylix came out, disappointed when it went away, very pleased when I came across Lazarus, especially since I had switched to linux shortly after windows 98.
Now, I have written quite a few programs for my own use (for linux), and consider myself to be able to hold my own when it comes to figuring things out. But now I would like to be able to port a couple of those to my Toshiba Thrive. I came across a couple of links (lazarus wiki) that kind of explained how to write programs for Android, but the instructions are pretty vague (at least to me) on how to go about doing this.
Where I need help, if someone could walk me through how to set it up, I could easily write a "how-to"/"for-dummies" guide to post here for other people who might be having the same problem, I am not completely helpless. Below is listed what I have done so far, and now I am stuck.
OS - opensuse 11.4 64 bit
Lazarus - 0.9.30.2RC1
FPC - 2.4.4 (with source as well)
I have downloaded the following:
android sdk (per lazarus wiki)
fpc-2.5.1.arm-linux.tar.gz (per lazarus wiki)
I have followed a couple of different lazarus wiki pages trying to accomplish this task with no success. I would really appreciate any help on how I can integrate my downloads (if needed) into my current lazarus, so that I can attempt to start writing Android apps. I am very anxious to start doing this, since I have written a program for linux quite a while ago, that I would love to see if I can get it to work on my tablet.
AGAIN: Any help at all would be greatly appreciated, I am still researching for a proper set of instructions that I could follow to make this happen.