Make newLISP for Android Linux

Download the latest version of the newLISP Android source distribution from the downloads page

This package can also be made using the following command from the main distribution directory:

  make android_dist
  # or
  make android_dist_utf8

This will make a newlisp-ndk-x.x.x.tgz in the parent directory of the distribution directory where x.x.x is the version number.

It is missing the semaphore, which requires libraries that do not exist on Android. It also does not contain the READLINE compile flavor. UTF8 support can be added by making a source package using make android_dist_utf8.

In order for share to work for more than 4072 bytes a /data/tmp directory must be created on the Android device. This directory is also required if more than 4072 data are transferred when using the spawn function.

Thanks to Kanen Flowers from www.scruffy.tv for doing the adaptation to the Android flavor of Linux and putting together the following instructions:

Steps to compile:

1. Download the android-ndk
2. Make sure your environment works (see above documentation) on your platform
3. Unpack and put newlisp-ndk in the android-ndk directory
4. Compile newlisp

  kanen (~/Code/android-ndk)$ ./ndk-build -C newlisp-ndk/
  make: Entering directory `/Users/kanen/Code/android-ndk/newlisp-ndk'
  Compile thumb  : newlisp <= newlisp.c
  Compile thumb  : newlisp <= nl-symbol.c
  Compile thumb  : newlisp <= nl-math.c
  Compile thumb  : newlisp <= nl-list.c
  Compile thumb  : newlisp <= nl-liststr.c
  Compile thumb  : newlisp <= nl-string.c
  Compile thumb  : newlisp <= nl-sock.c
  Compile thumb  : newlisp <= nl-import.c
  Compile thumb  : newlisp <= nl-xml.c
  Compile thumb  : newlisp <= nl-web.c
  Compile thumb  : newlisp <= nl-matrix.c
  Compile thumb  : newlisp <= nl-debug.c
  Compile thumb  : newlisp <= pcre.c
  Compile thumb  : newlisp <= nl-filesys.c
  Executable     : newlisp
  Install        : newlisp => libs/armeabi/newlisp
  make: Leaving directory `/Users/kanen/Code/android-ndk/newlisp-ndk'

The binary gets put into libs/armeabi/newlisp. From there, you just have to build an Android emulator and you can copy newLISP over to it.

For that, you need the android-sdk.

First, list the targets and find the armeabi version you want to use. I use Target 4, which isn't the most recent, but is the most widely deployed, at API level 15.

  kanen (~/Code/android-sdk/tools)$ ./android list targets
  Available Android targets:
  id: 4 or "Google Inc.:Google APIs:15"
       Name: Google APIs
       Type: Add-On
       Vendor: Google Inc.
       Revision: 2
       Description: Android + Google APIs
       Based on Android 4.0.3 (API level 15)
       ABIs : armeabi-v7a

Now, generate an emulator from that target platform:

  kanen (~/Code/android-sdk/tools)$ ./android create avd -n MyEmulator -t 4

Then, run the emulator:

  kanen (~/Code/android-sdk/tools)$ ./emulator -avd MyEmulator &

Attach a shell to the emulator:

  kanen (~/Code/android-sdk/platform-tools)$ ./adb shell

Make sure everything's ok and create a directory for newLisp:

  # mkdir /data/nl
  # chmod 777 /data/nl
  # exit

Copy newLisp to the emulator:

  ./adb push ~/Code/android-ndk/newlisp-ndk/libs/armeabi/newlisp /data/nl

Go back into the shell and run newLisp:

  kanen (~/Code/android-sdk/platform-tools)$ ./adb shell
  # cd /data
  # cd nl 
  # ls
  newlisp
  # ./newlisp
  newLISP v.10.4.5 on Linux IPv4/6, execute 'newlisp -h' for more info.

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