If you have a running/working installation you do not need to upgrade to V

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1 01.März 2015 If you have a running/working installation you do not need to upgrade to V Important Note: A)Please remove previous versions before installing a new version. B)Installation path containing SPACE char's do still not work. What is LazToApk? To build a piece of software which can be installed on an android device, you need Java JDK, Android SDK, Android NDK and laz4android. LazToApk is a software which will help you to configure all these needed 3 rd - Party Tools. What's new? 01.März 2014 (v ) - updated setup to the latest laz4android package. (laz4android FPC z) - disable main form on application startup until all paths are setup/verified. 19.November 2014 (v ) - updated installer to use/download the android-sdk_r windows.zip. - updated installer to use/download the android-ndk-r10c-windows-x86.exe. - minor gui tweaks. - updated installation tutorial. 20.Oktober 2014 (V ) - updated setup to the latest laz4android package. (laz4android FPC z) - added version 5.0 lollipop to laztoapk selection box. 15.August 2014 (V ) Note: If you have a running/working installation you do not need to upgrade to V some minor fixes. - display more info to the user. - improved and cleaned up installation document. Author: S.Herzog 1

2 Content Step 01: Download&Install JDK...2 Step 02: Download&Install LazToApk...3 Step 03: Start&Configure LazToApk for the first time...5 Step 04: Start Lazarus and install package CustomDrawn...7 Step 05: Start SDK-Manager and install API's...9 Step 06: Restart LazToApk and start AVD-Manager...11 Step 07: Build your first android app...13 Step 08: Run the app...15 Lazarus and Android To create Android Apps with Lazarus (on windows), you need to download and install the following packages. (Warning, this will take at least 6GByte of disk space). The whole installation&compile process can take up to one hour depending on your hardware and internet connection. Please follow exactly this instructions, otherwise the chance is very high that your final app will not work! I tested on windows xp sp3 and on windows 7. Step 01: Download&Install JDK Download latest Java JDK jdk-8u25-windows-i586.exe (32bit is important) from here: Java JDK 8 Author: S.Herzog 2

3 Run the downloaded installer. It will be installed in to <C:\Program Files\Java\>. Step 02: Download&Install LazToApk LazToApk Download the setup from here. (sourceforge.net) Run the setup. The setup will automatically: 1.) download ndk.zip to \laztoapk\downloads and then unpack it to \laztoapk\downloads\ndk 2.) download sdk.zip to \laztoapk\downloads and then unpack it to \laztoapk\downloads\sdk 3.) download laz4android fpc z to \laztoapk\downloads and then unpack to \laztoapk\downloads\laz4android 4.) run \laztoapk\downloads\laz4android\build.bat to recompile Lazarus. Author: S.Herzog 3

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5 After you press button <Finish>, laz4android get's compiled. This may take a while and look's something like this. Step 03: Start&Configure LazToApk for the first time Now the application LazToApk will be started. LazToApk will verify if the folder's for JDK,SDK,NDK and the tool lazbuild.exe are available. If not, then following path setup dialogs will show up and you must select the correct path manually. On the first start of LazToApk, you will be asked to select the path to JDK. Setup path to JDK: Set the <Initial Folder> and then press button <Find>. Double-click on the marked entry. The following path's should be set automatically by LazToApk. So in most cases it's not needed to setup them manually. Author: S.Herzog 5

6 Setup NDK: Press button <Find>. Double-click on the marked entry. Setup SDK: The path is usually setup automatically. On the first time you will see the following message. This is fine for now. Just press <OK>. Author: S.Herzog 6

7 Finally LazToApk should show up and look like this: Step 04: Start Lazarus and install package CustomDrawn Press button <Start IDE>. Author: S.Herzog 7

8 Now we need to install package CustomDrawn. Select <Package> <Install/Uninstall Packages>. Double-Click on CustomDrawn Package and then button <Save and rebuild IDE>. After the IDE has been rebuilt, you have to exit Lazarus. Author: S.Herzog 8

9 Step 05: Start SDK-Manager and install API's Now LazToApk will look like this. It's time to start the <SDK Manager>. Select the following packages. ( you can try some other's but I did not test with other version's!!!!) Author: S.Herzog 9

10 This will take a while. The installation is finished, when the following Dialog shows up. Now close the SDK Manager (and AVD Manager if you started it before) Author: S.Herzog 10

11 Step 06: Restart LazToApk and start AVD-Manager Now close LazToApk and start LazToApk again. Select <NDK-Platform> (API16) and press button <Start AVD Manager> Setup a new virtual android device. Press Button <Create>. The choose the following setup: Press button <Start> to start the virtual android device. If everything works as expected, then the virtual device will look like this: Author: S.Herzog 11

12 If you do not get so far, please search at google for a solution. I had several times problems to get the Virtual Device running. Sometime it helped to kill process adb.exe and then start again. (Or of course you can connect a real android device and run your app there.) Author: S.Herzog 12

13 Step 07: Build your first android app Press button Build&Deploy. In the following dialogue, define a password for your app and press button <OK>. The following info message will appear. You have to enter the same password as before twice in the command windows Author: S.Herzog 13

14 and do some more input as requested. If everything works as expected, then it should look like this: Well done, the app is now installed. If you see something like this, then the installation of the apk-file failed. Author: S.Herzog 14

15 In this case close the virtual android device and start it then again. Then can try to install the apk-file manually. Step 08: Run the app Let's run the app. Click onto the following icon: Then click on Project1. Author: S.Herzog 15

16 And enjoy your first android application. Author: S.Herzog 16