LAMW: Lazarus Android Module Wizard
RAD Android! Form Designer and Components Development Model!
- LAMW is a wizard to create JNI Android loadable module (.so) and Android Apk using Lazarus/Free Pascal.
Features
- Native Android GUI
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- AppCompat and Material Design supported!
- RAD! Form designer and drag&drop component development model!
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- More than 140 components!
Getting Started
1. Get Lazarus for Android
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Option a) Laz4Android 2.0.12 (Windows)
- All cross-android compilers already installed!
- arm-android/aarch64-android/i386-android/x86_64-android/jvm-android
- hint: Install here: "C:\laz4android2.0.12" (not "Program Files" !!!)
- How to:
- Install Laz4Android2.0.12
- Install LAMW
- Download LAMW and unzip it in some folder
- recommended folder: "C:\laz4android2.0.12\components"
- Packages installations order/sequence:
- tfpandroidbridge_pack.lpk (in "..../android_bridges" folder)
- lazandroidwizardpack.lpk (in ""..../android_wizard" folder)
- amw_ide_tools.lpk (in "..../ide_tools" folder)
- Download LAMW and unzip it in some folder
- Go to "2. Infrastructure".
- All cross-android compilers already installed!
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Option b) LAMW Manager
- All in One! LAMW Manage produces a complete Lazarus for Android environment by automating the step "2. Infrastructure"!
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Option c) Fpcupdeluxe (Linux and Windows)
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Option d) How to: Do It Yourself!
- d.1) Get Lazarus 2.0.12
- d.2) Install LAMW
- Download LAMW and unzip it in some folder
- recommended folder "C:\lazarus2.0.12\components"
- Packages installations order/sequence:
- tfpandroidbridge_pack.lpk (in "..../android_bridges" folder)
- lazandroidwizardpack.lpk (in ""..../android_wizard" folder)
- amw_ide_tools.lpk (in "..../ide_tools" folder)
- Download LAMW and unzip it in some folder
- d.3) Get FPC source code (trunk):
- Unzip it in some folder and point up the source path in step "d.4"
- d.4) Go to Lazarus menu "Tools" --> "[LAMW] Android Module Wizard" --> "Build FPC Cross Android" and repeat the "Build and install" process once for each architecture.
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(x) Armv7a + Soft (android 32 bits <<-- tested!)
- Build
- Install
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(x) Aarch64 (android 64 bits <<-- tested!)
- Build
- Install
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hint: After "build" and "install" the cross-compilers and after to do all "2. Infrastructure" go to "3. Using LAMW" and try to create your first [New] LAMW project!
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If you get an error "Fatal: Cannot find unit system used by fcllaz of package FCL." when trying "Run" --> "Build" your project then go to "fpc.cfg" (ex. "C:\lazarus2.0.12\fpc\3.2.0\bin") and:
- change:
#searchpath for units and other system dependent things -FuC:\lazarus2.0.12\fpc\$FPCVERSION/units/$fpctarget -FuC:\lazarus2.0.12\fpc\$FPCVERSION/units/$fpctarget/* -FuC:\lazarus2.0.12\fpc\$FPCVERSION/units/$fpctarget/rtl
- to:
#searchpath for units and other system dependent things -FuC:\lazarus2.0.12\fpc\3.2.0/units/$fpctarget -FuC:\lazarus2.0.12\fpc\3.2.0/units/$fpctarget/* -FuC:\lazarus2.0.12\fpc\3.2.0/units/$fpctarget/rtl
- and go to Lazarus IDE menu "Tools" -> "Options" -> "Environment"
- "FPC Source"
- change:
$(LazarusDir)fpc\$(FPCVer)\source
- to:
$(LazarusDir)fpc\3.2.0\source
- change:
- "FPC Source"
- change:
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2. Infrastructure :: only for non-users of "LAMW Manager" !!
2.1 Get Java JDK 8
- warning: Java JDK > 8 don't support [anymore] "Ant" Apk builder!
2.2 Get Android SDK
- recommended version for supporting "Ant" and "Gradle" Apk builders
- hints:
- unpacked/install to a "sdk" folder
- open a command line terminal and go to folder "sdk/tools"
- run the command >>android update sdk //to open a GUI SDK Manager
- go to Tools and keep as is
- Android SDK Tools (installed)
- (x) Android SDK Platform-Tools
- (x) Android SDK Build-Tools 29.0.3 (and others more recent)
- go to Android R and uncheck all!
- go to Android 10 API 29 uncheck all and check only
- (x)SDK Platform
- go to Extras and check:
- (x)Android Support Repository
- (x)Google USB Drive (Windows only...)
- (x)Google Repository
- (x)Google Play Services
- Install 7 package!
- go to Tools and keep as is
- on command line terminal go to folder "sdk/tools/bin"
- run the command >>sdkmanager --update
- run the command >>sdkmanager "build-tools;30.0.2" "platforms;android-30"
2.3 Get Android NDK
- recommended version
2.4 Get Ant builder
- Simply extract the zip file to a convenient location...
2.5 Get Gradle builder
- recommended version
- 6.6.1
- Use the option "extract here" to produce the folder "gradle-6.6.1" in a convenient location...
- warning: Gradle >= 7 don't supported by LAMW, yet!
- warning: Gradle 6.x.y don't support Java > 13!
- warning: Gradle build process need internet connection!!!
- 6.6.1
3. Using LAMW
- 3.1) Configure Paths:
- Lazarus IDE menu "Tools" -> "[LAMW] Android Module Wizard" -> "Paths Settings ..."
- hint: [MacOs >= 10.5] Path to Java JDK auto setting as: ${/usr/libexec/java_home}
- Lazarus IDE menu "Tools" -> "[LAMW] Android Module Wizard" -> "Paths Settings ..."
- 3.2) How to: Create and Run your first Android Apk!
- 3.2.1) From Lazarus IDE select "Project" -> "New Project"
- 3.2.2) From displayed dialog select "[LAMW] GUI Android Module" and "Ok"
- 3.2.3) Fill the displayed form fields and "Ok" and "Save"
- hint: "Path to Workspace" is your projects folder!
- hint: Accept "default" options! (but pay attention to the * signage)
- hint: search your project folder... you will find many treasures there! (look for lazarus project in ".../jni" folder)
- 3.2.4) From Lazarus IDE select "Run" -> "Build"
- Success! Your sistem is up to produce your first Android Apk!
- 3.2.5) Configure you phone device to debug mode and plug it to the computer usb port
- 3.2.6) From Lazarus IDE select "Run" -> "[LAMW] Build Apk and Run"
- Congratulations! You are now an Android Developer!
