mobile dev confusion

[Tom Glod]

aaaahhhhhh .... I get it......yes...I've been using 9.05 Indy to make the
builds.

Lots has been cleared up today thanks to all of you.

*Bows Head*


On Sat, Dec 28, 2019 at 2:49 PM J. Landman Gay via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Actually after some research, I've decided not to bother with x86 builds.
> There are only one or two models that support it and those are very old.
> The current user base is a fraction of one percent according to some
> charts. Support for x86 chips on mobile devices apparently was dropped
> some
> years ago.
>
> One stackOverflow comment implied that x86 would be useful if we wanted to
> support Chromebooks, but those machines work well with 32-bit Android apps
> and LC doesn't officially support Chromebooks anyway.
>
> If anyone has other info, hopefully they'll chime in here.
>
> --
> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jacque at hyperactivesw.com
> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
> On December 28, 2019 12:14:29 PM Tom Glod via use-livecode
> <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>
> > I'm so relieved. Thank you.
> >
> > It didn't make sense to me, but I saw no explanation about that part of
> it
> > anywhere.
> >
> > Full speed ahead. (ish)
> >
> > I am struggling a bit getting it to work in the emulator.... it seems
> like
> > I can only do ARM architecture on V7 or below in the emulator.  And using
> > an X86 emulator gives me the "NO_MATCHING_ABM" error when I hit test.
> >
> > But at least there are no permanent obstacles.
> >
> > :) Thanks again.
> >
> > On Sat, Dec 28, 2019 at 11:47 AM J. Landman Gay via use-livecode <
> > use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >
> >> LC uses the SDK primarily for its build tools, which allow the IDE to
> >> create standalones for Android. The SDK does not affect the versions of
> >> Android your app will require. For years we built apks using SDK 6, and
> >> apps built using those tools still run on Android 10 today.
> >>
> >> A while back the SDK 6 build tools no longer worked with the current
> >> version of LC and we had to update to SDK 8 for compatibility. I am
> >> building apks with that SDK that run on all versions of Android from 4.x
> >> on
> >> up to 10.
> >>
> >> The Android versions you want to support are set in standalone settings.
> >> --
> >> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jacque at hyperactivesw.com
> >> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
> >> On December 27, 2019 8:37:23 PM Tom Glod via use-livecode
> >> <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Hi folks, I'm following this tutorial
> >> >
> >> >
> http://lessons.livecode.com/m/4069/l/985962-livecode-and-android-studio
> >> >
> >> > and i've installed android 8.0 SDK as specified ....
> >> >
> >> > the distribution chart says that only 6% of devices have this version
> of
> >> > android.
> >> >
> >> > Does this mean only 6% of devices will be able to correctly install my
> >> > application?
> >> >
> >> > ?????????????
> >> >
> >> > --
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Tom Glod
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