Felix.

Sorry, if I selected a wrong forum.

I like creating Android mobile apps, and I decided to change my IDE and language from Delphi to Android Studio.

Maybe someone already made it work and would share his experience.

P.S. I know a bit about Activity and Intent, but not much.

58 minutes ago, Rollo62 said:

You mean libraries like this ?

There you can add custom libraries, bei right click the Android32/64 Node and add them to the list.

I mean .so libraries

When I write "I include a 32-bit third-party library in the library\lib\armeabi-v7a folder", I mean I set Remote Path in the Deployment window.

Greetings,

Could you check if it's possible?

I am building a bundle with "Generate Android App Bundle file (arm + arm64)" option enabled.

In Android-32, I include a 32-bit third-party library in the library\lib\armeabi-v7a folder (11 MB in size),

in Android-64 I include a 64-bit third-party lib in the library\lib\arm64-v8a folder (12 MB).

Then I make an aab file and look at its contents: there is a third-party lib (12 MB) in the base\lib\arm64-v8a folder, but there's no third-party lib in the base\lib\armeabi-v7a folder!

Why is it happening? Who else faced it? Maybe this is due to the fact that the third-party lib has the same name for both 32 and 64 versions?

Thanks in advance

Greetings to all,

How to create a video file from a set of images? (Firemonkey: Windows and Android)

Thank you

On 12/23/2021 at 3:22 AM, Remy Lebeau said:

AFAIK FireMonkey doesn't support animated GIFs.  Use an 3rd party image library that does.

Which one would you recommend for Firemonkey?

On 12/24/2021 at 12:54 PM, FPiette said:

I guess you mean recognizable as a person but not as an individual.

Is your problem find the face automatically or is you problem blurring that face or both?

Both.

On 12/24/2021 at 3:36 AM, Dave Nottage said:

On Android, it's not meant to be written to by the app. What is the reason why you're using that folder to write to?

 

 

 

I've tried to create a text file in Library folder to pass it to stockfish engine.

The subject says it all. How to associate my program with a certain extension in Android? Thanks

2 hours ago, Anders Melander said:

Try this:

This is just from (my) memory so I'm not sure if it compiles. It's been a while since I wrote that thing.

You should be able to find plenty of examples if you search for TGIFImage.

Thank you, your memory is great.

I'll try it today

20 minutes ago, Dave Nottage said:

I don't know of any option for df that means it needs to wait for input

Anyway I need only stockfish to run. But it waits for input and locks the app. And I don't know how to pass the input data.

I tried stockfish < [file], where [file] is a file with uci commands, but stockfish doesn't accept it (though this method works under Windows)

5 hours ago, Remy Lebeau said:

AFAIK FireMonkey doesn't support animated GIFs.  Use an 3rd party image library that does.

I don't need to view or play GIFs. I just need to create an animated GIF from a set of bitmaps.

7 hours ago, FPiette said:

Could give an example?

 

For example, we have a photo of man/woman. We need to hide the part of his/her face, but he/she has to stay recognizable.

6 hours ago, Dave Nottage said:

You said you are running apps that result in: Process terminated with exit code: 0. Stockfish just locked up on me - regardless of whether or not it's waiting for input, that's not what you described

df, free

Subject says it all. How to create an animated gif from a set of bitmaps? (Firemonkey)

Thank you

21 minutes ago, Dave Nottage said:

Which libraries are they? Have you read their documentation to see if they actually wait for input while they're running?

I suspect that stockfish engine waits for input, that's why it locks the application.

Have no idea how to send input data to stockfish.

Please recommend me algorythms (or libraries in Pascal) of hiding the part of image, so that image remains recognizable.

15 hours ago, Dave Nottage said:

Use the IsRunning property

I got this message for all libraries I run:

Process terminated with exit code: 0

So I can't send anything, because they always not running

Greetings to all,

why I'm not able to write to GetLibraryPath folder? (Android 11, Delphi 10.4.1)

I keep getting the Permission denied error.

GetLibraryPath isn't the external storage, is it?

On 12/7/2021 at 10:29 AM, Dave Nottage said:

There's now an example of how to run a process on Android, here:

 

https://github.com/DelphiWorlds/HowTo/tree/main/Demos/AndroidRunProcess

 

Sadly, I have been unable to make it work with the Stockfish application that is available for download here:

 

https://stockfishchess.org/download/

 

The process seems to start, however it also seems to lock up my application. There does not seem to be any clues in the device logcat messages as to what the problem is. The demo still includes the files, and the code that attempts to run it, however the code has been commented out in favour of some more basic executables that are known to work. 

 

I have put my efforts on hold (though I may use the run process code myself for something else), and have thrown it open to anyone else who might be able to make it work.

Dave, in your project there is a comment "// Use this method only when you are certain the process being run is waiting for input"

how can we determine using your units if the process is running or it was closed?

Just now, Dave Nottage said:

if you're planning on deploying to the Play Store, staying current is a better option.

Ok, I got it. One more question please: on github there are two your projects: Kastri (Cross-platform library for Delphi) and KastriFree (Free version of the Kastri library). Isn't Kastri free?

8 minutes ago, Dave Nottage said:

Like this, but you're going back a version:

 

 

Is Delphi 10.4.1 still good to create Android applications? I don't plan to buy Alexandria.

6 minutes ago, Dave Nottage said:

If you're using 10.4.1, you should go to the Libraries node under the Android platform in Project Manager, right click it and click Revert System Files To Default.

 

https://github.com/DelphiWorlds/HowTo/tree/main/Solutions/AndroidLibraries

Great, thanks!

On 12/7/2021 at 7:47 PM, Dave Nottage said:

It's used by one of the other units, DW.RunProcess.Android.pas

Dave,

should your RunProcess application (built with Delphi 10.4.1) work under Android 11?

I created an APK file, installed it, but after I run the application, it immediately closes.