Getting an android app onto VIM4

VIM4
#1

Hello all,

I have been placed on an android project using the VIM4. We are developing an app on windows using Android Studio to run on the VIM4, which is running Android OS. I have pretty much no Android development experience.

If I am understanding correctly, developed apps can be transferred through the Google store which is not supported on VIM4.

I understand you can also “Sideload” with an APK. Does this need to be cross compiled or anything?

Any help or direction would be great. Please don’t assume I know much when answering.

Thanks,
Aaron

#2
  1. Google store → it’s possible
  • Latest VIM4 android supports Gapps, I guess that includes Google Play store.
  1. Sideload → You don’t need “cross compile” for all android devices, except NDK.
  • Android uses JVM. And you can use VIM4 as an ordinary Android device.
  • Android NDK requires cross compile, which means, if your codes are written in C or C++, the Android SDK will do cross compile automatically. Of course, all of your Java and Kotlin codes are executed on JVM.
  • For more details about this, please read Run apps on a hardware device  |  Android Developers
#3

Thanks for the reply @windchaser Hopefully I dont have too many questions when I go to implement but it is a C++ program I am trying to bring over. So the first course would probably try Google store and if that isnt supported maybe try an APK?

Thanks again

#4

Sideloading is waaaay quicker, especially in your development phase…Using Google Play will have a lot of additional steps just to get it out there, and updating the version to a new one won’t be as fast as just copying the new APK to a thumb drive and inserting that into the VIM4…At least that’s my opinion :wink:

#5

That is much appreciated; I will start with that!