Building for Android

The Android port builds FreeBASIC programs into Android application packages using the Android SDK/NDK tools. The current tree keeps the Android application template under share/freebasic-android/template and drives package creation through the build scripts.

Build scripts

./build_scripts/msys2-build-freebasic-android.sh
./build_scripts/debianubuntu-test-freebasic-android.sh

Those scripts check for the Android toolchain pieces that matter in practice, including the NDK compiler, android.jar, aapt, d8, signing tools, and the runtime package layout.

What to test

Android changes should be tested with normal command-line programs and with application-style smoke tests. Graphics, touch input, audio, lifecycle exit, and asset packaging are all Android-specific enough to deserve explicit tests.