[argyllcms] Re: running ArgyllCMS on Android?

  • From: xun wang <xun911@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: argyllcms@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 23:16:07 -0500

that would be really awesome! I personally could certainly see it come
handy from time to time. I'm also not aware of any other software on iOS or
Android that's remotely close to be able to do this.

On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 4:57 PM, Graeme Gill <graeme@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> xun wang wrote:
> > Out of curiosity, have anyone tried to compile and run argyllcms on an
> > android device?
> > I just googled it and Android 3.1 and higher seems to support USB host
> mode
> > http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/usb/host.html
> >
> > If it works, that could make any spectro a portable spot measurement
> tool,
> > which is cool...
>
> It's certainly crossed my mind, and since Android is based on Linux,
> it's probably possible, but may take a little work. As far as I
> understand applications are not usually binary executables on
> Android, but are Java byte code. I understand that for running things
> based on Qt for instance, a trick has to be used - making the application
> look like a shared library.
>
> Graeme Gill.
>
>

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