Androwish for dummies...

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Bill Waddington

2024-07-31 22:46:09 UTC

Hello all,

This is extremely embarrassing. A few years back - with the kind help
of several of you here - I used Androwish to build an apk of my little
Kanji flash card app.

https://www.beezmo.com/geezblog/?p=1842

Newer tablet, higher density display, and I'd like to modify some
fonts and build it again.

Thing is, for the life of me I can't remember how I built it. No
excuse, except that I'm 75 now...

I've dug around in the online documentation, and I'm overwhelmed.

Can someone point me to the simplest way to do this? I mean:
KanjiQuiz.tcl > <one-click Androwish magic> > KanjiQuiz.apk.

Yours in ignorance - thanks and regards,
Bill

--
William D Waddington

"Even bugs...are unexpected signposts on
the long road of creativity..." - Ken Burtch

Ashok

2024-08-01 04:55:53 UTC

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Perhaps Harald's wiki step-by-step may help -
https://wiki.tcl-lang.org/page/Example+setup+of+AndroWish+SDK+on+WIndows+10

Post by Bill Waddington
Hello all,
This is extremely embarrassing. A few years back - with the kind help
of several of you here - I used Androwish to build an apk of my little
Kanji flash card app.
https://www.beezmo.com/geezblog/?p=1842
Newer tablet, higher density display, and I'd like to modify some
fonts and build it again.
Thing is, for the life of me I can't remember how I built it. No
excuse, except that I'm 75 now...
I've dug around in the online documentation, and I'm overwhelmed.
KanjiQuiz.tcl > <one-click Androwish magic> > KanjiQuiz.apk.
Yours in ignorance - thanks and regards,
Bill

Bill Waddington

2024-08-01 15:41:25 UTC

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That looks perfect! Thank you!

Bill

Post by Ashok
Perhaps Harald's wiki step-by-step may help -
https://wiki.tcl-lang.org/page/Example+setup+of+AndroWish+SDK+on+WIndows+10

--
William D Waddington

"Even bugs...are unexpected signposts on
the long road of creativity..." - Ken Burtch

Harald Oehlmann

2024-08-01 16:31:26 UTC

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Well, it is outdated...
Christian has highly updated AndroWish to work with recent devices with
newer versions.
I suppose, newer build systems are required.
You may look to the androwish.org or ask Maigic-Christian...

Take care,
Harald

Post by Bill Waddington
That looks perfect! Thank you!
Bill

Post by Ashok
Perhaps Harald's wiki step-by-step may help -
https://wiki.tcl-lang.org/page/Example+setup+of+AndroWish+SDK+on+WIndows+10

Bill Waddington

2024-08-01 22:05:59 UTC

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Working my way through that step-by-step. Thanks.

Missing the obvious I think. The instructions:

..................................................
Android command line tools for windows

"tools" folder is: sdk-tools-windows-4333796.zip from:
https://developer.android.com/studio

Unzip to c:\android (so we get a folder c:\android\tools)
..................................................

I find and install android studio, but don't see where to download the
named zip file. Looking in SDK tools. Or is it somewhere in the
installed studio?

Sorry to be such a dumb ***. Grateful for any help, but fair warning,
probaly won't be the last time.

Bill

Post by Ashok
Perhaps Harald's wiki step-by-step may help -
https://wiki.tcl-lang.org/page/Example+setup+of+AndroWish+SDK+on+WIndows+10

--
William D Waddington

"Even bugs...are unexpected signposts on
the long road of creativity..." - Ken Burtch

Harald Oehlmann

2024-08-02 12:09:14 UTC

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On the exact page, you have the point "Only command line tools".
But they are contained in the studio.

Thake care,
Harald

Post by Bill Waddington
Working my way through that step-by-step. Thanks.
..................................................
Android command line tools for windows
https://developer.android.com/studio
Unzip to c:\android (so we get a folder c:\android\tools)
..................................................
I find and install android studio, but don't see where to download the
named zip file. Looking in SDK tools. Or is it somewhere in the
installed studio?
Sorry to be such a dumb ***. Grateful for any help, but fair warning,
probaly won't be the last time.
Bill

Post by Ashok
Perhaps Harald's wiki step-by-step may help -
https://wiki.tcl-lang.org/page/Example+setup+of+AndroWish+SDK+on+WIndows+10

Bill Waddington

2024-08-06 18:44:21 UTC

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Indeed, it was right there under my elderly nose.

Following your gide (I hope, I've re-read it 100 times...) I run bones
and get all the way to the build. And fail.

"
A problem occurred configuring root project 'AndroWishApp'.

The SDK directory 'C:\android\AWSDK\C:UsersWilliam D WaddingtonAppDataLocalAndroidSdk' does not exist.

"

That strange path seems to be telling me I've mis-configured things.
An (environment) variable somewhere perhaps.

I had previously installed Android Studio - now uninstalled - and
wonder if there's a config variable left over somewhere. Or more
likely I've just missed something in the suggested configuration.

Look familiar to anyone?

Thanks again,
Bill

On Fri, 2 Aug 2024 14:09:14 +0200, Harald Oehlmann

On the exact page, you have the point "Only command line tools".
But they are contained in the studio.
Thake care,
Harald

Post by Ashok
Perhaps Harald's wiki step-by-step may help -
https://wiki.tcl-lang.org/page/Example+setup+of+AndroWish+SDK+on+WIndows+10

--
William D Waddington

"Even bugs...are unexpected signposts on
the long road of creativity..." - Ken Burtch

Helmut Giese

2024-08-06 19:56:15 UTC

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Hi Bill,

Post by Bill Waddington
"
A problem occurred configuring root project 'AndroWishApp'.

The SDK directory 'C:\android\AWSDK\C:UsersWilliam D WaddingtonAppDataLocalAndroidSdk' does not exist.

not knowing anything about Androwish, but the message looks extremely
suspicious:
It is looking for a directory with THIS name? With twice a 'C:' in it?
The part 'C:UsersWilliam D WaddingtonAppDataLocal' looks to me like
a user dir - without the backslashes - like
C:\Users\William D Waddington\AppData\Local
Where and how did you use the above dir?
HTH
Helmut

Bill Waddington

2024-08-06 20:10:47 UTC

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That ... AppData ... dir does exist.

Looks like it was created a year ago when I installed Android Studio.

No idea why it's getting concatenated with C:android... and without
the back slashes.

Still suspect some config variable somewher.

Thanks

On Tue, 06 Aug 2024 21:56:15 +0200, Helmut Giese

Post by Helmut Giese
Hi Bill,

Post by Bill Waddington
"
A problem occurred configuring root project 'AndroWishApp'.

The SDK directory 'C:\android\AWSDK\C:UsersWilliam D WaddingtonAppDataLocalAndroidSdk' does not exist.

not knowing anything about Androwish, but the message looks extremely
It is looking for a directory with THIS name? With twice a 'C:' in it?
The part 'C:UsersWilliam D WaddingtonAppDataLocal' looks to me like
a user dir - without the backslashes - like
C:\Users\William D Waddington\AppData\Local
Where and how did you use the above dir?
HTH
Helmut

--
William D Waddington

"Even bugs...are unexpected signposts on
the long road of creativity..." - Ken Burtch

Helmut Giese

2024-08-06 20:46:25 UTC

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Post by Bill Waddington
That ... AppData ... dir does exist.
Looks like it was created a year ago when I installed Android Studio.

Ok. And you said Android Studio is now uninstalled. But somehow during
the configuration you initiated it must somehow crept in.
So the next question is: Exactly how did you call 'configure'?
Helmut
PS: Your answer to this question is not for me but for the next person
who chimes in. I am an absolute layman as far as 'configure' is
concerned, so I'm out - and besides: it's bed time for me.

Bill Waddington

2024-08-08 18:50:08 UTC

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That strangeness - the crufft appended - is in local.properties. No
idea how it got there. Trying a manual edit, just blindly trying
things...

On Tue, 06 Aug 2024 22:46:25 +0200, Helmut Giese

Post by Helmut Giese

Post by Bill Waddington
That ... AppData ... dir does exist.
Looks like it was created a year ago when I installed Android Studio.

--
William D Waddington

"Even bugs...are unexpected signposts on
the long road of creativity..." - Ken Burtch

Bill Waddington

2024-08-08 20:21:29 UTC

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Now I'm in a spot where sdkmanager complains if JAVA is too old,
Gradle complains if it's too new.

I'm clearly not cut out for this :(

On Thu, 08 Aug 2024 11:50:08 -0700, Bill Waddington

Post by Bill Waddington
That strangeness - the crufft appended - is in local.properties. No
idea how it got there. Trying a manual edit, just blindly trying
things...
On Tue, 06 Aug 2024 22:46:25 +0200, Helmut Giese

Post by Helmut Giese

Post by Bill Waddington
That ... AppData ... dir does exist.
Looks like it was created a year ago when I installed Android Studio.

--
William D Waddington

"Even bugs...are unexpected signposts on
the long road of creativity..." - Ken Burtch

Bill Waddington

2024-08-09 15:22:48 UTC

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Hey all,

I've given up. Just can't deal with the web of dependencies and my
own ignorance.

Thought I'd try the Androwish apk, and just source my code on the
tablet. Androwish can't browse. Looks like Android 12 has everything
so walled off it isn't possible. Rats.

thanks,
Bill

On Thu, 08 Aug 2024 13:21:29 -0700, Bill Waddington

Post by Bill Waddington
Now I'm in a spot where sdkmanager complains if JAVA is too old,
Gradle complains if it's too new.
I'm clearly not cut out for this :(
On Thu, 08 Aug 2024 11:50:08 -0700, Bill Waddington

Post by Helmut Giese

Post by Bill Waddington
That ... AppData ... dir does exist.
Looks like it was created a year ago when I installed Android Studio.

--
William D Waddington

"Even bugs...are unexpected signposts on
the long road of creativity..." - Ken Burtch

Bill Waddington

2024-08-25 17:22:54 UTC

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Hi again,

Thought I'd try a reverse approach: start with bones and fix the
errors as they came up.

First was Java. Fixed that. Then it wanted the Android studio
command line tools. Extracted the zip to C:\android\ASSDK. Set
ANDROID_HOME to that path. (could have used a nicer name....)

Now I'm back to a similar garbled path:

"
Starting a Gradle Daemon, 2 incompatible and 1 stopped Daemons could
not be reused, use --status for details

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
A problem occurred configuring root project 'AndroWishApp'.

The SDK directory 'C:\android\AWSDK\C:androidASSDK' does not exist.

"

Contatenating a garbled version of ANDROID_HOME with the Androwish SDK
path.

Really grateful for any suggestions.

Bill

On Tue, 06 Aug 2024 21:56:15 +0200, Helmut Giese

Hi Bill,

Post by Bill Waddington
"
A problem occurred configuring root project 'AndroWishApp'.

The SDK directory 'C:\android\AWSDK\C:UsersWilliam D WaddingtonAppDataLocalAndroidSdk' does not exist.

--
William D Waddington

"Even bugs...are unexpected signposts on
the long road of creativity..." - Ken Burtch