[mono-android] Free version: Emulator only? ... Bye bye

[Daniele Salvatore Albano]

I think that support x86 isn't hard, because:
- technically ICS and android 2.3.7 and superior works fine on x86
- x86 emulator is in android sdk folder (tools/emulator-x86)

More, android-x86 is an android distrubution, not officially
supported, to have android on x86 platform.

The true big problem is: where is the x86 toolchain for android?

Without the x86 toolchain for android you can't really compile mono
and other low level stuff for x86.
Tecnically, if mono doesn't use bionic libc but uclibc statically
compiled, a toolchain can be hand-compiled or can be compiled using,
for example, crosstools-ng.

2011/12/21 Richard Wilburn <rhwilburn at gmail.com>:
> I think the compromise here could be to put x86 android on the road map if
> its possible? and put that ability into the trial.
>
> On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 11:07 PM, Tomas Finnøy <tjfinnoy at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I'm just posting here to say I have quit my Monodroid experimentation.
>>
>> This is solely due to the fact that you have restricted the use of the
>> free
>> version to only work on the emulators. A very poor choice, indeed.
>>
>> The emulator is incredibly slow, and is close to impossible to test
>> applications with if you want to use stuff as the gyro or gps.
>>
>> Why on earth did you not just add a timelimit or simply a splash screen?!?
>> Why don't you want people to test your product well before opting to buy?
>>
>> I guess I'll go the free java route instead.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Hope it works out for you anyway.
>>
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