[mythtv] Android build

[John P Poet]

On Sun, Apr 30, 2023 at 5:51 PM John P Poet <jppoet at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you Peter.
>
> On Sun, Apr 30, 2023 at 5:19 PM Peter Bennett <pb.mythtv at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> On 4/30/23 19:34, John P Poet wrote:
>> > Hi Peter,
>> >
>> > When you have time can you please upload a new version of Android
>> > mythfrontend? It looks like the DB schema changed sometime in the last
>> > couple of months.
>> >
>> > I tried to build it myself, but had no luck. It fails to build
>> > libbluray. If I tell it to skip libbluray, then It seems to mostly
>> > build qt but then gives a nebulous error. I have a feeling the problem
>> > is based in the fact that I am a Fedora user instead of Ubuntu.
>> >
>> >     [javac] warning: [options] bootstrap class path not set in
>> > conjunction with -source 5
>> >     [javac] error: Source option 5 is no longer supported. Use 7 or
>> later.
>> >     [javac] error: Target option 5 is no longer supported. Use 7 or
>> later.
>> >
>> > I have limited experience with Docker, but that seems like it might be
>> > an interesting method to get the libs to build if it is indeed a
>> > problem with Fedora. Maybe I will look into that if I ever have the
>> > time to commit to it. I suppose I should try a VM to see if I can get
>> > it to build under ubuntu.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > John
>> >
>> >
>> HI John
>>
>> I have built the latest master for android 32bit and 64bit and added
>> them to the download area at https://dl.orangedox.com/pCBmBm
>>
>
I just crafted an Ubuntu VM and tried to build the libs for Android.
Unfortunately I get the same failure there that I get with Fedora. Either
the instructions are out of date or I am not following them correctly 😔

John
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