I'm using ruboto (ruby) on an android tablet. I'd like my source to be in a subdirectory of the usual default source directory. Is there a way to do this?
You have not stated your motivation for placing the Ruby source in a subdirectory, so I'll speculate that it is for tidiness in a polyglot environment. Also, I'll assume you want all the Ruby source in the same directory, including source for Activity classes.
Adding your path to both the Ruby $LOAD_PATH and the Android component search path has been combined into one method in org.ruboto.JRubyAdapter.addLoadPath. In JRubyAdapter.setUpJRuby, you can find a call to addLoadPath around line 289: https://github.com/ruboto/ruboto/blob/1.4.0/assets/src/org/ruboto/JRubyAdapter.java#L289
You can add your own call below the existing one:
addLoadPath("file:" + apkName + "!/<your_path_here>")
That will add the path to the Ruby load path and the Android component search path.
If you have a clear use case, I would submit it to the Ruboto tracker at https://github.com/ruboto/ruboto/issues . It sounds like something more Ruboto developers could use.
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I have some code that is written in Java and Kotlin for Android; the Java part can be translated into Kotlin using the Android Studio. Most of this code is business; that means, independent on any hardware or platform specifics; some Android specific classes (like "Bitmap") can be replaced by abstract or general self-defined classes.
As already known, Kotlin business code can be used in multiplatform applications for Android and iOS. Description here : https://kotlinlang.org/docs/multiplatform-mobile-integrate-in-existing-app.html .
Xamarin is used for multiplatform apps, too.
On the other hand, there is a way to include Kotlin code in Xamarin projects. For this purpose, the Xamarin.Kotlin.StdLib is used : https://libraries.io/nuget/Xamarin.Kotlin.StdLib .
My question: Is it possible to develop a Xamarin project (maybe with Xamarin Forms) that includes the Kotlin business code and will work in both Android and iOS environments?
Here are some instructions.
ANDROID STUDIO
Create a new Project: "File -> New -> New Module -> Kotlin
Multiplatform Shared Module".
Follow these instructions:
https://kotlinlang.org/docs/multiplatform-mobile-integrate-in-existing-app.html
until "Run your cross-platform application on Android".
For Android we're finished. Following steps are only for iOS.
We now assume that there is a module with the name "shared". If this module has another name, please replace it in the following instructions.
XCODE:
The following instructions are similar to that in https://kotlinlang.org/docs/multiplatform-mobile-integrate-in-existing-app.html#make-your-cross-platform-application-work-on-ios . The difference is that we don't want to build the app now, but a framework.
File New - Project.
Select the template for "Framework" and click "Next".
Choose a product name (for example, "KmmExample"). Language:
Objective C
Build Phases - New Run Script Phase:
cd "$SRCROOT/.."
chmod +x gradlew
./gradlew :shared:embedAndSignAppleFrameworkForXcode
Move the Run Script phase up so that it is located after the
"Dependencies" item.
On the Build Settings tab, switch to "All" build settings.
In the Search Paths paragraph, specify the Framework Search Path for both Debug and Release:
$(SRCROOT)/../shared/build/xcode-frameworks/$(CONFIGURATION)/$(SDK_NAME)
In the Linking paragraph:
Specify the "Mach-O Type" as "Static Library".
Specify the Other Linker Flags as
$(inherited) -framework shared
In the Architectures paragraph, "Architectures" may be unchanged or changed to "$(ARCHS_STANDARD_INCLUDING_64_BIT)".
Build the project.
If successful, there will be a folder structure inside "shared/build". There will be a subfolder "xcode-frameworks". In the "Debug" resp. "Release" directory, there will be subfolder(s) with the name(s) of the iOS device(s) or simulator(s). For example, "iphonesimulator15.5". It contains another subfolder: "shared.framework". In the "Headers" you find a "shared.h", and there is the library itself: "shared". (In the "shared/build" folder there will be also a "bin" directory with device and simulator names containing "debugFramework" and similar structures inside.)
OBJECTIVE SHARPIE
Download the "Objective Sharpie" tool
(https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/cross-platform/macios/binding/objective-sharpie/)
In order to create "ApiDefinitions.cs" from shared.h using
"sharpie" follow these steps:
Open a Termimal (Command-line) session.
Change to the directory where "shared" is located.
Type:
sharpie bind --output=./SharpieOutput --namespace=Shared --sdk iphoseos15.5 -scope ./shared ./shared/build/xcode-frameworks/Debug/iphonesimulator15.5/shared.framework/Headers/shared.h
(please replace "iphoneos15.5" by the correct SDK and "Debug/iphonesimulator15.5" by the correct folder name)
You also can choose another namespace instead of "Shared". It will be specified in the ApiDefinitions.h.
If successful, a "ApiDefinitions.cs" will be in a new subfolder
"SharpieOutput".
VISUAL STUDIO / XAMARIN
Use Visual Studio 2019 or 2022 or higher.
Create a new Solution, say, "MyApp".
"MyApp" should contain four projects: "MyApp", "MyApp.Android",
"MyApp.iOS".
Here, we don't talk about "MyApp.Android".
Right-click on the solution name and add a "New Project". Choose "iOS - Library - Bindings Library". Its name may be "MyApp.iOS.Binding".
Replace the ApiDefinitions.cs by that that has been created in the precding step.
Add the "shared" library (created by XCode in one of the steps above) as a "Native Library".
Right-click on ApiDefinitions.cs and change "Build action" =
"ObjcBindingApiDefinition".
When you now open ApiDefinitions.cs, you'll probably see a lot of errors and marked lines. They may be handled as follows:
For the "[Verify]" attribute, please check here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/ios/platform/binding-swift/walkthrough#build-a-binding-library , section 5.
If "NativeHandle" creates a compiler error, please add at the top:
#if !NET
using NativeHandle=System.IntPtr;
#endif
You may remove "using" with the shared module ("using shared")
If you encounter errors like "Cannot declare instance members in a static class (CS0708) and "static classes cannot implement interfaces" (CS0714): try to comment out or remove the attribute "[Category]".
"[Unavailable (PlatformName.Swift)]" may be removed if yielding an error.
Handle typed classes resp. Interfaces with "<T>". For example, the "<T>" attribute should be added to some interfaces representing typed classes. In some cases special handling is necessary.
CS0246: In some cases, when an element cannot be found, an attribute "[BaseType(typeof(SharedBase))]" may help (assuming that the interface SharedBase is defined at the beginning of this file).
If, during a build run, there are warnings CS8767 ("… hides inherited member"), add the attribute [Override] above these members. For "New()", however, add "[New]" instead.
In case of linker errors MT5211 "Native linking failed, undefined Objective-C class …", add the attribute "[Protocol]" in front of the interface definition:
[BaseTye (typeof (NSObject))]
[Protocol]
public interface MyInterface { … }
Other compiler / linker errors (e.g. " … was built for newer iOS version (…) than being linked …" possibly can result in warnings after that.
The "MyApp" project contains all platform independent code. Those classes which contain platform dependent parts should be defined as interfaces.
"MyApp.Android" and "MyApp.iOS" should implement these interfaces. For "MyApp.iOS", "MyApp" and "MyApp.iOS.Binding" should be added as References. The classes implementing those interfaces now can use the interfaces defined in ApiDefinitions.h.
End of instructions.
I have posted the same question in another forum - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/875957/use-business-code-for-android-and-ios-written-in-k.html - and I have posted a possible answer, see the answer of Jul 19, 2022. Spoiler: yes, it is possible, but not directly, and it is complicated.
I want to use open alpr (automatic licences plate recognition) library in my android project. I compiled everything successfully and now it is time to use open alpr in app but...
to create Alpr class object properly I have to provide path to config file and path to runtime_data folder which contains some mandatory files needed by open alpr (ocr and trained data).
I tried something like:
Alpr alpr = new Alpr("eu", "android_assets/alpr.conf", "android_assets/runtime_data");
but Alpr.isLoaded() returns false which means that config or runtime_data have not been found.
Path to assets folder in project is: src/main/assets.
Can someone explain to me how path to "runtime_data" directory and "alpr.conf"
should looks to be visible by open alpr?
Thanks in advance.
I am not familiar with the specific library, but on newer Android devices (Android 6 and up), you can not rely on your application files residing under /data/data/your.package.name
The actual library name still includes the package name of your app, but also has some identifier appended to it in base64 format.
This identifier is unique per installation, and it will change if you uninstall and reinstall the app on the same device.
So, if your library needs to use a configuration file with a path to some other files, there are 2 options:
The right way:
Get the real address of your application files folder using Context.getFilesDir().
Unpack you files from the assets folder of the APK on the device using AssetManager.
Programmatically rewrite your configuration file with the path returned by getFilesDir().
The "hacky" but simpler way:
Use public storage to unpack your files.
You will need to add WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission to your app, and unpack the assets files to the external storage.
For backwards compatibility this will be available under /sdcard folder on most Android devices, even with the latest Android version.
The second method is not recommended since using /sdcard directly is deprecated and strongly discouraged by Google.
Also, not all Android devices have /sdcard link to their public storage, but this is the only way to avoid dynamically editing the configuration file after installation.
Important note before you start implementing those steps. This library supports only arm CPU architecture. Good news is, most probably, your physical device is using arm architecture but to make sure just double-check it before implemting those steps.
I've recompiled this library to a new wrapper library. In original library, you need to manually configure openalpr.conf file and edit its content with correct path to your data directory. Manual configuration is cumbersome because since Android 5 multiple user accounts is supported and we can't simply hardcode data directory as /data/data/com.your.packagename/..... Because every user gets their symlink to data directory as /data/user/0/com.your.packagename/..... All those manual steps are gone in recompiled wrapper library.
Implementation
Add this in your root build.gradle at the end of repositories:
allprojects {
repositories {
...
maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
}
}
Add the dependency into app module:
dependencies {
...
implementation 'com.github.mecoFarid:openalpr:1.0.0'
}
And you're done. Please check this sample app to get started with UI.
Troubleshooting:
If your target sdk is targetSdkVersion >= 24 and you're running your app on a device with Android API 24+ you'll get following error:
android.os.FileUriExposedException: file:///storage/emulated/0/OpenALPR/2019-09-21-01-32-13.jpg exposed beyond app through ClipData.Item.getUri()
To solve this error: you can add following lines into onCreate() of your Activity as a workaround or you may use this thread for offical solution:
if(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT>=24){
try{
Method m = StrictMode.class.getMethod("disableDeathOnFileUriExposure");
m.invoke(null);
}catch(Exception e){
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
TEST:
You can use this image to test your app.
"/data/data/yourpackagename" + File.separatorChar + "runtime_data"
+ File.separatorChar + "openalpr.conf";
I have installed QPython in my Android mobile.
I written a statement in the QEdit to read a text file from the below path
/storage/emulated/0/com.hipipal.qpyplus/script3/File1.txt
I used the below statement
fob=open('/storage/emulated/0/com.hipipal.qpyplus/script3/File1.txt','r')
fob.read()
If I run the statement, it is throwing error as:
IOError:[Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/storage/emulated/0/com.hipipal.qpyplus/script3/File1.txt'
1|uo_a116#cancro:/ $
Is the above statement correct?
fob=open('File1.txt','r')
Is not working in version 1.0.4.
fout=open('File2.txt','w')
Was working on version 0.9.6, but is not working in 1.0.4.
The "error" is Read only file system.
It looks like restrictions in the (new 1.0.4) file system library. I post a mail to the editor, but no answer at this time.
For testing, try to write absolute path to your files pointing, for example, to sdcard (/sdcard/out.txt).
I had problems on this versions (>=1.0.4) because launch process of script changes and execution directory is not the same as script directory.
I had to change my scripts to point to absolute paths.
It was tested with qpython developer.
Check this link:
https://github.com/qpython-android/qpython.org/issues/48
You can also try as simple as:
fob=open('File1.txt','r')
fob.read()
Just if the script is in the same folder of the file.
You can change the current working directory to path with script before read file:
import os
os.chdir(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
Getting "system.entrypointnotfoundexception: loadlibrary" While trying to use SevenZipLib.dll to uncompress the .7z file containing media contents/file in the Android evn.
Context:
-The whole program is written in c# as a MONO Android Project. No Build/Deployment Error/warnings.
While running the apk, its throwing "system.entrypointnotfoundexception: loadlibrary".
-Also tested the same code as windows project (not mono) - uncompressing in the windows evn.
Assumptions for the issue:
7zip internally might be using COM components & Mono frame work is not supporting.
Question:
Has anyone come across similar issue? Please suggest some alternative dll/framework which can be used by my apk for uncompressing the .7z file.
Assuming that SevenZipLib.dll is the SevenZipLib Library on CodePlex, the problem is SevenZipLib\SevelZipLib\SevenZipArchive.cs:
[DllImport("kernel32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, SetLastError = true)]
private static extern SafeLibraryHandle LoadLibrary(
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPTStr)] string lpFileName);
The project contains numerous P/Invokes into kernel32.dll (LoadLibrary(), GetProcAddress(), FreeLibrary()), ole32.dll (PropVariantClear()), oleaut32.dll (SafeArrayCreateVector()), and more.
In short, this library is intimately tied to Windows, and isn't going to work on a non-Windows platform in any meaningful fashion, not without a lot of work.
If you need 7z support in a Mono for Android application, you'll need to look into a different library. It looks like the 7-zip SDK includes C# source for reading LZMA files that doesn't rely on P/Invoke, so perhaps that would work?
I just can't find the help.py file in order to create the API reference for the monkeyrunner. The command described at the Android references
monkeyrunner <format> help.py <outfile> does not work when i call monkeyrunner html help.py /path/to/place/the/doc.html.
It's quite obvious that the help.py file is not found and the monkeyrunner also tells me "Can't open specified script file". But a locate on my system doesn't bring me a help.py file that has anything to do with monkeyrunner or Android.
So my question is: Where did they hide the help.py file for creating the API reference?
I cannot find it either. But one can assume that it is simply calling MonkeyRunner.help() with the passed in arguments. If you just want to get something quick use this script I created also named help.py:
#!/usr/bin/env python
# Imports the monkeyrunner modules used by this program
from com.android.monkeyrunner import MonkeyRunner, MonkeyDevice
text = MonkeyRunner.help("html");
f = open('help.html', 'w')
f.write(text);
f.close();
Run it just like any other monkeyrunner script:
$ monkeyrunner help.py
After I have all codes in my machine (i.e, repo sync), it is at mydroid/sdk/monkeyrunner/scripts along with other three:
help.py monkey_playback.py monkey_recorder.py mr_pydoc.py
This is brilliant answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/4470513/551383 but if you really want this file is in android source i.e. http://androidxref.com/4.2_r1/xref/sdk/monkeyrunner/scripts/help.py
http://androidxref.com/source/xref/sdk/monkeyrunner/scripts/help.py
I believe the documentation on the website starts from that script, but I'm pretty sure somebody edits it a bit afterwards as well.
There's an error in monkeyrunner's help documentation (monkeyrunner Built-in Help), you should use parameters in another order:
monkeyrunner help.py <format> <outfile>
And don't forget about specifying a full path to the script, if you're running it outside of the monkeyrunner.bat directory (android monkeyrunner scripts).
If you don't have Repo Sync, described by users above, you can find the sources (including help.py), for example, here: monkeyrunner scripts.
I opened an issue at Google Code (Issue 26259: monkeyrunner Built-in Help Description Error) and I hope that they'll fix it soon.