Android Build (Deprecated)¶

Deprecated since version 0.60: The Android build instructions are deprecated and no longer maintained. The referenced external projects (android-python27, SL4A, Python3ForAndroid) are no longer actively developed, and the instructions below may not work with modern Android versions.

Warning

The following instructions are provided for historical reference only. They rely on outdated tools and have not been tested with recent Android releases.

Charm v0.43¶

See the README in charm/installers/android dir (2.7-dev branch) for a clean approach to build & embed Charm in Android apps using the android-python27 project: https://code.google.com/p/android-python27/. This version only works with Python 2.7 and the 3.x version is currently very buggy.

Charm v0.41-0.42¶

Here are the simple instructions for deploying Charm:

Install Python3ForAndroid.apk found in the GitHub repository on your Android device.
Install the SL4A package at the following link: https://android-scripting.googlecode.com/files/sl4a_r5.apk.
Charm Advanced Setup: Download pkg_resources.py and place in the appropriate location using the ADB tool. Configure your device to enable the Android debug bridge and connect to your machine via USB. Next, use adb to push the pkg_resources.py and charm-schemes to a specified location on your SD card:
```
adb push pkg_resources /mnt/sdcard/com.googlecode.python3forandroid/extras/python3/lib/python3.2/site-packages
adb push schemes /mnt/sdcard/sl4a/scripts/schemes
```

See more detailed blog posts on installing Charm on Android (may be outdated):