Re: Android port of Emacs

[Po Lu]

Takesi Ayanokoji <ayanokoji.takesi@gmail.com> writes:

> in addition to specify sharedUserId, it requires to change the Java
> classpath(directory structure of java sourse files and classpath
> references in sourse files).

Why is this necessary?

> The repository's README and article are written in Japanese, but I
> believe it can be understood in English using Google Translate
> (At least, its quality is  equivalent to the English text I would write.
>
> Changes I made are all contained in the patch file.
> https://github.com/ayatakesi/termux-emacs/blob/my/feature/android/my_emacs_feature_android.patch
>
>> Today I tried your port again for about an hour. It is obvious that you
>> use a hardware keyboard ;-) Emacs hides the on-screen keyboard too
>> often, even with touch-screen-display-keyboad set to `t': just try M-x
>> calc and do a simple operation. IMO Emacs should never hide the
>> on-screen keyboard, moreover when clicking with the finger over the
>> small clickable areas of menus and links is very difficult. And a quick
>> method to show the keyboard would be very welcome (having the volume
>> button trick to close Emacs is curious, I'm sure you have your reasons,
>> but if the keyboard is shown and the user can press C-g, isn't it better
>> than closing Emacs?)
>
> In my case, it requires some changes to the source code in order to specify 
> how the soft keyboard should be displayed.
> https://github.com/ayatakesi/termux-emacs/blob/test-20230624/my/feature/android/test-20230624.patch
>
> Thanks.

With such a change, you won't be able to control the state of the
on-screen keyboard.  That wastes a lot of screen space when you are not
editing a buffer.

BTW, Ayanokoji-san, would you be interested in volunteering to help
maintain the Android port?

TIA.