Porting to Android

[Wanimatrix]

There may be a possibility we can get the shell working on android too :).

TODO:

• [ ] Compile readline for android

[GijsTimmers]

Somebody managed to get readline working on Android

[jovanbulck]

Would be awesome :p

Most important difficulties I see:

• is android (fully/enough) POSIX compatible? It runs on a modified Linux kernel right? On the other hand, as far as I know every app runs in a JVM? I found this article about a POSIX compatible libc implementation by Google
• how difficult is it to program in C on android? --> should be possible with a java wrapper with NDK as explained here and here
• readline wont be the worst problem at first, I think: we can always use some kind of jsh fallback mode using C precompiler directives and a simple non-line editing readcmd function

[Wanimatrix]

Programming in C on Android is not a real problem, just download an App like the [Terminal IDE]{https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spartacusrex.spartacuside&hl=nl}: it enables using make, compiling C or C++, etc. on Android. This app can be used to start using jsh.