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No, I was geniunely curious? Not sure why you are hostile.....but it isn't worth my time to figure out.

by kop316 4y ago

UncleEntity 4y ago
My guess is they are showing how easy it is to make an app on the PinePhone. Not sure how useful it is to compile on the phone instead of doing a cross-compile on a “proper” dev box but I guess to just get up and running it works. Makes me want a PinePhone because I have an idea or two and have no idea how to program a simple app for my iPhone. I’d probably just use C though because I gasp like programming in C/simple C++.
- kop316 4y ago
  > My guess is they are showing how easy it is to make an app on the PinePhone. True, that just isn't specific to Zig, which is why I was confused. It is neat that building the GUI isn't too hard, building a GUI in C/GTK involved a lot of boilerplate and isn't easy to start. For GTK: I just end up using this: https://gitlab.com/sadiq/my-gtemplate/ https://gitlab.com/sadiq/my-gtemplate/ As my start point. > Not sure how useful it is to compile on the phone instead of doing a cross-compile on a “proper” dev box but I guess to just get up and running it works. That depends. I tend to develop on the phone so I am aware of the screen size limitation, but you can emulate that. I also develop on the phone because the apps I make need access to the Modem (calls/SMS/MMS/VVM) for me test. I have thought about putting an EG-25 into my laptop to develop on my laptop, but that's been a low priority since using the Pinephone is easy enough. > Makes me want a PinePhone because I have an idea or two and have no idea how to program a simple app for my iPhone. I’d probably just use C though because I gasp like programming in C/simple C++. You should! The community is very friendly and helpful. All of the programs I developed are in C, so you aren't alone.
  - rav3ndust 4y ago
    Can second this! The mobile Linux community is a very friendly and open space. I've been loving my Braveheart and PostmarketOS CE Pinephones, and am looking forward to picking up a PinePhone Pro to test and build with as soon as they're back in stock on Pine64 Store.
- rav3ndust 4y ago
  I've been doing development on the PinePhone as well. The ability to just plug in right to an HDMI display with the device and a keyboard/mouse and have a pocketable GNU/Linux environment has been nice the last few years. And I'm able to use that old third-party DeX dock that I rarely used with my Galaxy s8 - so there's that, too!

No, I was geniunely curious? Not sure why you are hostile.....but it isn't worth my time to figure out.

by kop316 4y ago

No, I was geniunely curious? Not sure why you are hostile.....but it isn't worth my time to figure out.

My guess is they are showing how easy it is to make an app on the PinePhone. Not sure how useful it is to compile on the phone instead of doing a cross-compile on a “proper” dev box but I guess to just get up and running it works. Makes me want a PinePhone because I have an idea or two and have no idea how to program a simple app for my iPhone. I’d probably just use C though because I gasp like programming in C/simple C++.

kop316 4y ago
> My guess is they are showing how easy it is to make an app on the PinePhone. True, that just isn't specific to Zig, which is why I was confused. It is neat that building the GUI isn't too hard, building a GUI in C/GTK involved a lot of boilerplate and isn't easy to start. For GTK: I just end up using this: https://gitlab.com/sadiq/my-gtemplate/ https://gitlab.com/sadiq/my-gtemplate/ As my start point. > Not sure how useful it is to compile on the phone instead of doing a cross-compile on a “proper” dev box but I guess to just get up and running it works. That depends. I tend to develop on the phone so I am aware of the screen size limitation, but you can emulate that. I also develop on the phone because the apps I make need access to the Modem (calls/SMS/MMS/VVM) for me test. I have thought about putting an EG-25 into my laptop to develop on my laptop, but that's been a low priority since using the Pinephone is easy enough. > Makes me want a PinePhone because I have an idea or two and have no idea how to program a simple app for my iPhone. I’d probably just use C though because I gasp like programming in C/simple C++. You should! The community is very friendly and helpful. All of the programs I developed are in C, so you aren't alone.
- rav3ndust 4y ago
  Can second this! The mobile Linux community is a very friendly and open space. I've been loving my Braveheart and PostmarketOS CE Pinephones, and am looking forward to picking up a PinePhone Pro to test and build with as soon as they're back in stock on Pine64 Store.
rav3ndust 4y ago
I've been doing development on the PinePhone as well. The ability to just plug in right to an HDMI display with the device and a keyboard/mouse and have a pocketable GNU/Linux environment has been nice the last few years. And I'm able to use that old third-party DeX dock that I rarely used with my Galaxy s8 - so there's that, too!