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Android on Windows install/run process problems
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Description
Some users are having a pretty bad time setting up OF on windows. apparently there are several issues which rear their ugly heads, see http://forum.openframeworks.cc/index.php/topic,8855.0.html
specifically, our platform recognition fails because of a new mingw release: Details and a proposed fix are here.
furthermore, there are problems with windows Find, pkg-config, paths,...
@arturoc can you please take a look at this, and also help out in the forum thread if you know what's going on?
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the linked forum thread and its proposed platform-recognition fix, then inspect the Windows setup flow for Find, pkg-config, and path handling. Done means the reported Windows Android installation and run process works for the affected MinGW release and the identified setup problems are resolved.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- android
- Domain
- build-system, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100