Hello folks! I haven’t programmed for Android in several years and only dabbled when I did. In the past, I’ve used: APDE (Android Processing Development Environment) Processing for Android Android Studio I actively engage with the broader programming community (outside this forum) and provide g…

Is this simple enough: void setup() { fullScreen(); background(209); fill(0, 255, 0); rect(200,200,400,400); } void draw() { } But don’t try to run this on the latest Processing version 4.4.4 because it no longer works in Android mode and is a known issue. Instead use version 4.3 to ge…

[image] svan: But don’t try to run this on the latest Processing version 4.4.4 because it no longer works in Android mode and is a known issue. Instead use version 4.3 to get it to work. Thanks for the feedback. I found your issue on GitHub here: Android mode no longer works in Processing 4…

For what it’s worth … I too started Android development using Processing, about 12 years ago. My specific area of interest was (still is) audio/music but I needed a relatively easy means of creating a GUI and at this, Processing excels! It was my basic introduction to Java coding and it was easy to…

Hello @shedMusic , Thank you for the feedback. My development journey was similar to yours but very limited in scope and time spent on this. I would test the waters and get some simple projects up and running. It is early days yet and will start with Android Mode for Processing and focus on that…

I use a MacBook but have access to a PC … I’ll set it up and get back to you :+1:

[image] glv: I was not able to get the emulator working in Android Mode for Processing 4 Not yet! Yet! Topic here: [image] Android Mode for Processing - Emulator Processing for Android Hello folks! I have had no success getting the emulator to work i…

Hi Just been tying to download to a borrowed windows 10 laptop but can’t even do that …. bombs out at around 265MB .. tried 3 times. I do have a pc with all this installed but it’s in storage while I move house… I’ll post some thoughts re android though based on my MacBook coding which should be t…

I just tried the test sketch from my initial post on a Windows 11 system using Processing 4.4.4 (Android Mode latest 4.6.1) and it failed with the following error (same as what I saw on Mac M2 with Samsung A8 device). Sorry that I had to post an image of the console output, but Processing won’t all…

[image] svan: I just tried the test sketch from my initial post on a Windows 11 system using Processing 4.4.4 (Android Mode latest 4.6.1) @svan Thanks for testing this. It failed for me with this development environment: Windows 11 Processing 4.4.4 or Processing 4.3.4 < Each had a differen…

Similar issue with 4.4.4 on Mac … same error as already posted and confirms issue #777 on GitHub. Seems like this will stay broken in the foreseeable future so I just went back to 4.3.4 Works on: MacBook Air (M2) Processing 4.3.4 Motorola Android Phone (Android version 13) Android Mode …

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