Android SDK for ARM [closed]

Question

So, there are two popular ARM laptops (google chromebooks) and they are fanless (that is crucial for me, because I like the silence).

I want to be able to develop java and android applications (with NDK possibly) on this laptops with external display (so would have a lot of space for my code on screen).

There is JAVA SDK for ARM, and there is eclipse for ARM, but as far as I know there is no Android SDK for ARM.

But I've found on xda, that there is some way of developing android apps on ChromeOS. And with AIDE it could be developed right on the android device itself. So maybe I'm wrong, and there is some way to do it on Ubuntu on ARM platform?

Or if there is no Android SDK for ARM, then it should be! Where can I make a petition to google, to develop it? It shouldn't be that hard, just recompile it for ARM, probably.

Answer 1

So maybe I'm wrong, and there is some way to do it on Ubuntu on ARM platform?

You are welcome to download the relevant tools source code (e.g., aapt) and work on porting and cross-compiling them to ARM. Or, see if the AIDE folk have posted theirs for download. Or, see if anyone else has posted cross-compiled tools. Or see if the AIDE folk are planning on releasing theirs.

Where can I make a petition to google, to develop it?

You are welcome to dance naked in front of the Googleplex. I think the Android team is in Building 44.

Note that dancing naked may be against the law in Mountain View, CA.

Or, if you prefer, you can file an enhancement request, in which case the naked dancing could merely be a way of drawing attention to the issue. Or perhaps drawing attention to other things.

It shouldn't be that hard, just recompile it for ARM, probably.

Then clearly you can do it yourself, allowing Google to focus on doing things that we in the community cannot do quite so readily.