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libpurple on Android

This is the documentation to compile and use libpurple on Android.

The Android port of libpurple will be created during a Google Summer of Code project.
For more information see the proposal on google melange

Compiling

There are many things you need to do in order to compile the libraries yourself, so there is an extra page for it. You should plan about 1 hour for the setup and another one hour to compile.

There is also a tutorial to set up debugging.

Using

If you just want to use libpurple in your application, you do not need to compile everything. Just use the precompiled binaries for ARM.

There is a tutorial on how to create an Android client.

At the end of the project I am planning to do a release, but for now just mail me if you want to have binaries. -- Michael

Compiling for host

Even if the project is focused on Android, it is also possible to build the Java library on your host.

List of things to do

This is the (incompleate) list of things that are missing in the library and in the testclient and need to be implemented. You are welcome to help, if you want to.

Chat
Currently, there is only support for IM sessions.
More protocols
Only jabber is tested, other protocols may segfault, not connect, ...
Status
Currently, you are just online.
Plugin support
With the ability to install new protocols, functions and other neat stuff.
Account settings
Add more settings than the basic account settings, including setting account icons.
Buddylist editing
Make the buddylist editable, regroupable, ...
Media support
Who would need that? Typing on a phone is so easy.
UI
The UI is just for testing. Do a better one.
Fix bugs
They are somewhere.

Contact

This project is done by Michael Zangl. You can contract him per mail using michael (at) soc.pidgin.im.

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