Haxe development on Android tablet

This guide will show you how you can potentially use your Android device to write code and test it.

Basically you need two things:
GnuRoot Debian and Geany code editor.

Prerequisites: Android tablet with hardware keyboard and bluetooth mouse or at less Hacker’s Keyboard installed.

1. Install GnuRoot Debian from Google Play Store.

2. Then push “XTerm” button. It will start X Windows system.

To connect with X Windows I prefer RealVnc Viewer. It's a much better and support full screen.
Host: 127.0.0.1:5951
Password: gnuroot

3. Let's adjust our mini Linux

# apt-get update && apt-get upgrade

... some common tools

# apt-get install apt-utils dialog nano wget links2 p7zip-full net-tools
# apt-get install dropbear  
# apt-get install build-essential
# apt-get install git

... change "tondy" with your username

# adduser tondy

4. Build Haxe from source

# cd /tmp
# git clone --recursive https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/haxe.git
# apt-get install neko ocaml libpcre3 libpcre3-dev zlib1g zlib1g-dev
# cd haxe
# make && make install
# su tondy
$ cd
$ haxelib setup

5. Haxe has a lot of targets: Javascript, php, C++, AS3, python, C#,  lua etc ...

# apt-get install nodejs npm

6. You don't need full desktop like Xfce but only Geany code editor ...

# apt-get install geany geany-plugins
# apt-get install dillo  

... and Dillo web browser

Note: The path to this chroot-ed Debian Linux home folder is
/storage/emulated/0/GNURoot/home/

That's it!

Welcome to the future and happy haxing :)


14 Feb 2017, Palma de Mallorca