Re: [ft] Freetype x86

[Semeriak, AleksandraX]

Hello Werner,

We have been looking into the use of Freetype and the compatibility with x86 
devices, and as you noted in your first email,  it should run on
any platform, as it creates Libs/armeabi/libfreetype.so, 
libs/armeabi-v7a/libfreetype.so or libs/x86/libfreetype.so depending on the 
APP_ABI configuration of the software developer. Therefore my question would be 
if you provide specific scripts to developers using Freetype to build their 
library or is this the main source that developers use: 
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/OpenGL_Programming/Installation/Android_NDK#FreeType
 ? In that case, since the wiki-resource doesn't have any mention of the 
creation of x86 libs for the developers, would it be possible for you to add 
the instructions for developers to inform them about the possibility of setting 
their APP_ABI as APP_ABI:=all or APP_ABI:=armeabi-v7a x86 to create 
applications with x86 support?

Please let me know in case of any questions. Looking forward to your response.

Sincerely,

Aleksandra Semeriak
Intel Software Partner Program 
+44 3300088836
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aleksandra.semeriak.work

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-----Original Message-----
From: Semeriak, AleksandraX 
Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2015 5:33 PM
To: Werner LEMBERG
Cc: address@hidden
Subject: RE: [ft] Freetype x86

Dear Werner,

My apologies for the late reply, the email was directed to the Junk E-Mail 
folder for some reason and I haven't seen it until now. 
Thank you very much for the provided information - our engineers are looking 
now into the possible difficulties and we will get back to you with a detailed 
feedback soon. 

Sincerely,

Aleksandra Semeriak
Intel Software Partner Program 
+44 3300088836
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-----Original Message-----
From: address@hidden [mailto:address@hidden On Behalf Of Werner LEMBERG
Sent: Friday, April 24, 2015 11:31 PM
To: Semeriak, AleksandraX
Cc: address@hidden
Subject: Re: [ft] Freetype x86


Hello Aleksandra!


> We have come across several great Android apps that are taking 
> advantage of Freetype.  As far as I found out the Freetype does 
> support Android x86 platforms natively, although this option is not 
> set by default.

Basically, FreeType doesn't provide special support for *any* platform.  Or to 
formulate it differently, FreeType should run on
*any* platform that comes with an ANSI C compiler.  The normal configuration 
for compilation of our library uses the GNU autoconf framework, which should be 
able to correctly derive the used platform.
If that fails, there are various means to override the incorrect settings.

For some platforms, FreeType provides assembler routines for time-critical 
functions.  One of them is for i386, and I guess that this assembler code works 
on Android x86 also.

> We would like to know if there would be an interest from your side and 
> opportunity to make the x86 version the default version of Freetype.

Please be more specific.  What exactly are the problems?  Are there bug reports 
or similar things that we can analyze?


    Werner