7 The Android port doesn't support everything you can do on PC due to the
8 limited capabilities of common devices. What can be done is described
11 While you're playing the game normally (that is, no menu or inventory is
12 shown), the following controls are available:
13 * Look around: touch screen and slide finger
14 * double tap: place a node or use selected item
16 * touch shown buttons: press button
18 ** left upper corner: chat
19 ** right lower corner: jump
20 ** right lower corner: crouch
21 ** left lower corner: walk/step...
24 ** left lower corner: display inventory
26 When a menu or inventory is displayed:
27 * double tap outside menu area: close menu
28 * tap on an item stack: select that stack
29 * tap on an empty slot: if you selected a stack already, that stack is placed here
30 * drag and drop: touch stack and hold finger down, move the stack to another
31 slot, tap another finger while keeping first finger on screen
32 --> places a single item from dragged stack into current (first touched) slot
36 There are some settings especially useful for Android users. Minetest's config
37 file can usually be found at /mnt/sdcard/Minetest.
39 * gui_scaling: this is a user-specified scaling factor for the GUI- In case
40 main menu is too big or small on your device, try changing this
42 * inventory_image_hack: if your inventory items are messed up, try setting
47 Not all issues are fixed by now:
49 * Unable to exit from volume menu -- don't use the volume menu, use Android's
50 volume controls instead.
51 * 512 MB RAM seems to be inadequate -- this depends on the server you join.
52 Try to play on more lightweight servers.
56 Android version numbers are 4 digits instead of Minetest's 3 digits. The last
57 number of Android's version represents the Android internal version code. This
58 version code is strictly incremental. It's incremented for each official
59 Minetest Android build.
61 E.g. prerelease Minetest Android builds have been 0.4.9.3, while the first
62 official version most likely will be 0.4.10.4
67 In order to build, your PC has to be set up to build Minetest in the usual
68 manner (see the regular Minetest documentation for how to get this done).
69 In addition to what is required for Minetest in general, you will need the
70 following software packages. The version number in parenthesis denotes the
71 version that was tested at the time this README was drafted; newer/older
72 versions may or may not work.
74 * android SDK (x86_64 20131030)
78 Additionally, you'll need to have an Internet connection available on the
79 build system, as the Android build will download some source packages.
85 * Enter "build/android" subdirectory
87 * Answer the questions about where SDK and NDK are located on your filesystem
88 * Wait for build to finish
90 After the build is finished, the resulting apk can be fond in
91 build/android/bin/. It will be called Minetest-debug.apk
95 * In order to make a release build you'll have to have a keystore setup to sign
96 the resulting apk package. How this is done is not part of this README. There
97 are different tutorials on the web explaining how to do it
98 - choose one yourself.
100 * Once your keystore is setup, enter build/android subdirectory and create a new
101 file "ant.properties" there. Add following lines to that file:
103 > key.store=<path to your keystore>
106 * Execute "make release"
107 * Enter your keystore as well as your Mintest key password once asked. Be
108 careful it's shown on console in clear text!
109 * The result can be found at "bin/Minetest-release.apk"
111 Other things that may be nice to know
113 * The environment for Android development tools is saved within Android build
114 build folder. If you want direct access to it do:
119 After you've done this you'll have your path and path variables set correct
120 to use adb and all other Android development tools
122 * You can build a single dependency by calling make and the dependency's name,
127 * You can completely cleanup a dependency by calling make and the "clean" target,
130 > make clean_irrlicht