Building MOAI on Ubuntu 16.04

Tested on fresh ubuntu 16.04 installation (as root)

Building linux Host (needed for pito)

Install Prerequisites

apt-get update
apt-get install cmake git-core build-essential libglu1-mesa-dev 
apt-get install libxmu-dev libxi-dev libxxf86vm-dev libxcb-util0-dev
apt-get install autoconf libtool unzip

Grab moai community and checkout the pull-180 branch

git clone https://github.com/moai/moai-community.git --recursive
cd moai-community

Submodules are a pain, lets get on the right branch and ensure the submodules are happy

git checkout pull-180
git submodule update
cd sdk/moai
git submodule init
git submodule update --recursive
cd ../..

setup our local environment (and helper script)

cp scripts/env-local.sh.template scripts/env-local.sh
source ./scripts/env-linux.sh

build moai binary for linux

./scripts/build-linux.sh

add pito and moai to path

cd bin
export PATH=$PATH:$(pwd)
cd ..

Testing linux Host (needed for pito)

Test pito

pito

If that worked, lets make a project

cd ~
pito new-project moaiproj
cd moaiproj
pito run

you should see a moai window with an example app. Lets get ready to add an android host

Building Android Libs/Host

Grab the NDK

wget https://dl.google.com/android/repository/android-ndk-r12b-linux-x86_64.zip
unzip android-ndk-r12b-linux-x86_64.zip

grab jdk

apt-get install default-jdk

grab the SDK

wget https://dl.google.com/android/repository/sdk-tools-linux-3859397.zip
unzip -d android-sdk sdk-tools-linux-3859397.zip

cd android-sdk/tools/bin
./sdkmanager platform-tools
./sdkmanager "build-tools;22.0.1"
./sdkmanager "platforms;android-22"
./sdkmanager "extras;android;m2repository"
./sdkmanager "extras;google;m2repository"

#some 32bit libraries are needed for the android sdk tools to run correctly atm (since it uses build tools 22.0.1)
apt-get install lib32stdc++6 lib32z1

now to tell our environment where these things are edit the moai-community/scripts/env-local.sh to set the path to ANDROID_NDK and ANDROID_SDK_HOME

vi ./scripts/env-local.sh  
# add keys for ANDROID_NDK=/home/<user>/android-ndk-r12b 
# and ANDROID_SDK_HOME=/home/<user>/android-sdk
source ./scripts/env-linux.sh

Build android native shared libraries

./scripts/build-android.sh

build an android host

cd ~/moaiproj
pito host create android
pito host build android
#apk is spat out here. you can build and debug with android studio, or use adb to install and launch apk
ls /hosts/android/moai/build/outputs/apk

To quickly launch the latest version of your application on android without waiting for a full rebuild of the apk, you cna use pito run -a which will use your last built apk from pito host build android and repack it with latest assets and lua files, it will then launch on the first detected device.

pito run -a 

Note: if you haven't built with android studio, the pito run -a will fail to find your debug store, just copy the keystore from your android-sdk/.android/debug.keystore to ~/.android/debug.keystore and it will behave itself.