Hi Alec,
On 2010-12-08 09:33 UTC A.L.E.C wrote:
I have no such plans because I have no Android. Maybe I could change my plans if someone will give me an Android-based device as a Christmas' gift ;)
Sorry to disappoint, but my finances don't allow me to sponsor an Android device for you, currently. But I spent some time building a convenient emulator package, which you (and everyone else who is interested) may use:
Screenshot: http://p173.de/s/1291960996.png
It's a VirtualBox [1] Virtual Machine (packaged as OVF, so in theory it could also be used with VMWare or other virtualisation software, but I don't know if it actually works), which contains a full Linux Desktop (Linux Mint 10 [2]) and the Android SDK [3] emulator, which directly starts up when you 'power on' the virtual machine.
[1] http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads VirtualBox can be freely downloaded from the above URL, it runs on Linux, Windows, OS X and Solaris. [2] http://www.linuxmint.com/ (based on Debian/Ubuntu) [3] http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/emulator.html
Of course you could also just download the Android SDK, configure an AVD (Android Virtual Device) and start it in the emulator - but using my "virtual appliance" is probably faster / easier.
Download: http://p173.de/f/AndroidEmulator.zip [1.6 GB]
Instructions: 0) Make sure you have ~8 GB of free disk space and ~800 MB of free RAM
- Unzip AndroidEmulator.zip (and then delete the .zip file)
- In VirtualBox, Menu [File / Import Appliance...] click the [Choose...] button and select the AndroidEmulator.ovf file
- After the import you can delete the .ovf and .vmdk file
- Start up the virtual machine
- Start the Android Browser and enter the URL of your favourite Roundcube Webmail instance on the Internet
- Start improving the Roundcube Webmail UI :)
Patrick.