minimal

Minimal Example

As of 2024-09-19, this is a thrown together, very quick copy-paste of the minimal example from the original ZigAndroidTemplate repository.

Build and run natively on your operating system or install/run on Android device

zig build run           # Native
zig build run -Dandroid # Android

Build, install to test one target against a local emulator and run

zig build -Dtarget=x86_64-linux-android
adb install ./zig-out/bin/minimal.apk
adb shell am start -S -W -n com.zig.minimal/android.app.NativeActivity

Build and install for all supported Android targets

zig build -Dandroid
adb install ./zig-out/bin/minimal.apk

Uninstall your application

If installing your application fails with something like:

adb: failed to install ./zig-out/bin/minimal.apk: Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_UPDATE_INCOMPATIBLE: Existing package com.zig.minimal signatures do not match newer version; ignoring!]

adb uninstall "com.zig.minimal"

View logs of application

Powershell (app doesn't need to be running)

adb logcat | Select-String com.zig.minimal:

Bash (app doesn't need running to be running)

adb logcat com.zig.minimal:D *:S

Bash (app must be running, logs everything by the process including modules)

adb logcat --pid=`adb shell pidof -s com.zig.minimal`