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In this series, we will see how to write Android apps in PicoLisp.
Welcome to a new series, "Mobile App Development in PicoLisp". As the title already tells, this series will explain how to write mobile apps in PicoLisp. This series builds up on the Web App Programming and Databases series, so it might be helpful ...
As described in the last post, before we can start writing our app in PicoLisp, we need to use a little tool to interface the Java API. This is provided by the AndroidApp PilBox. At the moment of writing this post, the latest version is 22.2.23. Ins...
In the last post, we have seen how to install the PilBox in Android (i. e.: just download it from the Google PlayStore). But there is not much we can do with this app yet, as it is just a container for our future PicoLisp apps. Luckily, there are al...
In the last post, we have downloaded and checked the source code of some demo applications. Now let's see what we can do with the other built-in tool: the REPL. About the PilBox REPL The PilBox REPL provides us with a PicoLisp interpreter and a very...
In the last post, we have checked out the REPL. If you have used it, you might agree that it is not really adequate to write complex program. Typing on the phone is not easy, the window is too small and we cannot properly test the code. Today we will...
As we already learned, the PilBox is a tool providing an interface to the Android Java runtime environment. Specifically, we are able to use most of the classes that are listed in the official Android documentation: https://developer.android.com/refe...
