gowebview

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gowebview

Tool to create an android application from an go http server package. The package must just set some endpoints.

This project is not active anymore, check out: https://github.com/Inkeliz/gowebview

prerequisites

download and install android sdk and ndk

gomobile: go get -u golang.org/x/mobile/...

set environment variables:

• JAVA_HOME - where the javac is
• ANDROID_HOME - android sdk path
• ANDROID_NDK_ROOT - android ndk path

example http package that sets the '/' path:

package exampleserver

import "net/http"

func init() {
	//just add some endpoints to the server
	http.HandleFunc("/", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
		w.Write([]byte("hello"))
	})
	//or you can also use your favorite router and then paste it to http.DefaultServeMux
}

Check the ID of the target android API with $ $ANDROID_HOME/tools/android list target. It will be eg. 13.

Then go to the package directory and run:

$ gomobile init -ndk $ANDROID_NDK_ROOT
$ gowebview -target 13

gowebview creates an gradle project in build directory.

Go to the build directory and create your android apk:

$ cd build
$ ./gradlew build

You can now install your brand new android application:

$ adb install -r build/outputs/apk/build-debug.apk

Enjoy your awesome app: