I am working on a project, part of which is Android application. As using Android Studio is frustrating experience and I already failed starting some projects due to its “usefulness”, this time I decided to work the problem around as much as I can, since the project is quite important to me and amount of development to be done is rather significant. Usually I would use some low level language for that as it guarantees best performance, or Python for its ease of use. But I already have experience in building complex stuff in C/C++ and tried webapps in Python/Django, so I know it would be too much for a hobby project. At the same time I remember PHP as very nice tool for a guy who have little experience. So after preparing successful PoC for PHP side, I decided to bundle whole PHP inside of Android application. This allows to deliver environment with similar concepts as notorious Electron, but way less resource hungry. Let me present you PHP for Android development. Just to be clear I show here only binary side, no Android project configuration here, but if I manage to prepare a demo app for that, I will make it as part 2 of this post. Continue reading “PHP build for use bundled in Android applications”