Re: Lua on Android (was Re: Goodbye Lua on iPhone?)

[Stefan <stefan@...>]

Enrico Colombini wrote:
> Stefan wrote:
> > Google says to use the ASE if you want to script in Lua:
> >
> > http://code.google.com/p/android-scripting/wiki/FAQ
>
> It also says it currently is for prototypyng only:
>
> "Can I use ASE to write a real Android application or embed ASE scripts 
> in my application?
> Not yet. We're working on it. See issue 55."
>
>   Enrico

One can perhaps embed Lua within a small natively compiled host app?

This fellow got the standard Lua interpreter running on his G1 using a 
touch of patching and some cross-compiling mojo:

http://www.damonkohler.com/2008/12/lua-on-android.html

(I love that picture. I really do)