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SOUL for Android

SOUL
#1

Hello there!

I have been checking SOUL and it looks nearly perfect for my use case (a modular synth environment where users should be able to supply DSP code for custom modules).

As I understand, runtimes have been supplied for MacOS, Windows and Linux. If I wanted to host SOUL patches on Android (specifically armeabi-v7a architecture), how to go about it?

Is there an Android-compatible shared library available, or will ROLI supply one soon? Is there a way for me to build the runtime for Android myself if needed?

#2

Yeah, our CI doesn’t do an Android build at the moment. It’s probably not hard for us to support it (the only bit I can imagine being a hassle would be getting a build of LLVM for Android…) It’s a good FR, and we’ll look into it!

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#3

That would be great! Hope it’ll be doable in a near future :grinning:

I know many audio apps are targeting iOS (where JIT compilation is a problem), but AFAIK that is OK on Android.

Support for the armeabi-v7a architecture would mean that SOUL can run on standalone VR headsets like Oculus Quest (which happens to be one of my target platforms)…

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#4

It’s a good point. We’ve built SOUL on Android before, so we know it works, it’s just that we don’t currently have a CI for Android up and running (and as for llvm on Android, i’ve got a script to build it so that shouldn’t be an issue). I’ve added to the massive backlog of tasks we’ve got to do, so it won’t get forgotten, but i can’t promise anything soon.

#5

Any news on this one? Just eager to start opening up my app for community DSP code :smiley: