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Porting git-annex to Android will use the Android native SDK.
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A hopefully small Java app will be developed, which runs the webapp
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daemon, and a web browser to display it.
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### programs to port
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These will probably need to be bundled into the Android app, unless already
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available in the App Store.
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* ssh (native ssh needed for scp, not a client like ConnectBot)
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* rsync
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* gpg
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* git (not all git commands are needed,
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but core plumbing and a few like `git-add` are.)
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## GHC Android?
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Android's native SDK does not use glibc. GHC's runtime links with glibc.
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This could be an enormous problem. Other people want to see GHC able to
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target Android, of course, so someone may solve it before I get stuck on
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it.
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References:
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* <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5151858/running-a-haskell-program-on-the-android-os>
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* <http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/ful84/haskell_on_android/>
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I've heard anecdoally that ipwnstudios not only has an IPhone GHC port,
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but also Android. Need to get in touch with them.
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<http://ipwnstudios.com/>
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### Android specific features
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The app should be aware of power status, and avoid expensive background
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jobs when low on battery or run flat out when plugged in.
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The app should be aware of network status, and avoid expensive data
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transfers when not on wifi. This may need to be configurable.
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## FAT
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Due to use of the fat filesystem, which doesn't do symlinks, [[nosymlink]]
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is probably needed.
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