PoC for a translation layer that would execute the abolute minimum of android-specific code necessary in order to run an android app on a Linux system

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instructions: see Makefile

FAQ:

Q:
did you ever notice that most apps nowadays use at least some .so libraries?
some apps even use them for 99% of their functionality!

A:
yep, and that can be tackled, see https://github.com/minecraft-linux/{mcpelauncher-linker, ...}

Q:
hey! this is so basic it's useless!
A:
yup, we still need to do some proper reimplementing :)
The PoC works-ish now, though it's much less complex than even a modern sample app.
For one, it doesn't use any of the complex compat layers, it just directly subclasses Activity.
Second, it uses only two basic UI elements (TextView and LinearLayout), and yes these are
the only ones implemented (and partially at that, only the absolutely required functionality).
Third, it doesn't do much - it just sets up it's static, non-changing UI, and since the current
GUI implementation is just printing stuff to stdout, we might as well let the app finish after onCreate.

Roadmap:

first we need to gather a lot of volunteers, because the android abi is huge

then we need to settle on language / UI toolkit.

I would like to shim stuff to C for performance, and use GTK 4 for UI - because
that seems like a lot of fun, and we need to be honest with ourselves, why
would anyone help with this project if not for fun ;)