A few questions regarding Android development

[Cadisol87]

I want to start developing C++ Android applications using SFML.
Unfortunately, I don't have any experience developing apps for the Android platform, so I have a few(a bunch of) questions:

• Do I have to modify my existent C++ code to compile it for android?
• What else do I have to include to my project? (Maybe a manifest file?)
• Can I use sort of an Android API in my C++ project? (For example to get the screen resolution of the device)
• How do I compile my C++ code?
• Can I continue using my favorite IDE?

If somebody has the time to answer my questions or just give me a link to a website or forum topic which helps me, I would really appreciate it!

[Ixrec]

I still haven't gotten around to trying it myself so I can't give any detailed advice, but I do remember seeing the SFML team create these two potentially useful things:

https://github.com/SFML/SFML/wiki/Tutorial:-Building-SFML-for-Android

https://github.com/SFML/SFML/tree/master/examples/android

[ChronicRat]

• Can I continue using my favorite IDE?

I tried SFML Android on Eclipse, Code::Blocks and VS2013. The best (for me) is VS + vs-android + visualgdb
visualGDB is commercial but it is worth the money. I'll buy it someday. Note, that using of C::B and VS+vs-android require pretty good knowledge of cross-compiling. It does not use "ndk-build".

[Cadisol87]

I still haven't gotten around to trying it myself so I can't give any detailed advice, but I do remember seeing the SFML team create these two potentially useful things:

https://github.com/SFML/SFML/wiki/Tutorial:-Building-SFML-for-Android

https://github.com/SFML/SFML/tree/master/examples/android

Thanks for those links!

I tried SFML Android on Eclipse, Code::Blocks and VS2013. The best (for me) is VS + vs-android + visualgdb
visualGDB is commercial but it is worth the money. I'll buy it someday. Note, that using of C::B and VS+vs-android require pretty good knowledge of cross-compiling. It does not use "ndk-build".

Hmm... I'd like to stay with C::B, but If it requires a good knowledge of cross-compiling I guess I will have to switch to Eclipse for my Android projects

[ChronicRat]

C::B is the hardest way. =) There are no ready-made solutions at all.

[ChronicRat]

Situation has been changed absolutely.
VS 2013 Community Edition + Tegra Android Development Pack = The best! May be release of VS2015 will change this again.