[Android] Compiling OTClientV8 Sources

1 - Downloads Required:

• Visual Studio 2022 Community: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/pt-br/thank-you-downloading-visual-studio/?sku=Community&rel=17

• Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable 2015-2022: (32-bit download, 64-bit download)

• Git: https://git-scm.com/download/win

• Android Libs: Download

2 - Visual Studio 2022:

• On the Visual Studio home screen, in the Visual Studio Community 2022 product click the Install button.

• On the next screen, select:

• Desktop Development with C++ and Mobile Development for Android.

• Then in Language Packs, select:

• English.

• Continue the installation and click in the Install button.

3 - Install the necessary software:

• Install Git.

4 - Android Libs:

• Extract the Android.zip folder on C:\.

• Example:

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5 - OTClientV8 Sources:

• Download OTClientV8 sources with the command below in Powershell:

cd C:\ git clone --recursive https://github.com/opentibiabr/otcv8.git

6 - Client dat-spr files and data.zip:

• Download Client 11 (Outdated 10.x) and extract the Tibia.dat and Tibia.spr in OTClientV8 /data/things/1100.

• Download
• Compress the init.lua, data, modules, layouts, mods in data.zip running the create_android_assets.ps1 script in Powershell, the compressed data.zip will be copied to android/otclientv8/assets.

7 - Opening OTClientV8 Project for Android:

• Open android\otclientv8.sln. This should launch Visual Studio.

8 - Android Extensions for Visual Studio:

• Go to Options -> Cross Platforms -> C++ and set the configs like in the example below:

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9 - Compiling OTClientV8 Sources for Android:

• Choose build configuration from the drop downs (Release and ARM).

• To start compiling go to the menu Build and choose Build Solution..

• After build, the otclientv8_armv7a.apk is generated in android/otclientv8/ARM/Release folder.

10 - Installing OTClientV8 application on Android:

• Install the otclientv8_armv7a.apk in your Android phone.

11 - Credits:

• Kondrah, Oen, Vithrax (OTClientV8)

• Majesty (OTClientV8 Tutorial for Android on VS2022)