B4J Question B4J on Winboat for Linux

Squiffy said:

I don't know if anyone else has tried this, but I have the IDE for b4j running on linux using winboat (https://www.winboat.app/), including the form designer.

I never got the form designer running on Wine.

Looks like a step forward, although winboat Windows runs in a VM accessed via a browser, so there's a slight lag. But it did run out of the box, so to speak. No Wine gymnastics required.

Not used it in anger yet. Has anyone else tried this?

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aeric said:

With the latest version of Wine 11.0, B4J and B4A run quite well on Linux.
I think it is recommended to run on X11 display server but if I am not mistaken I also able to run it successful under Wayland in Ubuntu.

Try out the single script I created to install a workable B4J installation here:

[Linux] B4J Wine Installer

📦 Install B4J on Linux Mint using Wine with a single silent script. GitHub: https://github.com/pyhoon/b4j-wine-installer Files: install_b4j_wine.sh uninstall_b4j_wine.sh configure_b4j_settings.sh README.md USAGE SUMMARY.md KEY TECHNICAL NOTES.md The script is generated by AI...

www.b4x.com

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Didier99 said:

Does the USB debugger work also on B4A under Wine? Are there setup tips you can share? (I have not tried but that will come up soon...)

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aeric said:

Have you installed VirtualBox Extension Pack? You need to set the Shared Folders.
Why don't you use B4A-bridge? It works for me.
I am not familiar with USB Debugging but My Linux Mint Guest can access my phone storage through USB.
Maybe you need to install Google USB Driver through SDK Manager.

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Didier99 said:

I have not. As I said, I have not even started looking at B4A under Linux, I am working on getting B4J running at the moment.

For B4A, I normally prefer using the cable, B4A-Bridge works very well, but I still need a cable to keep the phone charging and so that the screen does not turn off, so using USB is more convenient, not a show stopper.

The issue with storage applies to both B4A and B4J. It is for the SSD development folder when running under VirtualBox. I have multiple machines sharing Windows folders through Sync (which is not supported under Linux unfortunately), and I am not 100% switched to Linux and won't be for a while if ever, so unfortunately I have to be able to share between the Linux and Windows environments. At the moment, I am using Google Drive which is supported under Linux, but it's a bit annoying to setup.

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