Write C64 assembler on your android device

Cross-compile dasm

• Download the Android Native Development Kit for your os (windows 32-bit or 64-bit, macosx 32-bit or 64-bit, linux 32-bit or 64-bit)
• Install the kit for native android development
• Check if there are no spaces in de path, otherwise the toolchain scripts won't work.
• Run the make-standalone-toolchain for android-16 for:
  • arch=arm for most phones
  • arch=i686 for some tablets

chmod a+x android-ndk-r10d-darwin-x86_64.bin
./android-ndk-r10d-darwin-x86_64.bin
cd android-ndk-r10d
./build/tools/make-standalone-toolchain.sh --arch=arm --install-dir=/tmp/android --platform=android-16
# or for x86 intel ./build/tools/make-standalone-toolchain.sh --arch=x86 --install-dir=/tmp/android --platform=android-16

• From the the dasm macro assembler downloade the dasm source code

wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/dasm-dillon/files/dasm-dillon/2.20.11/dasm-2.20.11-2014.03.04-source.tar.gz
tar xvzf dasm-2.20.11-2014.03.04-source.tar.gz
cd dasm-2.20.11-20140304/src

• Edit the Makefile to enable Position Independ Executable compiling for latest devices

CC=/tmp/android/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-gcc  
# or for i686 CC=/tmp/android/bin/i686-linux-android-gcc
CFLAGS=-fPIE
LDFLAGS=-fPIE -pie

• Make dasm

make

• Download dasm executable to your device
• Install Terminal Emulator for Android
• Run Terminal

cd ~
cat /sdcard/Download/dasm > dasm
chmod 755 dasm

• Goto Settings... -> HOME folder, select and copy the text the path /data/data/jackpal.androidterm/app_HOME (for easy copy past in the next step)

Configure DroidEdit

• Download DroidEdit
• Run DroidEdit
• settings... -> External command
• Add external command
• Name: assemble
• Command: /data/data/jackpal.androidterm/app_HOME/dasm ${path}/${file} -o${path}/${name}.prg
• Result action: Show results

Install Commodore 64 emulator

• install Frodo C64 or other c64 emulator
• select disk .prg
• view result

Alternatives

• 64tass the multi pass optimizing macro assembler for the 65xx series of processors
• The ACME Crossassembler for Multiple Environments
• jasmC6502 assembler set
• The Ophis Assembler with QPython for Android
• The Turbo Assembler C64

Small hello world program

    .processor 6502 
    .org $801
    .hex 0c08 0000 9e32 3036 3100 0000 ; basic start header

    jsr $e544   ;clear the screen
    ldx #$00;
loop    lda message,x
    jsr $ffd2 ;print the character
    inx
    cpx #$10 ;break loop after 16 characters decimal or 10 hex
    bne loop
    rts ;return from subroutine


message .byte "HACK THE PLANET!"

More code in my c64 github repository.