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diff --git a/NOTES.ANDROID b/NOTES.ANDROID index 86459778fa..5eb29fb994 100644 --- a/NOTES.ANDROID +++ b/NOTES.ANDROID @@ -15,22 +15,33 @@ Configuration ------------- - Android is naturally cross-compiled target and you can't use ./config. + Android is a naturally cross-compiled target and you can't use ./config. You have to use ./Configure and name your target explicitly; there are android-arm, android-arm64, android-mips, android-mip64, android-x86 - and android-x86_64. Do not pass --cross-compile-prefix (as you might - be tempted), as it will be "calculated" automatically based on chosen - platform. Though you still need to know the prefix to extend your PATH, - in order to invoke $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc and company. (Configure will fail - and give you a hint if you get it wrong.) Apart from PATH adjustment - you need to set ANDROID_NDK_HOME environment to point at NDK directory - as /some/where/android-ndk-<ver>. Both variables are significant at both - configuration and compilation times. NDK customarily supports multiple - Android API levels, e.g. android-14, android-21, etc. By default latest - one available is chosen. If you need to target older platform, pass - additional -D__ANDROID_API__=N to Configure. N is numeric value of the - target platform version. For example, to compile for ICS on ARM with - NDK 10d: + and android-x86_64 (*MIPS targets are no longer supported with NDK R20+). + Do not pass --cross-compile-prefix (as you might be tempted), as it will + be "calculated" automatically based on chosen platform. Though you still + need to know the prefix to extend your PATH, in order to invoke + $(CROSS_COMPILE)clang [*gcc on NDK 19 and lower] and company. (Configure + will fail and give you a hint if you get it wrong.) Apart from PATH + adjustment you need to set ANDROID_NDK_HOME environment to point at the + NDK directory. If you're using a side-by-side NDK the path will look + something like /some/where/android-sdk/ndk/<ver>, and for a standalone + NDK the path will be something like /some/where/android-ndk-<ver>. + Both variables are significant at both configuration and compilation times. + The NDK customarily supports multiple Android API levels, e.g. android-14, + android-21, etc. By default latest API level is chosen. If you need to + target an older platform pass the argument -D__ANDROID_API__=N to Configure, + with N being the numerical value of the target platform version. For example, + to compile for Android 10 arm64 with a side-by-side NDK r20.0.5594570 + + export ANDROID_NDK_HOME=/home/whoever/Android/android-sdk/ndk/20.0.5594570 + PATH=$ANDROID_NDK_HOME/toolchains/llvm/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin:$ANDROID_NDK_HOME/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin:$PATH + ./Configure android-arm64 -D__ANDROID_API__=29 + make + + Older versions of the NDK have GCC under their common prebuilt tools directory, so the bin path + will be slightly different. EG: to compile for ICS on ARM with NDK 10d: export ANDROID_NDK_HOME=/some/where/android-ndk-10d PATH=$ANDROID_NDK_HOME/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.8/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin:$PATH |