From 45f82190150b3feef333724ea7395ba080e700b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Igor Cota Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 11:15:08 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add full Android build example command and instructions on getting SDK/NDK --- depends/README.md | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/depends/README.md b/depends/README.md index a2fb592f34..bf140f9c11 100644 --- a/depends/README.md +++ b/depends/README.md @@ -33,9 +33,14 @@ Common `host-platform-triplets` for cross compilation are: - `aarch64-linux-android` for Android ARM 64 bit The paths are automatically configured and no other options are needed unless targeting Android. -In that case one needs to set `ANDROID_API_LEVEL` and `ANDROID_TOOLCHAIN_BIN`: +Before proceeding with an Android build one needs to get the [Android SDK](https://developer.android.com/studio) and use the "SDK Manager" tool to download the NDK and one or more "Platform packages" (these are Android versions and have a corresponding API level). +In order to build `ANDROID_API_LEVEL` (API level corresponding to the Android version targeted, e.g. Android 9.0 Pie is 28 and its "Platform package" needs to be available) and `ANDROID_TOOLCHAIN_BIN` (path to toolchain binaries depending on the platform the build is being performed on) need to be set. +If the build includes Qt, environment variables `ANDROID_SDK` and `ANDROID_NDK` need to be set as well but can otherwise be omitted. +This is an example command for a default build with no disabled dependencies: + + ANDROID_SDK=/home/user/Android/Sdk ANDROID_NDK=/home/user/Android/Sdk/ndk-bundle make HOST=aarch64-linux-android ANDROID_API_LEVEL=28 ANDROID_TOOLCHAIN_BIN=/home/user/Android/Sdk/ndk-bundle/toolchains/llvm/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin + - make HOST=aarch64-linux-android ANDROID_API_LEVEL=28 ANDROID_TOOLCHAIN_BIN=/home/user/Android/Sdk/ndk-bundle/toolchains/llvm/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin NO_QT=1 NO_WALLET=1 ### Install the required dependencies: Ubuntu & Debian