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Changes to the Android build environment

I've been working on the Android toolchain, mainly to try and get C++11 support working and since I was making changes to the toolchains I ended up modifying some things that will mean you need to update your environment.

These instructions assume that you've got a default environment. That is, with the toolchain installed to /opt/android/android-9

NOTE: The following instructions will require downloading a new NDK and additional support packages. I recommend updating the NDK to bring you up to GCC 4.9, but since the platform support packages take some time to download you may decide to skip android-15 and android-19 tools. These platforms aren't actually used in our build scripts just yet but will be soon.

1 - Lets clean a few things up first

  • Go to echoinstaller/AndroidDevelopment and remove the existing ndk folder - android-ndk-r9d or android-ndk-r10d, depending on when you last updated.
  • Go to /opt/android and remove android-9
  • Go to echoinstaller/echo-dependencies and delete the android and opt/android folders

2 - Update the three E's - echo3, echoinstaller and echo-dependencies

3 - Run SetupAndroidDevelopment.sh
Optional: You can modify this script to not download and set up toolchains for android-15 and android-19 if you like (though you might just like to get it now ready for future updates). Modify the lines:
NDK_PLATFORM_VERSIONS="android-9 android-15 android-19" -> NDK_PLATFORM_VERSIONS="android-9"
NDK_PLATFORM_VERSIONS="android-9 android-15 android-19" -> NDK_PLATFORM_VERSIONS="android-9"
ANDROID_SDK_PACKAGES="platform-tools,android-10,android-15,android-19" -> ANDROID_SDK_PACKAGES="platform-tools,android-10"
It looks confusing here because android-10 is the lowest SDK package for Android 2.3.3 but we the standalone toolchain uses android-9 for that target. So don't remove android-10.

The set up script will download what it needs, build the toolchains and remove existing variables defined in .profile then add the latest ones.

NOTE: Once the script completes. Logout then back in to ensure your builds will succeed next.

4 - Build dependencies
Now that you've logged back in. Open a command window at echo-dependencies and execute ./edepbuild android wait for it to complete. If there are any errors, please let me know and I'll help you sort it out.

5 - Update NetBeans build tools
There are two ways to do this. You can either manually do it or import

. Importing requires the default paths so if you've installed to non-default locations you'll need to do the manual method.

NOTE: If you import using your settings may be overwritten.

Manual setup - Open Tools -> Options -> C/C++ and under Build Tools:

  • Remove Android_9
  • Add a new tool collection:

Base Directory: /opt/android/android-9/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/bin
Type: GNU
Name: Android_9

Set the tools:
C Compiler: /opt/android/android-9/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-gcc
C++ Compiler: /opt/android/android-9/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-g++
Fortran Compiler: leave blank, we don't use it.
Assembler: /opt/android/android-9/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-as
Other settings should be fine for system defaults (for now).

Do the same again for a collection named Android_15 using /opt/android/android-15/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/bin as the base.
And finally again for a collection named Android_19 using /opt/android/android-19/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/bin as the base.

Your Android tools should be ready.

NOTE: The name of the tool collection is important as this is what the projects reference so don't modify the name.

6 - Build Echo
You are supposed to be able to use BuildEcho.sh to build:

PLATFORMS="android" ./BuildEcho.sh

But that failed for me without first setting the path to include the toolchain:

PATH="/opt/android/android-9/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/bin:$PATH"
PLATFORMS="android" ./BuildEcho.sh

I suggest opening the IDE and build the project.

That should be about it. Project settings shouldn't need modifying but let me know if you run into any problems.

Written by 0xseantasker on Jul 1 2016, 4:35 PM.
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