| NOTES FOR ANDROID PLATFORMS | |
| =========================== | |
| Requirement details | |
| ------------------- | |
| Beside basic tools like perl and make you'll need to download the Android | |
| NDK. It's available for Linux, macOS and Windows, but only Linux | |
| version was actually tested. There is no reason to believe that macOS | |
| wouldn't work. And as for Windows, it's unclear which "shell" would be | |
| suitable, MSYS2 might have best chances. NDK version should play lesser | |
| role, the goal is to support a range of most recent versions. | |
| Configuration | |
| ------------- | |
| 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 (*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 | |
| ./Configure android-arm -D__ANDROID_API__=14 | |
| make | |
| Caveat lector! Earlier OpenSSL versions relied on additional CROSS_SYSROOT | |
| variable set to $ANDROID_NDK_HOME/platforms/android-<api>/arch-<arch> to | |
| appoint headers-n-libraries' location. It's still recognized in order | |
| to facilitate migration from older projects. However, since API level | |
| appears in CROSS_SYSROOT value, passing -D__ANDROID_API__=N can be in | |
| conflict, and mixing the two is therefore not supported. Migration to | |
| CROSS_SYSROOT-less setup is recommended. | |
| One can engage clang by adjusting PATH to cover same NDK's clang. Just | |
| keep in mind that if you miss it, Configure will try to use gcc... | |
| Also, PATH would need even further adjustment to cover unprefixed, yet | |
| target-specific, ar and ranlib. It's possible that you don't need to | |
| bother, if binutils-multiarch is installed on your Linux system. | |
| Another option is to create so called "standalone toolchain" tailored | |
| for single specific platform including Android API level, and assign its | |
| location to ANDROID_NDK_HOME. In such case you have to pass matching | |
| target name to Configure and shouldn't use -D__ANDROID_API__=N. PATH | |
| adjustment becomes simpler, $ANDROID_NDK_HOME/bin:$PATH suffices. | |
| Running tests (on Linux) | |
| ------------------------ | |
| This is not actually supported. Notes are meant rather as inspiration. | |
| Even though build output targets alien system, it's possible to execute | |
| test suite on Linux system by employing qemu-user. The trick is static | |
| linking. Pass -static to Configure, then edit generated Makefile and | |
| remove occurrences of -ldl and -pie flags. You would also need to pick | |
| API version that comes with usable static libraries, 42/2=21 used to | |
| work. Once built, you should be able to | |
| env EXE_SHELL=qemu-<arch> make test | |
| If you need to pass additional flag to qemu, quotes are your friend, e.g. | |
| env EXE_SHELL="qemu-mips64el -cpu MIPS64R6-generic" make test |