Android build scripts for CMake

Everything required to build mainly C++ focused android packages. No requirements outside of a working android SDK & NDK

The purpose of this is to be used as an alternative to setting up a gradle project and using it as a master build system when the only thing required is a minimal java layer with a larger C++ code base

Requirements

Android SDK
Android NDK
JDK
7zip

Usage

Assuming the following tree

├── java
│   ├── AndroidManifest.xml
│   ├── res
│   │   ├── mipmap-hdpi
│   │   │   └── ic_launcher.png
│   │   ├── ...
│   │   └── values
│   │       ├── colors.xml
│   │       ├── strings.xml
│   │       └── styles.xml
│   └── src
│       ├── AppActivity.java
│       ├── ...
...

You can define an executable android package as follows

list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH <PATH_TO_SUBMODULE>/android-cmake)
include(Android)

add_library(NativeCode SHARED test.cpp)

file(GLOB_RECURSE ANDROID_SOURCES "java/src/*")
add_android_package(
    NAME app
    SOURCES ${ANDROID_SOURCES}
    MANIFEST java/AndroidManifest.xml
    RES_PATH java/res
    LIB_TARGETS NativeCode
)

This creates a target named app that build app.apk The java sources and resources / manifest are compiled and bundled into an APK together with the shared native libraries passed in LIB_TARGETS

Limitations

Only does debug signing on APK
Only includes the platform's android.jar

Configuration (vscode)

Using the vscode CMake extension you can add tool kits like this:

{
  "name": "aarch64-none-linux-android-30",
  "toolchainFile": "<PATH_TO_NDK>\\build\\cmake\\android.toolchain.cmake",
  "cmakeSettings": {
    "JAVA_HOME": "<PATH_TO_JDK>",
    "ANDROID_SDK_ROOT": "<PATH_TO_SDK>",
    "ANDROID_ABI": "arm64-v8a",
    "ANDROID_PLATFORM": "android-30",
    "ANDROID_TOOLS_VERSION": "32.0.0",
  },
  "preferredGenerator": {
    "name": "Ninja"
  },
}

And modify the settings as needed

Configuration (command line)

Same as above but pass the arguments on the command line: