Mastering module Makefiles
Android Makefiles are an essential piece of the NDK building process. Thus, to build and manage a project properly, it is important to understand the way they work.
Makefile variables
Compilation settings are defined through a set of predefined NDK variables. We have already seen the three most important ones: LOCAL_PATH, LOCAL_MODULE
, and LOCAL_SRC_FILES
, but many others exist. We can differentiate the following four types of variables, each with a different prefix:
LOCAL_
variables: These are dedicated to individual module compilation and are defined inAndroid.mk
files.APP_
variables: These refer to application-wide options and are set inApplication.mk
.NDK_
variables: These are mainly internal variables that usually ...
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