Android.mk

We have already seen some basic possibilities that the Android.mk file offers us. In reality, this file is similar to a GNU makefile: it describes the sources and shared libraries to the build system.

In the Android.mk file, we can group all our resources into modules. Modules are static libraries, standalone executables, or shared libraries. The concept is also similar to the modules within Android Studio, which should be familiar to the reader by now. The same source can be used in different modules.

We have seen the following line in the previous script:

include $(CLEAR_VARS)

This value is automatically provided by the build system. This points to an internal makefile that it is in charge of cleaning many of the locals variables used.

We need to add the modules later on:

LOCAL_MODULE := example-module

For the file to work properly, modules need to have a unique name and not have special characters or spaces.

Note

NDK will automatically append the prefix lib to your module when it is...