Re: [Boost-users] Boost and Android NDK

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Boost and Android NDK
From: Lindley French (lindleyf_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-03-23 17:31:22

The important thing is specifying the ARM architecture. The fact that the chip is running Android is not that important for native code.

> On Mar 23, 2014, at 1:22 PM, Philipp Kraus <philipp.kraus_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> 
> 
> Am 23.03.2014 um 18:31 schrieb Paul A. Bristow <pbristow_at_[hidden]>:
> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Boost-users [mailto:boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of
>>> Philipp Kraus
>>> Sent: 22 March 2014 18:52
>>> To: boost-users_at_[hidden]
>>> Subject: [Boost-users] Boost and Android NDK
>>> 
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> I would like to use Boost on Nexus tablets. I have used Boost at the moment on
>>> desktop systems (OSX, Linux, Windows), so my question can I use Boost e.g.
>> random,
>>> asio, ublas, . on a Nexus? I would like to build Boost myself, so imho I must
>> build
>>> Boost with the NDK compilers and linker, is this correct?
>>> Can I build Boost libs in "one shot"? So the NDK has got tools for arm-linux,
>> mipsel-
>>> linux and so on. Does anybody can tell me any hopeful tips to use Boost with
>> Android
>> 
>> Before you start worrying about 'building Boost', are you certain you need/want
>> Boost libraries that *must be built*, rather than just #include headers?
> 
> 
> Does exist a official build option for Android NDK?
> I have found http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17667978/using-boost-in-android-ndk-with-windows
> 
> and I use the current NDK r9d for OSX.  The Android NDK defined these toolchains:
> 
> arm-linux-androideabi-4.6
> arm-linux-androideabi-4.8
> arm-linux-androideabi-clang3.3
> arm-linux-androideabi-clang3.4
> llvm-3.3
> llvm-3.4
> mipsel-linux-android-4.6
> mipsel-linux-android-4.8
> mipsel-linux-android-clang3.3
> mipsel-linux-android-clang3.4
> x86-4.6
> x86-4.8
> x86-clang3.3
> x86-clang3.4
> 
> I use at the moment for the Nexus arm-linux-androideabi-4.8. 
> I have defined this for running
> 
> export NO_BZIP2=1
> export NO_ZLIB=1
> export AndroidNDKRoot="/Applications/Android/NDK/"
> export TOOLCHAIN="arm-linux-androideabi-4.8"
> export TARGETOS="arm-linux-androideabi-gcc"
> export CXXPATH=$AndroidNDKRoot/toolchains/${TOOLCHAIN}/prebuilt/darwin-x86_64/bin
> ./b2 link=static threading=multi variant=release install --layout=tagged --prefix=/Applications/Android/Boost/1.55.0/$TOOLCHAIN/
> 
> So I get the error:
> 
> error: toolset gcc initialization:
> error: version 'android' requested but 'g++-android' not found and version '4.2.1' of default 'g++' does not match
> 
> How can I get a working build configuration? I don't create a cross-compiling Boost lib, so it is my first try.
> 
> Thanks a lot
> 
> Phil
> 
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