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diff --git a/doc/build-android.md b/doc/build-android.md index 7a8a9e6a65..6d25e72fde 100644 --- a/doc/build-android.md +++ b/doc/build-android.md @@ -3,9 +3,22 @@ ANDROID BUILD NOTES This guide describes how to build and package the `bitcoin-qt` GUI for Android on Linux and macOS. -## Preparation -You will need to get the Android NDK and build dependencies for Android as described in [depends/README.md](../depends/README.md). +## Dependencies + +Before proceeding with an Android build one needs to get the [Android SDK](https://developer.android.com/studio) and use the "SDK Manager" tool to download the NDK and one or more "Platform packages" (these are Android versions and have a corresponding API level). + +The minimum supported Android NDK version is [r21](https://github.com/android/ndk/wiki/Changelog-r21). + +In order to build `ANDROID_API_LEVEL` (API level corresponding to the Android version targeted, e.g. Android 9.0 Pie is 28 and its "Platform package" needs to be available) and `ANDROID_TOOLCHAIN_BIN` (path to toolchain binaries depending on the platform the build is being performed on) need to be set. + +API levels from 24 to 29 have been tested to work. + +If the build includes Qt, environment variables `ANDROID_SDK` and `ANDROID_NDK` need to be set as well but can otherwise be omitted. +This is an example command for a default build with no disabled dependencies: + + ANDROID_SDK=/home/user/Android/Sdk ANDROID_NDK=/home/user/Android/Sdk/ndk-bundle make HOST=aarch64-linux-android ANDROID_API_LEVEL=28 ANDROID_TOOLCHAIN_BIN=/home/user/Android/Sdk/ndk-bundle/toolchains/llvm/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin + ## Building and packaging diff --git a/doc/dependencies.md b/doc/dependencies.md index 0c1fd6ba98..6ccb53f6b3 100644 --- a/doc/dependencies.md +++ b/doc/dependencies.md @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ These are the dependencies currently used by Bitcoin Core. You can find instruct | fontconfig | [2.12.1](https://www.freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/release/) | | No | Yes | | | FreeType | [2.7.1](https://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype) | | No | | [Yes](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/depends/packages/qt.mk) (Android only) | | GCC | | [8.1](https://gcc.gnu.org/) (C++17 & std::filesystem support) | | | | -| glibc | | [2.17](https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/) | | | | | +| glibc | | [2.18](https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/) | | | | | | HarfBuzz-NG | | | | | [Yes](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/depends/packages/qt.mk) | | libevent | [2.1.12-stable](https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases) | [2.0.21](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/18676) | No | | | | libnatpmp | git commit [4536032...](https://github.com/miniupnp/libnatpmp/tree/4536032ae32268a45c073a4d5e91bbab4534773a) | | No | | | |