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Android NDK Beginner`s Guide - Second Edition
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Android NDK Beginner`s Guide - Second Edition

by Sylvain Ratabouil
April 2015
Beginner to intermediate
494 pages
10h 26m
English
Packt Publishing
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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 in Android.mk files.
  • APP_ variables: These refer to application-wide options and are set in Application.mk.
  • NDK_ variables: These are mainly internal variables that usually ...
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