How to compile Boost 1.61 for Android NDK 11

Question

I want to install compile Boost 1.61 with clang 3.6 for android with the NDK 11 but this software : https://github.com/moritz-wundke/Boost-for-Android isn't updated and doesn't support this versions.

I want to know if anyone has managed to this !

Thank you !

Answer 1

Build boost_1_62_0 for Android-21 under Windows64.

Assuming NDK installed to C:\Programs\Android\sdk\ndk-bundle and boost in c:\boost_1_62_0.

Install mingw: using msys2-x86_64 from MSYS2

Install build tools from mingw prompt (something like this):

$ pacman -S gcc binutils

Create android.clang.jam file in C:\boost_1_62_0\ with such text content:

import os ;
local AndroidNDKRoot = C:/Programs/Android/sdk/ndk-bundle ;
using clang : android
:
C:/Programs/Android/toolchain21/bin/clang++
:
<compileflags>-fexceptions
<compileflags>-frtti
<compileflags>-fpic
<compileflags>-ffunction-sections
<compileflags>-funwind-tables
<compileflags>-Wno-psabi
<compileflags>-march=armv7-a
<compileflags>-mfloat-abi=softfp
<compileflags>-mfpu=vfpv3-d16
<compileflags>-fomit-frame-pointer
<compileflags>-fno-strict-aliasing
<compileflags>-finline-limit=64
<compileflags>-I$(AndroidNDKRoot)/platforms/android-21/arch-arm/usr/include
<compileflags>-Wa,--noexecstack
<compileflags>-DANDROID
<compileflags>-D__ANDROID__
<compileflags>-DNDEBUG
<compileflags>-O2
#<compileflags>-g
<compileflags>-I$(AndroidNDKRoot)/sources/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/4.9/include
<compileflags>-I$(AndroidNDKRoot)/sources/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/4.9/libs/armeabi/include
<architecture>arm
<compileflags>-fvisibility=hidden
<compileflags>-fvisibility-inlines-hidden
<compileflags>-fdata-sections
<cxxflags>-D__arm__
<cxxflags>-D_REENTRANT
<cxxflags>-D_GLIBCXX__PTHREADS
;

Setup boost from mingw prompt:

$ export NDK=/c/Programs/Android/sdk/ndk-bundle
$ echo ensure msi-installed Python is on path (not msys version):
$ export PATH=/c/Python27:$PATH
$ $NDK/build/tools/make_standalone_toolchain.py --arch arm --api 21 --install-dir /c/Programs/Android/toolchain21
$ ./bootstrap.sh --with-toolset=gcc
$ ./b2 --user-config=android.clang.jam threading=multi link=static \
runtime-link=static toolset=clang-android target-os=linux \
threadapi=pthread --stagedir=android --with-chrono \
--with-program_options --with-system --with-thread --with-random \
--with-regex