Android.mk vs Application.mk

Question

I\'m a little fuzzy about the use of Android.mk & Application.mk

I\'ve tried reading APPLICATION-MK.HTML & ANDROID-MK.HTML in the documentation that comes with N

Answer 1

Quote from docs/OVERVIEW.html

While an Android.mk file describes your modules to the build system, the Application.mk file describes your application itself. See the docs/APPLICATION-MK.html document to understand what this file allows you to do. This includes, among others:

• The exact list of modules required by your application.

• The CPU architecture(s) to generate machine code for.

• Optional information, like whether you want a release or debug build, specific C or C++ compiler flags and others that should apply to all modules being built.

This file is optional: by default the NDK will provide one that simply builds all the modules listed from your Android.mk (and all the makefiles it includes) and target the default CPU ABI (armeabi).

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