Compile and use boost for Android NDK R10e

Question

How do I compile and use Boost for the Android NDK? I\'ve tried everything I\'ve found online, from Boost for Android to compiling it myself with the bjam file. However, I d

Answer 1

I only managed to build with 10d. Cross compiling Linux->Android using Boost for Android worked straight away with that.

To download a slightly outdated ndk, as not all ndk are immediately supported by Boost for Android, you can use this guide: Where do I find old versions of Android NDK?

Note: I also wanted to specify the toolchain. I had to do it in 2 places:

1. In build-android.sh, just after the line mentioned here above:

   TOOLCHAIN=${TOOLCHAIN:-arm-linux-androideabi-4.9}

2. In the command line

   bash build-android.sh [ndk location] --toolchain=arm-linux-androideabi-4.9

In fact, it worked better when I specified exactly which boost components I wanted with --with-libraries=[comma separated list].

If instead I would build everything, I would get:

...failed updating 38 targets...

...skipped 6 targets...

...updated 10568 targets...

ERROR: Failed to build boost for android!

Done!