Include CMake project in AOSP build

Issue

I have a android-ndk based app, which is built with cmake, and I want to integrate that project into an AOSP-build and have it included in the resulting android image. However there seems to be no possibility to directly start a cmake build in the AOSP build system.

For example in the android-7.1.1._r35 source tree, the zlib-external has a CMakeLists.txt, but additionally an Android.mk file, which seems to actually be used for compilation with AOSP instead of cmake. The build instructions are duplicated in both files:

external/zlib/src/CMakeLists.txt
external/zlib/Android.mk

Since the project has quite a lot of source files (~1500 cpps), I'm trying to avoid the tedious task of converting and maintaining an extra build system.

Is it possible to invoke a cmake build from the Android.mk based build system or do I have to write an Android.mk file to build my app? If cmake can be called, how do I do it?

Solution

It is not possible to build cmake projects in the AOSP build system.

Answered By - Dan Albert