compile x264 for Android on Mac

1. Toolchain for compile (This NDK version is r8)
a. Android’s NDK allows we to create toolchain installation using “make-standalone-toolchain.sh” script.
b. Execute like below.
$> /home/bywyu/android/android-ndk-r8b/build/tools/make-standalone-toolchain.sh –platform=android-14 –install-dir=/home/bywyu/work/video/lib/x264/build/new-android-toolchain
c. You can use directly with PATH, CC setting.
export PATH=/home/bywyu/work/video/lib/x264/build/arm-linux-androideabi-4.6/bin:$PATH
export CC=arm-linux-androideabi-gcc
d. Done


2. Compile & Build x264 project for FFMpeg library.
a. Download x264 project (http://www.videolan.org/developers/x264.html)

b. Configuration for arm compile. (prefix option is very important for FFMpeg compiling.)

#!/bin/bash

export PATH=$PATH:~/x264/x264/build/new-android-toolchain/arm-linux-androideabi-4.6/bin
export CC=~/x264/x264/build/new-android-toolchain/arm-linux-androideabi-4.6/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-gcc

./configure \
	--host=arm-linux \
	--cross-prefix=arm-linux-androideabi- \
	--enable-shared \
	--enable-static \
	--prefix=~/x264/x264/build/new-android-toolchain/arm-linux-androideabi-4.6/sysroot/usr

-c. make / install
$> make
$> make install
d. Done. You can find the library & include files in –prefix option’s directory.


3. Compile & Build FFMpeg project.
a. Download FFMpeg source code from http://ffmpeg.org/download.html (This case is FFmpeg 2.0  version)

b. Configuration for arm compile.

$> ./configure –enable-shared \
–enable-libx264 \
–cross-prefix=arm-linux-androideabi- \
–enable-cross-compile \
–target-os=linux \
–arch=arm \
–enable-gpl \

–prefix=/work/my-android-toolchain/sysroot/usr

c. Configuration for detailed module selection.

#!/bin/bash

# For arm gcc
export PATH=$PATH:~/x264/x264/build/new-android-toolchain/arm-linux-androideabi-4.6/bin

# For libx264 header and libs
export PATH=$PATH:~/x264/x264/build/new-android-toolchain/arm-linux-androideabi-4.6/sysroot/usr/lib:~/x264/x264/build/new-android-toolchain/arm-linux-androideabi-4.6/sysroot/usr/include
export CC=~/x264/x264/build/new-android-toolchain/arm-linux-androideabi-4.6/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-gcc

./configure --prefix=../ffmpeg_build \
	--enable-gpl \
	--enable-shared \
	--disable-doc \
	--disable-ffmpeg \
	--disable-ffplay \
	--disable-ffprobe \
	--disable-ffserver \
	--disable-avdevice \
	--disable-debug \
	--disable-network \
	--disable-protocols \
	--disable-devices \
	--disable-encoders \
	--disable-decoders \
	--disable-muxers \
	--disable-demuxers \
	--disable-parsers \
	--disable-bsfs \
	--disable-filters \
	--enable-encoder=h264 \
	--enable-libx264 \
	--extra-cflags=-U__STRICT_ANSI__ \
	--target-os=linux \
	--extra-cflags="-fno-short-enums" \
	--extra-ldflags="-mandroid -lm" \
	--enable-cross-compile \
	--cross-prefix=arm-linux-androideabi- \
	--arch=arm

d. Make
$> make

e. Make install
$> make install

f. Done. You can see the library and header in ../ffmepg_build directory (in the prefix option)

个人心得：

交叉编译的关键在于设置独立的工具连（gcc，as，ld等）和系统库（c，c＋＋等）。这里就是通过设置CC和PATH分别指定的。

然后就可以简单的设置所需编译的源码包的

－－cross－prefix（交叉编译的前缀）

－－target－os：目标机的os

－－arch：目标机的cpu架构体系

当然，别忘了用－－enable－cross－compile

其它的配置，就要看具体的源代码包了