First, make sure you can [build with GN](Building with GN).
Then, add android to your .gclient configuration file.
target_os = ['android'] # Add this to get Android stuff checked out.
The target_os field is a list, so if you‘re also building on unix it’ll look like this:
target_os = ['android', 'unix'] # multiple target oses
Run gclient sync, and you'll get a large checkout under ./third_party/android_tools.
Enable developer mode on your phone or tablet, and turn on USB debugging, via instructions here. Also, get the handy adb tool on your path. It's in your checkout at ./third_party/android_tools/sdk/platform-tools.
Use v8gen.py to generate an arm release or debug build:
tools/dev/v8gen.py arm.release
Then run `gn args out.gn/arm.release' and make sure you have the following keys:
target_os = "android" target_cpu = "arm" v8_target_cpu = "arm" is_component_build = false
The keys should be the same for debug builds. If you are building for an arm64 device like the Pixel C, which supports 32bit and 64bit binaries, the keys should look like this:
target_os = "android" target_cpu = "arm64" v8_target_cpu = "arm64" is_component_build = false
Now build:
ninja -C out.gn/arm.release d8
Using adb copy the binary and snapshot files to the phone:
adb push out.gn/arm.release/d8 /data/local/tmp adb push out.gn/arm.release/natives_blob.bin /data/local/tmp adb push out.gn/arm.release/snapshot_blob.bin /data/local/tmp rebuffat:~/src/v8$ adb shell bullhead:/ $ cd /data/local/tmp bullhead:/data/local/tmp $ ls v8 natives_blob.bin snapshot_blob.bin bullhead:/data/local/tmp $ ./d8 V8 version 5.8.0 (candidate) d8> 'w00t!' "w00t!" d8>
See [Building with Gyp](Building with Gyp) for more information on how to build.
The Sourcery G++ Lite cross compiler suite is a free version of Sourcery G++ from CodeSourcery. There is a page for the GNU Toolchain for ARM Processors. Determine the version you need for your host/target combination.
The following instructions uses 2009q1-203 for ARM GNU/Linux, and if using a different version please change the URLs and TOOL_PREFIX below accordingly.
The simplest way of setting this up is to install the full Sourcery G++ Lite package on both the host and target at the same location. This will ensure that all the libraries required are available on both sides. If you want to use the default libraries on the host there is no need the install anything on the target.
The following script will install in /opt/codesourcery:
#!/bin/sh sudo mkdir /opt/codesourcery cd /opt/codesourcery sudo chown $USERNAME . chmod g+ws . umask 2 wget http://www.codesourcery.com/sgpp/lite/arm/portal/package4571/public/arm-none-linux-gnueabi/arm-2009q1-203-arm-none-linux-gnueabi-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.bz2 tar -xvf arm-2009q1-203-arm-none-linux-gnueabi-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.bz2