Mobile/Fennec/Android OtherBuildEnvs

Ubuntu

Quick Script

 sudo apt-get update
 sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk mercurial ccache
 sudo apt-get build-dep firefox
 wget http://dl.google.com/android/ndk/android-ndk-r6-linux-x86.tar.bz2
 tar -xjf android-ndk-r6-linux-x86.tar.bz2
 wget http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r12-linux_x86.tgz
 tar -xzf android-sdk_r12-linux_x86.tgz
 # go get lunch, this will take a while
 ./android-sdk-linux_x86/tools/android update sdk -u      (note: Google changed recently such that logins are required for various unneeded parts. Drop the |update sdk -u| bits to get a GUI.)
 ./android-sdk-linux_x86/tools/android update adb

Explained

Install Java

First install the Sun Java jdk6, which the Android SDK depends on. If you're on Ubuntu, you'll need to the partners repo to get it.

 sudo apt-get update
 sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk

Install Gecko Requirements

Then install the usual stuff needed for a firefox build, you probably already have it

 sudo apt-get install mercurial ccache
 sudo apt-get build-dep firefox

Install Android NDK

Download and extract the NDK. NDK revs 4-7 have been tested and confirmed to work. Builders currently use r5c.

 wget http://dl.google.com/android/ndk/android-ndk-r5c-linux-x86.tar.bz2
 tar -xjf android-ndk-r5c-linux-x86.tar.bz2

Install Android SDK

You should just install the latest sdk, we set the API level in our manifest files. The sdk download will take a while, make sure you have a decent internet connection and go get coffee, or maybe lunch.

 wget http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r12-linux_x86.tgz
 tar -xzf android-sdk_r12-linux_x86.tgz
 ./android-sdk-linux_x86/tools/android update sdk -u
 ./android-sdk-linux_x86/tools/android update adb

RedHat

Fedora 13

yum install \
 cvs zip gcc-c++ glib2-devel gtk2-devel fontconfig-devel libnotify-devel \
 libIDL-devel alsa-lib-devel libXt-devel freetype-devel pkgconfig \
 dbus-glib-devel curl-devel autoconf213 xorg-x11-proto-devel libX11-devel \
 libXau-devel libXext-devel wireless-tools-devel glibc-static yasm

Install java: http://owldevx.wordpress.com/2010/07/06/installing-jdk-in-fedora-13/ (See this http://blog.randell.ph/2011/05/29/fedora-15-prepost-installation-setup/ for F15)

Then install Android sdk and ndk :

 wget http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r18-linux.tgz
 tar xzf android-sdk_r18-linux.tgz
 wget http://dl.google.com/android/ndk/android-ndk-r6-linux-x86.tar.bz2
 tar xjf android-ndk-r6-linux-x86.tar.bz2
 ./android-sdk-linux_86/tools/android update sdk

Fedora 14 x64

If you're running Fedora 14 x64, in addition to the Fedora 13 requirements above, you may also need to install some or all of zlib-devel.i686 glibc.i686 glibc-devel.i686 libstdc++.i686

Mac OSX

WARNING: If you are targeting Gingerbread, OS X Lion cannot be used to build Android itself. You will need to build Android itself with debugging symbols to be able to debug Fennec.

Set up a regular Firefox build environment as explained here (go up to and including step 3 on that page).

Install the latest versions of the Android SDK and NDK for Mac OS X.

Once you've unzipped the Android SDK, you'll need to install the Platform SDK using it:

./android-sdk-macosx/tools/android update sdk -u
./android-sdk-macosx/tools/android update adb

Alternatively, you can launch *tools/android* for a GUI which will show you all the available options.

You will need to add one extra line to your mozconfig:

ac_add_options --disable-crashreporter

because the crashreporter tools do not cross-compile well.