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+# Prerequisites |
+ * a Linux/Mac workstation |
+ * v8 r12178 (on Google Code) or later |
+ * an Android emulator or device with matching USB cable |
+ * make sure [building with GYP](http://code.google.com/p/v8-wiki/wiki/BuildingWithGYP) works |
+ |
+ |
+# Get the code |
+ |
+ * Use the instructions from https://code.google.com/p/v8-wiki/wiki/UsingGit to get the code |
+ * Once you need to add the android dependencies: |
+``` |
+v8$ echo "target_os = ['android']" >> ../.gclient && gclient sync --nohooks |
+``` |
+ * The sync will take a while the first time as it downloads the Android NDK to v8/third\_party |
+ * If you want to use a different NDK, you need to set the gyp variable android\_ndk\_root |
+ |
+ |
+# Get the Android SDK |
+ * tested version: `r15` |
+ * download the SDK from http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html |
+ * extract it |
+ * install the "Platform tools" using the SDK manager that you can start by running `tools/android` |
+ * now you have a `platform_tools/adb` binary which will be used later; put it in your `PATH` or remember where it is |
+ |
+ |
+# Set up your device |
+ * Enable USB debugging (Gingerbread: Settings > Applications > Development > USB debugging; Ice Cream Sandwich: Settings > Developer Options > USB debugging) |
+ * connect your device to your workstation |
+ * make sure `adb devices` shows it; you may have to edit `udev` rules to give yourself proper permissions |
+ * run `adb shell` to get an ssh-like shell on the device. In that shell, do: |
+``` |
+cd /data/local/tmp |
+mkdir v8 |
+cd v8 |
+``` |
+ |
+ |
+# Push stuff onto the device |
+ * make sure your device is connected |
+ * from your workstation's shell: |
+``` |
+adb push /file/you/want/to/push /data/local/tmp/v8/ |
+``` |
+ |
+ |
+# Compile V8 for Android |
+Currently two architectures (`android_arm` and `android_ia32`) are supported, each in `debug` or `release` mode. The following steps work equally well for both ARM and ia32, on either the emulator or real devices. |
+ * compile: |
+``` |
+make android_arm.release -j16 |
+``` |
+ * push the resulting binary to the device: |
+``` |
+adb push out/android_arm.release/d8 /data/local/tmp/v8/d8 |
+``` |
+ * the most comfortable way to run it is from your workstation's shell as a one-off command (rather than starting an interactive shell session on the device), that way you can use pipes or whatever to process the output as necessary: |
+``` |
+adb shell /data/local/tmp/v8/d8 <parameters> |
+``` |
+ * warning: when you cancel such an "adb shell whatever" command using Ctrl+C, the process on the phone will sometimes keep running. |
+ * Alternatively, use the `.check` suffix to automatically push test binaries and test cases onto the device and run them. |
+``` |
+make android_arm.release.check |
+``` |
+ |
+ |
+# Profile |
+ * compile a binary, push it to the device, keep a copy of it on the host |
+``` |
+make android_arm.release -j16 |
+adb push out/android_arm.release/d8 /data/local/tmp/v8/d8-version.under.test |
+cp out/android_arm.release/d8 ./d8-version.under.test |
+``` |
+ * get a profiling log and copy it to the host: |
+``` |
+adb shell /data/local/tmp/v8/d8-version.under.test benchmark.js --prof |
+adb pull /data/local/tmp/v8/v8.log ./ |
+``` |
+ * open `v8.log` in your favorite editor and edit the first line to match the full path of the `d8-version.under.test` binary on your workstation (instead of the `/data/local/tmp/v8/` path it had on the device) |
+ * run the tick processor with the host's `d8` and an appropriate `nm` binary: |
+``` |
+cp out/ia32.release/d8 ./d8 # only required once |
+tools/linux-tick-processor --nm=$ANDROID_NDK_ROOT/toolchain/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-nm |
+``` |
+ |
+# Compile SpiderMonkey for Lollipop |
+``` |
+cd firefox/js/src |
+autoconf2.13 |
+./configure \ |
+ --target=arm-linux-androideabi \ |
+ --with-android-ndk=$ANDROID_NDK_ROOT \ |
+ --with-android-version=21 \ |
+ --without-intl-api \ |
+ --disable-tests \ |
+ --enable-android-libstdcxx \ |
+ --enable-pie |
+make |
+adb push -p js/src/shell/js /data/local/tmp/js |
+``` |