Context: You want to build a library named AwesomeFeature for Android only, and you have the Android NDK installed in $ANDROID_NDK_ROOT but not in $ANDROID_NDK_HOME .

./build.sh -i AwesomeFeature --ndk $ANDROID_NDK_ROOT --no-ios

Note

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Usage

Usage: ./build.sh [options]
Options:
  -h, --help     Print this help and exit
  -i             Input project name (required)
  -g             Generated project name (default: <input-project-name>. Generated)
  -o             Output folder name (default: libs)
  -y             Assume yes to all prompts
  --ndk          Android NDK path (default: ANDROID_NDK_HOME environment variable)
  --no-android   Disable Android build (default: false)
  --no-ios       Disable iOS build (default: false)
  --input-spec   Input project . NET spec (default: net8.0)
  --output-spec  Output project . NET spec (default: net8.0)

What is this?

This script:

Run dotnet publish on the CoreRT managed library to get intermediate dlls
Copy configuration files templates
Android:
- Run beyondnetgen to generate the C header file and the unmanaged csharp code
- Build a complete intermediate csproject with the unmanaged csharp code and the generated header file
- Run dotnet publish on the unmanaged csharp code for the target platforms.
iOS:
- Run beyondnetgen and follow full process to get xframework
Copy the generated files to the output folder

Notes for external dependencies

Sometimes, you need to use external dependencies in your library. For example, your library may use Autofac or Newtonsoft.Json.

In this case, you need to add the dependencies as DLL assemblies in the external folder.

Warning

You must modify the csproj of the original library to reference the external dependencies.

<!-- In Dali.Toolkit for example, replace original references by this -->
<ItemGroup>
  <!-- Need to use dll ref here -->
  <Reference Include="../external/Autofac.dll" />
</ItemGroup>

Then during the build, the script will automatically add the external dependencies to the generated project.