The Android SDK tools does not support building on Linux Arm.

I will show how to compile the build tools: aapt, aidl on a Debian Armhf (wheezy) device using the Android source.

I install Oracle 7 JDK jdk-7u51-linux-arm-vfp-hflt.tar.gz into /opt/java/jdk1.7.0_51
Though the latest version of Android in the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) requires OpenJDK 7 for Linux.

1     # update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /opt/java/jdk1.7.0_51/bin/java 2000
2     # update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/javac javac /opt/java/jdk1.7.0_51/bin/javac 2000
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Refer to Installing required packages (Ubuntu) in Initializing a Build Environment for Linux.

My Debian Armhf device is My Cloud from Western Digital. You will need to enable SSH from the My Cloud dashboard. See

The installed libc6 is a newer version (2.17-97) than the official Debian wheezy libc6 (2.13-38+deb7u1). And because the Debian libc6-dev depends on libc6 (= 2.13-38+deb7u1) , it prevents libc6-dev from being installed. I install the libc6-dev package manually by extracting the files from the deb.

Then, using the equivs tools to build an empty libc6-dev package and install it to circumvent dependency checking.

 1     # apt-get install linux-libc-dev
 2     # dpkg -s libc6
 3     Package: libc6
 4     Status: install ok installed
 5     . . .
 6     Source: eglibc
 7     Version: 2.17-97
 8     . . .
 9 
10     # apt-get install equivs
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Modify the libc6-dev package control file to change its dependency to "Depends: libc6 (>= 2.13-38+deb7u1), linux-libc-dev"

1     Package: libc6-dev
2     Source: eglibc
3     Version: 2.13-38+deb7u1
4     Architecture: armhf
5     Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers <[email protected]>
6     Installed-Size: 7700
7     Depends: libc6 (>= 2.13-38+deb7u1), linux-libc-dev
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Install the empty libc6-dev deb that is built from equivs-build:

1     # equivs-build control
2     # dpkg -i libc6-dev_2.13-38+deb7u1_armhf.deb
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Install the other required packages for the build environment:

1     # apt-get install git gnupg flex bison gperf build-essential \
2      zip curl  libncurses5-dev x11proto-core-dev \
3      libx11-dev libreadline6-dev libgl1-mesa-glx libgl1-mesa-dev \
4      python-markdown libxml2-utils xsltproc zlib1g-dev
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Repo sync will take very long time to complete the download.

To save time, you do not have to download everything. Check the instruction on Build Overview - Android Tools.

To build a full SDK, run these commands in a bash shell: (This will throw errors on Linux Arm)

1     $ cd ~/android/src
2     $ . build/envsetup.sh
3     $ lunch sdk-eng
4     $ make sdk
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The following shows the changes required. (Change/addition is highlighted/bold)
Modify build/core/envsetup.mk to add detection of Arm architecture.

build/core/envsetup.mk (@ line 76)
   ifneq (,$(findstring Power,$(UNAME)))
           HOST_ARCH := ppc
   endif
   
   ifneq (,$(findstring arm,$(UNAME)))
           HOST_ARCH := arm
   endif
   
   BUILD_ARCH := $(HOST_ARCH)
   

Modify build/core/main.mk to allow using Oracle 7 JDK

build/core/main.mk (@ line 178)
   requires_openjdk := false
   ifeq ($(LEGACY_USE_JAVA6),)
   ifeq ($(HOST_OS), linux)
   ifneq ($(HOST_ARCH), arm)
   requires_openjdk := true
   endif
   endif
   endif
   

Add build/core/combo/HOST_linux-arm.mk to define the configuration for building on host Linux Arm. Download build/core/combo/HOST_linux-arm.mk

Add build/core/clang/HOST_arm.mk for building on host Linux Arm. Download build/core/clang/HOST_arm.mk

Modify build/core/combo/TARGET_linux-arm.mk (due to copying build/core/combo/include/arch/linux-arm/AndroidConfig.h to build/core/combo/include/arch/target_linux-arm/AndroidConfig.h and using the original AndroidConfig.h for host build)

build/core/combo/TARGET_linux-arm.mk (@ line 91)
   android_config_h := $(call select-android-config-h,target_linux-arm)
   

Modify build/core/combo/include/arch/linux-arm/AndroidConfig.h to use only for host build. Download build/core/combo/include/arch/linux-arm/AndroidConfig.h

Compiles the dependent libraries, ignoring errors for device build (it builds for both host and target/device together, seems like no option to build for host only)

   $ cd ~/android/src/external/expat
   $ mm
    . .
   $ cd ~/android/src/external/libpng
   $ mm
    . .
   $ cd ~/android/src/system/core/liblog
   $ mm
    . .
   $ cd ~/android/src/system/core/libutils
   $ mm
    . .
   $ cd ~/android/src/system/core/libcutils
   $ mm
    . .
   

   $ cd ~/android/src/build/libs/host
   $ mm
   $ cd ~/android/src/build/tools/acp
   $ mm
   

In external/zlib/Android.mk, I comment off other builds except for the BUILD_HOST_STATIC_LIBRARY part and BUILD_HOST_SHARED_LIBRARY part.

   $ cd ~/android/src/external/zlib
   $ vi Android.mk
   $ mm
   

In system/core/libziparchive/Android.mk, I comment off other builds except for the BUILD_HOST_STATIC_LIBRARY part.

   $ cd ~/android/src/system/core/libziparchive
   $ vi Android.mk
   $ mm
   

   $ cd ~/android/src/frameworks/base/libs/androidfw
   $ mm
    . .
   

To link bison in prebuilts, create dirs for prebuilts/misc/linux-arm/bison (used when building aidl)

   $ cd ~/android/src/prebuilts/misc/linux-arm/bison
   $ ln -s /usr/bin/bison .
   

After compiling aapt, the binary is found in out/host/linux-arm/bin
And compile aidl, and zipalign

   $ cd ~/android/src/frameworks/base/tools/aapt
   $ mm
    . .
   $ cd ~/android/src/frameworks/base/tools/aidl
   $ mm
    . .
   $ cd ~/android/src/build/tools/zipalign
   $ mm
   

http://www.timelesssky.com/blog/building-android-sdk-build-tools-aapt-for-debian-arm