How to set NDK Build path in OSX for Android studio

Question

I had set the ANDROID_NDK_HOME as /Users/Shajilshocker/Documents/Android/NDK/android-ndk-r10b using a mac osx application called Environment Variables.

I had confirmed that it set the path correctly in Terminal

echo $ANDROID_NDK_HOME

But when I run a shell file in a Android Studio project which invokes ndk-build I get the following error

ndk-build: command not found

How to make sure that ndk-build is in your build path ?

How to set ndk-build in my build path ?

Thanks for any help

Answer 1

Well, this is actually not enough to make the system aware of the path. You must add this path to the PATH system variable. In your case, all you have to do is to add the following line to your terminal configuration file (which should be under your home directory, named .bashrc if you kept the default terminal, full path: ~/.bashrc):

export PATH=$PATH:/Users/Shajilshocker/Documents/Android/NDK/android-ndk-r10b

What this line does is actually adding the path to your Android NDK directory to the PATH variable. You export a variable named PATH with its current content plus the directory of your NDK.

Step by step:

• Go in the home directory
• Edit .bashrc
• Add the line I showed above
• Save, exit, then restart bash (you just have to type bash, then enter)