From c641fde38d2b0424b89683dc3e6049c7b53aa3f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rich Trott Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 10:48:34 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] doc: note about Android support Refs: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/6035 --- BUILDING.md | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/BUILDING.md b/BUILDING.md index c6e8656a72c40e..9a2c65299bfb0b 100644 --- a/BUILDING.md +++ b/BUILDING.md @@ -87,7 +87,12 @@ To test if Node.js was built correctly: $ node -e "console.log('Hello from Node.js ' + process.version)" ``` -### Android / Android based devices, aka. Firefox OS +### Android / Android-based devices (e.g., Firefox OS) + +Although these instructions for building on Android are provided, please note +that Android is not a supported platform at this time. Patches to improve +the Android build are accepted. The participation of people dedicated and +determined to make Android a supported Node.js platform is encouraged. Be sure you have downloaded and extracted [Android NDK] (https://developer.android.com/tools/sdk/ndk/index.html) From 59c5bac14c65d517db590d1a6c7d76199625fb8e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rich Trott Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 20:33:13 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] fixup per mscdex and cjihrig --- BUILDING.md | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/BUILDING.md b/BUILDING.md index 9a2c65299bfb0b..a4aa0808237c54 100644 --- a/BUILDING.md +++ b/BUILDING.md @@ -90,9 +90,11 @@ $ node -e "console.log('Hello from Node.js ' + process.version)" ### Android / Android-based devices (e.g., Firefox OS) Although these instructions for building on Android are provided, please note -that Android is not a supported platform at this time. Patches to improve -the Android build are accepted. The participation of people dedicated and -determined to make Android a supported Node.js platform is encouraged. +that Android is not an officially supported platform at this time. Patches to +improve the Android build are accepted. However, there is no testing on Android +in the current continuous integration environment. The participation of people +dedicated and determined to improve Android building, testing, and support is +encouraged. Be sure you have downloaded and extracted [Android NDK] (https://developer.android.com/tools/sdk/ndk/index.html)