If specified, kiwix-build will not "make/install" the target but make
the dist archive (source).
It will build dependencies, as the make dist will try to compile and test
the target.
To run unit-test (meson) on cross-compilation, we need a wrapper to run
the binary (wine, qemu, ...), but:
- We have no emulator for android (we have one for the system, but we can't
simply run a binary)
- With dynamic compilation, it seems pretty complex to configure them
correctly.
- For mingw32 compilation, `wine` need to be correctly configured to
find dll from the system mingw32 installation.
The `cross_path_only` option used in `cmake` and `meson` builder where
mainly here to avoid kiwix-build to set the env with `CC` and `CXX`
variable set.
This is needed as `cmake` and `meson` will find the correct compiler
from the cross-config file.
However, even for them, we need to set some environment variables
(especially PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR)
So we need another level a configuration to be able to set a cross_env
without setting the compiler's env variables.
Previous script (from kiwix repository) created a APK with all architecture embeded.
Now, we generated a APK per architecture. It simplify the build process and
generate smaller APKs.
Matthieu Gautier