android: Update to NDK 27

.github/workflows/build_android.yml

@@ -42,12 +42,17 @@ jobs:
             ninja-build \
             quilt 
           pip3 install --user meson==1.3.0
+
+      # todo: remove once NDK 27 is out of beta
+      - name: Install Beta NDK
+        run: |
+          echo y | ${ANDROID_SDK_ROOT}/cmdline-tools/latest/bin/sdkmanager "ndk;27.0.11718014"    
             
       - name: Build
         run: |
           mkdir -p output/android
           cd ./output/android
-          ../../android/build.py $ANDROID_SDK_ROOT $ANDROID_NDK_LATEST_HOME arm64-v8a \
+          ../../android/build.py $ANDROID_SDK_ROOT $ANDROID_SDK_ROOT/ndk/27.0.11718014 arm64-v8a \
             --buildtype=debugoptimized -Db_ndebug=true \
             -Dwrap_mode=forcefallback 
 

android/build.py

@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ configure_args += [
     '-Dandroid_ndk=' + ndk_path,
     '-Dandroid_abi=' + android_abi,
     '-Dandroid_strip=' + toolchain.strip,
-    '-Dopenssl:asm=disabled'
 ]
 
 from build.meson import configure as run_meson

doc/user.rst

@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ Compiling for Android
 You need:
 
 * Android SDK (sdk platform 34, build tools 34.0.0)
-* `Android NDK r26b <https://developer.android.com/ndk/downloads>`_
+* `Android NDK r27 <https://developer.android.com/ndk/downloads>`_
 * `Meson 0.56.0 <http://mesonbuild.com/>`__ and `Ninja
   <https://ninja-build.org/>`__
 * cmake

meson.build

@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ project(
     'libmpdclient:documentation=false',
     'libmpdclient:test=false',
     'openssl:build_cli=false',
-    'openssl:asm=disabled', # work around "call to undeclared function "asm" on Android
     'opus:docs=disabled',
     'opus:extra-programs=disabled',
     'opus:tests=disabled',
@@ -267,6 +266,10 @@ if is_windows
 endif
 
 if is_android
+  # With ndk27 libcpp doesn't seem to have a rune table defined for the 
+  # localization module, tell it to use the one it ships with
+  common_cppflags += ['-D_LIBCPP_PROVIDES_DEFAULT_RUNE_TABLE']
+
   subdir('android')
 endif