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# Android
## Build on Android using Termux
[Termux](https://termux.dev/en/) is an Android terminal emulator and Linux environment app (no root required). With Termux, you can install and run `llama.cpp` as if the environment were Linux. Once in the Termux shell:
[Termux](https://termux.dev/en/) is an Android terminal emulator and Linux environment app (no root required). As of writing, Termux is available experimentally in the Google Play Store; otherwise, it may be obtained directly from the project repo or on F-Droid.
With Termux, you can install and run `llama.cpp` as if the environment were Linux. Once in the Termux shell:
```
apt update && apt upgrade -y
apt install git make cmake
$ apt update && apt upgrade -y
$ apt install git cmake
```
It's recommended to move your model inside the `~/` directory for best performance:
Then, follow the [build instructions](https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/blob/master/docs/build.md), specifically for CMake.
Once the binaries are built, download your model of choice (e.g., from Hugging Face). It's recommended to place it in the `~/` directory for best performance:
```
cd storage/downloads
mv {model}.gguf ~/
$ curl -L {model-url} -o ~/{model}.gguf
```
[Get the code](https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp#get-the-code) & [follow the Linux build instructions](https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp#build) to build `llama.cpp`.
## Building the Project using Android NDK
Obtain the [Android NDK](https://developer.android.com/ndk) and then build with CMake.
Execute the following commands on your computer to avoid downloading the NDK to your mobile. Alternatively, you can also do this in Termux:
```
$ mkdir build-android
$ cd build-android
$ export NDK=<your_ndk_directory>
$ cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=$NDK/build/cmake/android.toolchain.cmake -DANDROID_ABI=arm64-v8a -DANDROID_PLATFORM=android-23 -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS=-march=armv8.4a+dotprod ..
$ make
```
Install [termux](https://github.com/termux/termux-app#installation) on your device and run `termux-setup-storage` to get access to your SD card (if Android 11+ then run the command twice).
Finally, copy these built `llama` binaries and the model file to your device storage. Because the file permissions in the Android sdcard cannot be changed, you can copy the executable files to the `/data/data/com.termux/files/home/bin` path, and then execute the following commands in Termux to add executable permission:
(Assumed that you have pushed the built executable files to the /sdcard/llama.cpp/bin path using `adb push`)
```
$cp -r /sdcard/llama.cpp/bin /data/data/com.termux/files/home/
$cd /data/data/com.termux/files/home/bin
$chmod +x ./*
```
Download model [llama-2-7b-chat.Q4_K_M.gguf](https://huggingface.co/TheBloke/Llama-2-7B-Chat-GGUF/blob/main/llama-2-7b-chat.Q4_K_M.gguf), and push it to `/sdcard/llama.cpp/`, then move it to `/data/data/com.termux/files/home/model/`
Then, if you are not already in the repo directory, `cd` into `llama.cpp` and:
```
$mv /sdcard/llama.cpp/llama-2-7b-chat.Q4_K_M.gguf /data/data/com.termux/files/home/model/
$ ./build/bin/llama-simple -m ~/{model}.gguf -c {context-size} -p "{your-prompt}"
```
Now, you can start chatting:
```
$cd /data/data/com.termux/files/home/bin
$./llama-cli -m ../model/llama-2-7b-chat.Q4_K_M.gguf -n 128 -cml
```
Here, we show `llama-simple`, but any of the executables under `examples` should work, in theory. Be sure to set `context-size` to a reasonable number (say, 4096) to start with; otherwise, memory could spike and kill your terminal.
Here's a demo of an interactive session running on Pixel 5 phone:
To see what it might look like visually, here's an old demo of an interactive session running on a Pixel 5 phone:
https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/271616/225014776-1d567049-ad71-4ef2-b050-55b0b3b9274c.mp4