From fa049cd6e3f98286a9939be791484a864e5ff829 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Minh Nguyen <amqdnguyen@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2024 13:36:23 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] docs : add cross-compiling for Android

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 docs/android.md | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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@@ -32,3 +32,52 @@ To see what it might look like visually, here's an old demo of an interactive se
 
 https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/271616/225014776-1d567049-ad71-4ef2-b050-55b0b3b9274c.mp4
 
+## Cross-compile using Android NDK
+It's possible to build `llama.cpp` for Android on your host system via CMake and the Android NDK. If you are interested in this path, ensure you already have an environment prepared to cross-compile programs for Android (i.e., install the Android SDK). Note that, unlike desktop environments, the Android environment ships with a limited set of native libraries, and so only those libraries are available to CMake when building with the Android NDK (see: https://developer.android.com/ndk/guides/stable_apis.)
+
+Once you're ready and have cloned `llama.cpp`, invoke the following in the project directory:
+
+```
+$ cmake \
+  -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=$ANDROID_NDK/build/cmake/android.toolchain.cmake \
+  -DANDROID_ABI=arm64-v8a \
+  -DANDROID_PLATFORM=android-28 \
+  -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="-march=armv8.7a" \
+  -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-march=armv8.7a" \
+  -DGGML_OPENMP=OFF \
+  -DGGML_LLAMAFILE=OFF \
+  -B build-android
+```
+
+Notes:
+  - While later versions of Android NDK ship with OpenMP, it must still be installed by CMake as a dependency, which is not supported at this time
+  - `llamafile` does not appear to support Android devices (see: https://github.com/Mozilla-Ocho/llamafile/issues/325)
+
+The above command should configure `llama.cpp` with the most performant options for modern devices. Even if your device is not running `armv8.7a`, `llama.cpp` includes runtime checks for available CPU features it can use.
+
+Feel free to adjust the Android ABI for your target. Once the project is configured:
+
+```
+$ cmake --build build-android --config Release -j{n}
+$ cmake --install build-android --prefix {install-dir} --config Release
+```
+
+After installing, go ahead and download the model of your choice to your host system. Then:
+
+```
+$ adb shell "mkdir /data/local/tmp/llama.cpp"
+$ adb push {install-dir} /data/local/tmp/llama.cpp/
+$ adb push {model}.gguf /data/local/tmp/llama.cpp/
+$ adb shell
+```
+
+In the `adb shell`:
+
+```
+$ cd /data/local/tmp/llama.cpp
+$ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=lib ./bin/llama-simple -m {model}.gguf -c {context-size} -p "{your-prompt}"
+```
+
+That's it!
+
+Be aware that Android will not find the library path `lib` on its own, so we must specify `LD_LIBRARY_PATH` in order to run the installed executables. Android does support `RPATH` in later API levels, so this could change in the future. Refer to the previous section for information about `context-size` (very important!) and running other `examples`.