package android apk only for arm64

[Jzhenli]

Hi, to speed up the build and make the apk size more little, how to create apk only for arm64 with briefcase?
Since I will run it in the github action, so just want to know if there are some settings for it in the pyproject.toml?

[mhsmith]

See #808 (comment).

[Jzhenli]

@mhsmith hi, if there's a way to build android arm32-apk and arm64-apk with github actions? According to your comment, seems we can only build one version include 2 ABIs.

build_gradle_extra_content = "android.defaultConfig.ndk.abiFilters = ['arm64-v8a', 'armeabi-v7a']"

[Jzhenli]

how to use the -c option here, would u give an example, thanks. @mhsmith

[mhsmith]

There's already an example in the documentation which I linked you to.

[Jzhenli]

not sure how to use it, I have try but failed.
(.venv) PS D:\code\python\next\xplayexport> briefcase create android -C build_gradle_extra_content = "android.defaultConfig.ndk.abiFilters = ['arm64-v8a']"
usage: briefcase create android gradle [-h] [-C KEY=VALUE] [-v] [-V] [--no-input] [--log] [-a APP_NAME]
briefcase create android gradle: error: unrecognized arguments: = android.defaultConfig.ndk.abiFilters = ['arm64-v8a']

[mhsmith]

Read the documentation more carefully: you need to ensure the value provided to Briefcase by the shell includes the quotes. In a Unix shell it would be like this:

briefcase create android -C "build_gradle_extra_content = \"android.defaultConfig.ndk.abiFilters = ['arm64-v8a']\""

But I don't know if it would be the same in PowerShell.

[Jzhenli]

Thanks, it failed in PowerShell, but works well with github actions.