Unable to find CMake in Android Studio

Question

I need to add C/C++ code in my Android program for which I needed LLDB, CMake, and NDK. I found LLDB and NDK in SDK manager, but CMake is missing from there. I tried manually downloading it from the CMake official site and found out that for Android we need SDK customized CMake.

As you can see there is no option such as CMake.

Where do I find a version of CMake for Android?

I have tried CMake from the website and one I found in ndk-bundle/build folder, but both are giving the same error as below. What can be made out of it and how can the issue be solved?

Build command failed.

Error while executing 'C:\Users\amishr33\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\cmake\bin\cmake.exe' with arguments {-HC:\Users\amishr33\AndroidStudioProjects\MyApplication\app\src\main\jni -BC:\Users\amishr33\AndroidStudioProjects\MyApplication\app\.externalNativeBuild\cmake\debug\armeabi -GAndroid Gradle - Ninja -DANDROID_ABI=armeabi -DANDROID_NDK=C:\Users\amishr33\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\ndk-bundle -DCMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY=C:\Users\amishr33\AndroidStudioProjects\MyApplication\app\build\intermediates\cmake\debug\obj\armeabi -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=C:\Users\amishr33\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\cmake\bin\ninja.exe -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=C:\Users\amishr33\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\ndk-bundle\build\cmake\android.toolchain.cmake -DANDROID_NATIVE_API_LEVEL=15 -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-std=c++11 -DANDROID_TOOLCHAIN=clang -DANDROID_STL=gnustl_static}
CMake Error: Could not create named generator Android Gradle - Ninja
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Error:executing external native build for cmake C:\Users\amishr33\AndroidStudioProjects\MyApplication\app\src\main\jni\CMakeLists.txt

Answer 1

• Open SDK Manager
• Switch to the SDK Tools tab
• Install CMake