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Android Compilation Headaches Aleksa Sarai, 28 November 2015.

I've spent the last week of my life trying to build TWRP, which requires having a full, and working Android build environment. With the emphasis on working, I've had just about enough of the stupidity of the Android build system. Every guide is incomplete or out of date, the build system is broken in every possible way and nobody can explain what is going on. Here's my experience with trying to build Android and hopefully will help somebody realise the futility of trying to build a project with such a complicated build system.

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