How to build libmozc.so for Android

Summary

If you are not sure what the following commands do, please check the descriptions below and make sure the operations before running them.

git clone https://github.com/google/mozc.git
cd mozc/src

python3 build_tools/update_deps.py

bazelisk build package --config oss_android --config release_build

Client code for Android apk is deprecated. (the last revision with Android client code is afb03dd).

Setup

System Requirements

Currently macOS and Linux are tested to build libmozc.so for Android.

Software Requirements

Building libmozc.so for Android requires the following software.

• bazelisk
• C++ compiler (GCC or clang)
• Python 3.12 or later

Build instructions

Get the Code

You can download Mozc source code as follows:

git clone https://github.com/google/mozc.git
cd mozc/src

Hereafter you can do all the operations without changing directory.

Check out additional build dependencies

python3 build_tools/update_deps.py

In this step, additional build dependencies will be downloaded.

• Android NDK r29

Build libmozc.so for Android

bazelisk build package --config oss_android --config release_build

package is an alias to build android/jni:native_libs.

Add your own physical keyboard layout

You could refer to this removed KCM file to write your own physical keyboard layout.