Mac mini on M1 – good for Android development?
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Mac mini appears to be the cheapest M1 device with a big range of ports. How well it stands against intel machines and M1-powered MacBooks in Android development? My tests are in the video.
Android Emulator M1 Preview:
https://github.com/google/android-emulator-m1-preview/releases
Testing SDK+NDK:
1. Get the repo: https://github.com/Javernaut/ffmpeg-android-maker
2. Fork it.
3. Then declare two variables in the terminal:
4. export ANDROID_SDK_HOME=absolute path to your Android SDK
5. export ANDROID_NDK_HOME=absolute path to your Android NDK
6. Trigger the compilation: ./ffmpeg-android-maker.sh -abis=arm
First try will take longer time because it will download the sources from the internet.
7. Once it’s done, trigger the compilation again and then you may start measuring.
Share your Mac configurations and compiling times in the comments please!
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