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authorRich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com>2016-04-04 10:48:34 -0700
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doc: note about Android support
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6040 Refs: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/6035 Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Brian White <mscdex@mscdex.net>
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@@ -87,7 +87,14 @@ To test if Node.js was built correctly:
$ node -e "console.log('Hello from Node.js ' + process.version)"
```
-### Android / Android based devices, aka. Firefox OS
+### Android / Android-based devices (e.g., Firefox OS)
+
+Although these instructions for building on Android are provided, please note
+that Android is not an officially supported platform at this time. Patches to
+improve the Android build are accepted. However, there is no testing on Android
+in the current continuous integration environment. The participation of people
+dedicated and determined to improve Android building, testing, and support is
+encouraged.
Be sure you have downloaded and extracted [Android NDK]
(https://developer.android.com/tools/sdk/ndk/index.html)