Install Android NDK r14b via homebew

README.md

When working with Unreal and trying to build for Android (like the Oculus Quest) it recommends having version r14b of the Android NDK tools installed. You could install this manually by downloading it or you can install it via homebrew.

Unfortunately the version available via homebrew is r19. The legacy formula has some problems. This formula uses the legacy formula and adds the more recent installation fixes.

brew cask install https://gist.githubusercontent.com/jeffrafter/93e4efc2119e5ecd84b4367c9f9c655a/raw/058499c99a697649d5116fce1c9dfa204bb25e54/android-ndk.rb

android-ndk.rb

cask 'android-ndk' do
  version '14b'
  sha256 'f5373dcb8ddc1ba8a4ccee864cba2cbdf500b2a32d6497378dfd32b375a8e6fa'

  # dl.google.com/android/repository/android-ndk was verified as official when first introduced to the cask
  url "https://dl.google.com/android/repository/android-ndk-r#{version}-darwin-x86_64.zip"
  name 'Android NDK'
  homepage 'https://developer.android.com/ndk/'

  conflicts_with cask: 'crystax-ndk'

  # shim script (https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask/issues/18809)
  shimscript = "#{staged_path}/ndk_exec.sh"
  preflight do
    FileUtils.ln_sf("#{staged_path}/android-ndk-r#{version}", "#{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/share/android-ndk")

    IO.write shimscript, <<~EOS
      #!/bin/bash
      readonly executable="#{staged_path}/android-ndk-r#{version}/$(basename ${0})"
      test -f "${executable}" && exec "${executable}" "${@}"
    EOS
  end

  %w[
    ndk-build
    ndk-depends
    ndk-gdb
    ndk-stack
    ndk-which
  ].each { |link_name| binary shimscript, target: link_name }

  uninstall_postflight do
    FileUtils.rm("#{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/share/android-ndk")
  end

  caveats <<-EOS
   You may want to add to your profile:
      'export ANDROID_NDK_HOME="#{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/opt/android-ndk"'
  EOS
end