Compiling the latest OpenSSL for Android

I would seriously not advise to grab anything outside of the official OpenSSL web site. You cannot take a chance when dealing with cryptography and security.

The only problem that I see is that you are using your host's gcc rather than using android's cross compilers.

Here is how I would compile the official OpenSSL on Ubuntu 14.04LTS (this works with OpenSSL 1.0.1g)

From your home folder, run the following commands:

tar xzvf ~/Downloads/openssl-1.0.1g.tar.gz
cd openssl-1.0.1g
export NDK=~/android-ndk-r9d
$NDK/build/tools/make-standalone-toolchain.sh --platform=android-9 --toolchain=arm-linux-androideabi-4.6 --install-dir=`pwd`/android-toolchain-arm
export TOOLCHAIN_PATH=`pwd`/android-toolchain-arm/bin
export TOOL=arm-linux-androideabi
export NDK_TOOLCHAIN_BASENAME=${TOOLCHAIN_PATH}/${TOOL}
export CC=$NDK_TOOLCHAIN_BASENAME-gcc
export CXX=$NDK_TOOLCHAIN_BASENAME-g++
export LINK=${CXX}
export LD=$NDK_TOOLCHAIN_BASENAME-ld
export AR=$NDK_TOOLCHAIN_BASENAME-ar
export RANLIB=$NDK_TOOLCHAIN_BASENAME-ranlib
export STRIP=$NDK_TOOLCHAIN_BASENAME-strip
export ARCH_FLAGS="-march=armv7-a -mfloat-abi=softfp -mfpu=vfpv3-d16"
export ARCH_LINK="-march=armv7-a -Wl,--fix-cortex-a8"
export CPPFLAGS=" ${ARCH_FLAGS} -fpic -ffunction-sections -funwind-tables -fstack-protector -fno-strict-aliasing -finline-limit=64 "
export CXXFLAGS=" ${ARCH_FLAGS} -fpic -ffunction-sections -funwind-tables -fstack-protector -fno-strict-aliasing -finline-limit=64 -frtti -fexceptions "
export CFLAGS=" ${ARCH_FLAGS} -fpic -ffunction-sections -funwind-tables -fstack-protector -fno-strict-aliasing -finline-limit=64 "
export LDFLAGS=" ${ARCH_LINK} "

And then run your configure script:

./Configure android-armv7

And then build

PATH=$TOOLCHAIN_PATH:$PATH make

You should see that it is using arm-linux-androideabi-gcc instead of gcc

To build for the old armeabi:

tar xzvf ~/Downloads/openssl-1.0.1g.tar.gz
cd openssl-1.0.1g
export NDK=~/android-ndk-r9d
$NDK/build/tools/make-standalone-toolchain.sh --platform=android-9 --toolchain=arm-linux-androideabi-4.6 --install-dir=`pwd`/android-toolchain-arm
export TOOLCHAIN_PATH=`pwd`/android-toolchain-arm/bin
export TOOL=arm-linux-androideabi
export NDK_TOOLCHAIN_BASENAME=${TOOLCHAIN_PATH}/${TOOL}
export CC=$NDK_TOOLCHAIN_BASENAME-gcc
export CXX=$NDK_TOOLCHAIN_BASENAME-g++
export LINK=${CXX}
export LD=$NDK_TOOLCHAIN_BASENAME-ld
export AR=$NDK_TOOLCHAIN_BASENAME-ar
export RANLIB=$NDK_TOOLCHAIN_BASENAME-ranlib
export STRIP=$NDK_TOOLCHAIN_BASENAME-strip
export ARCH_FLAGS="-mthumb"
export ARCH_LINK=
export CPPFLAGS=" ${ARCH_FLAGS} -fpic -ffunction-sections -funwind-tables -fstack-protector -fno-strict-aliasing -finline-limit=64 "
export CXXFLAGS=" ${ARCH_FLAGS} -fpic -ffunction-sections -funwind-tables -fstack-protector -fno-strict-aliasing -finline-limit=64 -frtti -fexceptions "
export CFLAGS=" ${ARCH_FLAGS} -fpic -ffunction-sections -funwind-tables -fstack-protector -fno-strict-aliasing -finline-limit=64 "
export LDFLAGS=" ${ARCH_LINK} "
./Configure android
make clean
PATH=$TOOLCHAIN_PATH:$PATH make

to build for x86 :

tar xzvf ~/Downloads/openssl-1.0.1g.tar.gz
cd openssl-1.0.1g
export NDK=~/android-ndk-r9d
$NDK/build/tools/make-standalone-toolchain.sh --platform=android-9 --toolchain=x86-4.6 --install-dir=`pwd`/android-toolchain-x86
export TOOLCHAIN_PATH=`pwd`/android-toolchain-x86/bin
export TOOL=i686-linux-android
export NDK_TOOLCHAIN_BASENAME=${TOOLCHAIN_PATH}/${TOOL}
export CC=$NDK_TOOLCHAIN_BASENAME-gcc
export CXX=$NDK_TOOLCHAIN_BASENAME-g++
export LINK=${CXX}
export LD=$NDK_TOOLCHAIN_BASENAME-ld
export AR=$NDK_TOOLCHAIN_BASENAME-ar
export RANLIB=$NDK_TOOLCHAIN_BASENAME-ranlib
export STRIP=$NDK_TOOLCHAIN_BASENAME-strip
export ARCH_FLAGS="-march=i686 -msse3 -mstackrealign -mfpmath=sse"
export ARCH_LINK=
export CPPFLAGS=" ${ARCH_FLAGS} -fpic -ffunction-sections -funwind-tables -fstack-protector -fno-strict-aliasing -finline-limit=64 "
export CXXFLAGS=" ${ARCH_FLAGS} -fpic -ffunction-sections -funwind-tables -fstack-protector -fno-strict-aliasing -finline-limit=64 -frtti -fexceptions "
export CFLAGS=" ${ARCH_FLAGS} -fpic -ffunction-sections -funwind-tables -fstack-protector -fno-strict-aliasing -finline-limit=64 "
export LDFLAGS=" ${ARCH_LINK} "
./Configure android-x86
make clean
PATH=$TOOLCHAIN_PATH:$PATH make

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edited Jan 27 '17 at 22:40

answered Sep 2 '13 at 16:55

mchiasson

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  /Users/alex/Downloads/openssl-1.0.1e/android-toolchain-arm/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-ar r ../libcrypto.a cryptlib.o mem.o mem_dbg.o cversion.o ex_data.o cpt_err.o ebcdic.o uid.o o_time.o o_str.o o_dir.o o_fips.o o_init.o fips_ers.o mem_clr.o /Users/alex/Downloads/openssl-1.0.1e/android-toolchain-arm/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-ar: ../libcrypto.a: Malformed archive make[1]: *** [../libcrypto.a] Error 1 make: *** [build_crypto] Error 1 – user170317 Oct 7 '13 at 17:06 
• I'm getting a "libcrypto.a: Malformed archive" error just like the previous comment. Are you sure this is working?– Emmanuel Nov 13 '13 at 21:31
• If getting "cp cannot create regular file No such file or directory in openssl" the follow this stackoverflow.com/questions/23343345/… – Suman Apr 29 '14 at 6:00 
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  @SteelFedeX : did you do ./Configure android-x86 ? – mchiasson Sep 14 '14 at 12:17
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  Late to the party, but messages like libcrypto.a: Malformed archive can usually be solved by a make clean before make – Jack Nov 5 '14 at 15:20