diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 662db5b2..4a907a3c 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ A wrapper of [syncthing](https://github.com/calmh/syncthing) for Android. ## Building -There are multiple ways to get the native syncthing binary: -- open a syncthing apk running on your device as a zip, extract the `lib/` folder into your project directory and rename it to `libs/`. +To get syncthing app for android running on you device/emulator the native syncthing binary has to be available. There are multiple ways to get the native syncthing binary: +- open a syncthing apk (the one taken from the play store) running on your device as a zip, extract the `lib/` folder into your project directory and rename it to `libs/`. - Depending on your target architecture, download `syncthing-linux-386`, `syncthing-linux-armv5`, `syncthing-linux-armv7` or `syncthing-linux-mips` from [syncthing releases](https://github.com/calmh/syncthing/releases), and extract the binary to `libs/x86/libsyncthing.so`, `libs/armeabi-v7a/libsyncthing.so`, `libs/armeabi/libsyncthing.so` or `libs/mips/libsyncthing.so` respectively. - Set up a syncthing compile and run `gradle buildNative` in your syncthing-android directory.