Building Yuzu For Android

Note: These build instructions are a work-in-progress. You can always download the Yuzu Emulator APK instead for Android without having to build it manually.

Dependencies

1: Android Studio

2: NDK 25.2.9519653 and CMake 3.22.1

3: Git

WINDOWS ONLY – Additional Dependencies

  • Visual Studio 2022 Community – Make sure to select “Desktop development with C++” support in the installer. Make sure to update to the latest version if already installed.
  • Vulkan SDK – Make sure to select Latest SDK.

Cloning yuzu with Git

git clone –recursive https://github.com/yuzu-emu/yuzu.git / This no longer works as the Repo has been removed.

yuzu by default will be cloned into –

  • C:\Users\\yuzu on Windows
  • ~/yuzu on Linux
  • And wherever on macOS

Building

Start Android Studio, on the startup dialog select Open.

Navigate to the “yuzu/src/android” directory and click on OK.

  1. In Build > Select Build Variant, select release or relWithDebInfo as the “Active build variant”.
  3. Build the project with Build > Make Project or run it on an Android device with Run > Run 'app'.

Additional Resources

https://developer.android.com/studio/intro

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