Can Android Studio use the system CMake?

Question

I\'m using Android Studio + CMake to build a native library. AS requested installing CMake, even though I already have CMake installed and in my path. Can you tell AS to look fo

Answer 1

The new Android plugin for gradle 3.0 will support using system CMake, for CMake 3.7+.

From that webpage:

2. Download and install CMake 3.7 or higher from the official CMake website.

3. Include the path to the CMake installation in your project's local.properties file:

   cmake.dir="path-to-cmake"