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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# This script checks out or updates and builds third party libraries
+# required for the android build.
+#
+# Specifically these are:
+#  - OpenSSL
+#  - Android NDK Profiler
+#
+# Usage:
+#  android_setup_build_env.sh <source root>
+
+OPENSSL_SCM=https://github.com/bmiklautz/android-external-openssl-ndk-static
+NDK_PROFILER_SCM=https://github.com/richq/android-ndk-profiler
+
+SCRIPT_NAME=`basename $0`
+
+if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
+
+	echo "Missing command line argument."
+	echo "$SCRIPT_NAME <FreeRDP source>"
+	exit -1
+fi
+
+if [ ! -d $1 ]; then
+	echo "Argument '$1' is not a directory."
+	exit -2
+fi
+SRC=`realpath $1`
+
+echo "Using '$SRC' as root."
+
+echo "Preparing OpenSSL..."
+OPENSSL_SRC=$SRC/external/openssl
+if [ -d $OPENSSL_SRC ]; then
+	cd $OPENSSL_SRC
+	git pull
+	RETVAL=$?
+else
+	git clone $OPENSSL_SCM $OPENSSL_SRC
+	RETVAL=$?
+	cd $OPENSSL_SRC
+fi
+if [ $RETVAL -ne 0 ]; then
+	echo "Failed to execute git command [$RETVAL]"
+	exit -3
+fi
+ndk-build
+RETVAL=$?
+if [ $RETVAL -ne 0 ]; then
+	echo "Failed to execute ndk-build command [$RETVAL]"
+	exit -4
+fi
+
+echo "Preparing NDK profiler..."
+NDK_PROFILER_SRC=$SRC/external/android-ndk-profiler
+if [ -d $NDK_PROFILER_SRC ]; then
+	cd $NDK_PROFILER_SRC
+	git pull
+	RETVAL=$?
+else
+	git clone $NDK_PROFILER_SCM $NDK_PROFILER_SRC
+	RETVAL=$?
+	cd $NDK_PROFILER_SRC
+fi
+if [ $RETVAL -ne 0 ]; then
+	echo "Failed to execute git command [$RETVAL]"
+	exit -5
+fi
+ndk-build
+RETVAL=$?
+if [ $RETVAL -ne 0 ]; then
+	echo "Failed to execute ndk-build command [$RETVAL]"
+	exit -6
+fi
+
+echo "Prepared external libraries, you can now build the application."
+exit 0