CMake unable to target Visual Studio 22 for Android

In the midst of following the Android NDK + CMake doc page

I came up with this cmake call and the resulting error:

cmake     -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE="C:\Users\userx\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk\21.4.7075529\build\cmake\android.toolchain.cmake"     -DANDROID_ABI=arm64-v8a     -DANDROID_PLATFORM=android-25 -G "Visual Studio 17 2022"  ../
-- android-25 is an alias for android-24. Adjusting ANDROID_PLATFORM to match.
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info - failed
-- Check for working C compiler: C:/Users/userx/AppData/Local/Android/Sdk/ndk/21.4.7075529/toolchains/llvm/prebuilt/windows-x86_64/bin/clang.exe
-- Check for working C compiler: C:/Users/userx/AppData/Local/Android/Sdk/ndk/21.4.7075529/toolchains/llvm/prebuilt/windows-x86_64/bin/clang.exe - broken
CMake Error at C:/Program Files/CMake/share/cmake-3.25/Modules/CMakeTestCCompiler.cmake:70 (message):
  The C compiler

    "C:/Users/userx/AppData/Local/Android/Sdk/ndk/21.4.7075529/toolchains/llvm/prebuilt/windows-x86_64/bin/clang.exe"

  is not able to compile a simple test program.

  It fails with the following output:

    Change Dir: M:/Depot/mySdk_sdk_CMake/mySdk_sdk_97/buildVs/CMakeFiles/CMakeScratch/TryCompile-vr1g92

    Run Build Command(s):C:/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio/2022/Community/MSBuild/Current/Bin/amd64/MSBuild.exe cmTC_44c58.vcxproj /p:Configuration=Debug /p:Platform=x64 /p:VisualStudioVersion=17.0 /v:m && MSBuild version 17.4.1+9a89d02ff for .NET Framework
      ANDROID_HOME=C:\Users\userx\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk
      ANDROID_SDK_ROOT=C:\Users\userx\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk
      ANT_HOME=
      JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-17.0.4.1
      NDK_ROOT=C:\Users\userx\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk\21.4.7075529
      testCCompiler.c
      ld: error: cannot open crtbegin_so.o: No such file or directory
      ld: error: unable to find library -llog
      ld: error: unable to find library -landroid
      ld: error: cannot open crtend_so.o: No such file or directory
      clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
    C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v170\Application Type\Android\3.0\Android.Common.targets(125,5): error MSB6006: "clang.exe" exited with code 1. [M:\Depot\mySdk_sdk_CMake\mySdk_sdk_97\buildVs\CMakeFiles\CMakeScratch\TryCompile-vr1g92\cmTC_44c58.vcxproj]





  CMake will not be able to correctly generate this project.
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  CMakeLists.txt:2 (project)


-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also "M:/Depot/mySdk_sdk_CMake/mySdk_sdk_97/buildVs/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".
See also "M:/Depot/mySdk_sdk_CMake/mySdk_sdk_97/buildVs/CMakeFiles/CMakeError.log".

I know that the same cmake command using Ninja as a generator instead of visual studio works fine. I'm not sure what's going on, as that seems to prove that clang & the NDK are working.

I found someone else [having this issue] (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/74856757/problems-attempting-to-build-oboe-c-library-using-cmake-on-windows).

added gen:vs os:android labels

Same issue, did you figure it out?

I came across a similar error today (although with CMake's builtin Android support, not the android.cmake toolchain), and the solution was to target API 24 or 26 instead, not 25.

The message at the top gives a clue for this:

-- android-25 is an alias for android-24. Adjusting ANDROID_PLATFORM to match.

The underlying reason is that (at least in NDK r25), the toolchains/llvm/prebuilt/*/sysroot/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-android/ etc. directories only have subdirs for API 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, ..., containing liblog.so, libandroid.so etc., but not 25. I wasn't able to find any info on why is that, however.