Android Build Instructions You'll need the Android NDK. Then link the sword/bindings/java-jni folder to your project's /jni folder. I have a symlink: ~/src/bishop/jni -> ~/src/sword/bindings/java-jni/jni/ ~/src/sword is simply a checkout of the current sword svn repository. (svn co https://crosswire.org/svn/sword/trunk ~/src/sword) So, since my $HOME directly is /home/scribe, my configuration looks like this: /home/scribe/src/sword/ /home/scribe/src/bishop/ /home/scribe/android-ndk-r8e/ with: APP_PROJECT_PATH := $(call my-dir)/../../../src/bishop APP_MODULES := sword swordcore APP_PLATFORM := android-3 Hope this helps get you started. Let me know your progress!