Building NXP Android 16 BSP in AWS or GCP Cloud – Experience, Setup and Build Times

[Feevlic]

Hi everyone,

I am currently working on setting up Android 16 for an NXP i.MX 95 and would like to build the NXP BSP in a cloud environment.

The release I am using is:

Android 16.0.0_2.0.0 (L6.18.20_2.0.0 BSP)

I am currently looking into using AWS or Google Cloud Platform (GCP) as the build environment instead of a local workstation.

I would therefore like to ask the community:

• Is there any official NXP documentation or recommendation for building the Android BSP in AWS or GCP?
• Has anyone already successfully built this Android BSP in AWS or GCP?
• Which instance/VM configuration did you use (CPU, RAM, storage, etc.)?
• Approximately how long does a complete BSP build take in your setup?
• What were the approximate cloud costs per build?
• Are there any specific issues or limitations to be aware of when building the BSP in a cloud environment?

I am especially interested in practical experience, for example which cloud instance type worked well and whether there are any important considerations regarding RAM, disk space, CPU cores, storage performance or build parallelization.

Any recommendations, example configurations or lessons learned would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance for sharing your experience!

Best regards
Fb

[Manuel_Salas]

Hello @Feevlic 

Hope you are doing very well.

We do not have documentation for that specific scenario for compiling Android.

The process should be the same as a physical machine.

Please try following the steps of the UG10156 Android User's Guide.

Best regards,

Salas.