Android Studio 2.2 came out with the ability to use ndk-build and cMake. Though, we had to wait til 2.2.3 for the Application.mk support. I've tried it, it works...though, my variables aren't showing up in the debugger. I can still query them via command line though.
You need to do something like this:
externalNativeBuild{
ndkBuild{
path "Android.mk"
}
}
defaultConfig {
externalNativeBuild{
ndkBuild {
arguments "NDK_APPLICATION_MK:=Application.mk"
cFlags "-DTEST_C_FLAG1" "-DTEST_C_FLAG2"
cppFlags "-DTEST_CPP_FLAG2" "-DTEST_CPP_FLAG2"
abiFilters "armeabi-v7a", "armeabi"
}
}
}
See http://tools.android.com/tech-docs/external-c-builds
NB: The extra nesting of externalNativeBuild inside defaultConfig was a breaking change introduced with Android Studio 2.2 Preview 5 (July 8, 2016). See the release notes at the above link.