This guide walks through the steps to build Frida-core for Android ARM64.

Ensure you have the necessary development tools installed on your macOS system.

First, locate your available code signing identities:

security find-identity -v -p codesigning

This will list all available code signing certificates. Find the one you want to use and note its identifier.

Set the MACOS_CERTID environment variable with your certificate identifier:

export MACOS_CERTID="<your-certificate-id>"

Replace <your-certificate-id> with the actual identifier from step 1.

Set the ANDROID_NDK_ROOT environment variable to your r25 NDK installation path:

export ANDROID_NDK_ROOT=/Users/'<abc>'/Library/Android/sdk/ndk/25.2.9519653

Run the configure script targeting Android ARM64:

./configure --host=android-arm64

Compile Frida-core using make:

make

This may take several minutes depending on your system.

Once the build completes successfully, the compiled frida-server binary will be located at:

build/server/frida-server

You can now use this binary on your Android ARM64 device.