From b4af52db5ab6b2d230f4d0704a1336c8cdc2e42d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rajesh Rao <rrajrao@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 19:03:07 +0900
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Fix: sets cmake build type to Release in case it is empty

---
 CMakeLists.txt | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5e6510dfb..ff8e9fa0a 100755
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.13)
 
 project (brainflow)
 
+
+if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE AND NOT CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES)
+    set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "Release" CACHE STRING "Default build type" FORCE)
+endif()
+
+
 SET (CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
 SET (CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE ON)
 SET (BRAINFLOW_VERSION "0.0.1" CACHE STRING "BrainFlow Version")

From d68436c91d0c9ddb016e57ee92b86d7cbf087c6f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrey Parfenov <a1994ndrey@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2026 21:45:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Remove libftdi from Android workflow

---
 .github/workflows/run_android.yml | 20 +-------------------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_android.yml b/.github/workflows/run_android.yml
index fa61cae75..33236d58c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_android.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_android.yml
@@ -38,30 +38,12 @@ jobs:
         echo "y" | sudo -H ${ANDROID_SDK_ROOT}/cmdline-tools/latest/bin/sdkmanager --install "ndk;${ANDROID_NDK_VERSION}" "platforms;${ANDROID_API_LEVEL}" --sdk_root=${ANDROID_SDK_ROOT}
       env:
         DEBIAN_FRONTEND: noninteractive
-    # build for all ABIs
-    - name: Compile libusb
-      run: |
-        git clone --depth 1 --branch android https://github.com/xloem/libusb.git
-        cd libusb/android/jni
-        ${ANDROID_HOME}/ndk/${ANDROID_NDK_VERSION}/ndk-build
-    - name: Compile libftdi
-      run: |
-        git clone --depth 1 --branch v1.5 git://developer.intra2net.com/libftdi
-        cd libftdi
-        git checkout 5c2c58e03ea999534e8cb64906c8ae8b15536c30 # tip of v1.5
-        for ABI in arm64-v8a armeabi-v7a x86 x86_64; do
-          mkdir $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/libftdi/build-$ABI
-          cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/libftdi/build-$ABI
-          cmake -G Ninja -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=${ANDROID_HOME}/ndk/${ANDROID_NDK_VERSION}/build/cmake/android.toolchain.cmake -DANDROID_ABI=$ABI -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DANDROID_NATIVE_API_LEVEL=${ANDROID_API_LEVEL} -DEXAMPLES=OFF -DFTDI_EEPROM=OFF -DLIBUSB_LIBRARIES=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/libusb/android/libs/$ABI/libusb1.0.so -DLIBUSB_INCLUDE_DIR=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/libusb/libusb -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/install-$ABI ..
-          ninja
-          ninja install
-        done
     - name: Compile BrainFlow
       run: |
         for ABI in arm64-v8a armeabi-v7a x86 x86_64; do
           mkdir $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/build-$ABI
           cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/build-$ABI
-          cmake -G Ninja -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=${ANDROID_HOME}/ndk/${ANDROID_NDK_VERSION}/build/cmake/android.toolchain.cmake -DANDROID_ABI=$ABI -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DANDROID_NATIVE_API_LEVEL=${ANDROID_API_LEVEL} -DCMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/install-$ABI -DUSE_LIBFTDI=ON ..
+          cmake -G Ninja -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=${ANDROID_HOME}/ndk/${ANDROID_NDK_VERSION}/build/cmake/android.toolchain.cmake -DANDROID_ABI=$ABI -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DANDROID_NATIVE_API_LEVEL=${ANDROID_API_LEVEL} ..
           ninja
         done
     - name: Build Android AAR