WIP: start documentation effort

Signed-off-by: Mattijs Korpershoek <mkorpershoek@baylibre.com>

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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-4.0
+
+Android
+=======
+
+Android is quite different from a traditional Linux distribution
+and comes with its own set of libraries.
+
+This guide targets libcamera developers who want to build-test the Android support.
+
+Cross-compilation
+-----------------
+
+.. code-block:: ini
+
+   [constants]
+   # TODO: edit these paths for your own locations
+   ndk = '/mnt/work/aosp/android-ndk-r26b'
+
+   # see: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/ndk/+/master/docs/BuildSystemMaintainers.md#target-selection
+   triple = 'x86_64-linux-android'
+   android_api_level = '33'
+   target = triple + android_api_level
+
+   toolchain = ndk / 'toolchains/llvm/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin'
+
+   [properties]
+   cpp_stdlib = 'vndk'
+
+   [built-in options]
+   cpp_args = ['-target', target]
+
+   [binaries]
+   c = toolchain / target + '-clang'
+   cpp = toolchain / target + '-clang++'
+   ar = toolchain / 'llvm-ar'
+   strip = toolchain / 'llvm-strip'
+   config = toolchain / 'llvm-config'
+
+   [host_machine]
+   system = 'linux'
+   cpu_family ='x86_64'
+   cpu = 'amd64'
+   endian = 'little'
+
+1. Edit the ``ndk`` constant to point to your system's NDK location
+
+2. Save the above cross file in ``~/.local/share/meson/cross/x86_64-linux-android.txt``.
+
+.. code::
+
+   meson setup --cross-file=x86_64-linux-android.txt --prefix=/ -Dandroid=enabled -Dandroid_platform=generic -Dpipelines=simple build; meson compile -C build
diff --git a/Documentation/index.rst b/Documentation/index.rst
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    Sensor driver requirements <sensor_driver_requirements>
    Lens driver requirements <lens_driver_requirements>
    Python Bindings <python-bindings>
+   Android guide <guides/android>