The document discusses cross-compiling native packages for Android using autotools or cmake. It describes downloading and configuring the Android NDK, which provides cross-compilation tools for ARM, x86, and MIPS architectures. It then gives steps to cross-compile the expat library as an example, including downloading the sources, extracting them, and configuring/building using the autotools system. Key points covered include limitations of the Bionic C library used on Android and associations between Android API levels and supported architectures.