pt 1 in reviving the android build (copied from pm 28a1, wish me luck)

mobile/android/config/mozconfigs/android-api-15-gradle-dependencies/nightly

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+# Many things aren't appropriate for a frontend-only build.
+MOZ_AUTOMATION_BUILD_SYMBOLS=0
+MOZ_AUTOMATION_INSTALLER=0
+MOZ_AUTOMATION_L10N_CHECK=0
+MOZ_AUTOMATION_PACKAGE=0
+MOZ_AUTOMATION_PACKAGE_TESTS=0
+MOZ_AUTOMATION_SDK=0
+MOZ_AUTOMATION_UPDATE_PACKAGING=0
+MOZ_AUTOMATION_UPLOAD=0
+MOZ_AUTOMATION_UPLOAD_SYMBOLS=0
+
+NO_CACHE=1
+NO_NDK=1
+
+. "$topsrcdir/mobile/android/config/mozconfigs/common"
+
+# We want to download Gradle.
+ac_add_options --with-gradle
+# We want to use (and populate!) the local Nexus repository.
+export GRADLE_MAVEN_REPOSITORY="http://localhost:8081/nexus/content/repositories/central/"
+
+# From here on, just like ../android-api-15-frontend/nightly.
+
+ac_add_options --disable-compile-environment
+unset HOST_CC
+unset HOST_CXX
+
+ac_add_options --disable-tests
+
+ac_add_options --enable-profiling
+
+# Android
+ac_add_options --with-android-min-sdk=15
+ac_add_options --target=arm-linux-androideabi
+
+ac_add_options --with-branding=mobile/android/branding/nightly
+
+# This will overwrite the default of stripping everything and keep the symbol table.
+# This is useful for profiling with eideticker. See bug 788680
+STRIP_FLAGS="--strip-debug"
+
+export MOZILLA_OFFICIAL=1
+export MOZ_TELEMETRY_REPORTING=1
+
+. "$topsrcdir/mobile/android/config/mozconfigs/common.override"