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I followed the instructions in the readme to build for Android but I'm facing this error.

error: failed to run custom build command for `quiche v0.23.7 (C:\Users\clomb\Desktop\quiche\quiche)`

Caused by:
  process didn't exit successfully: `C:\Users\clomb\Desktop\quiche\target\debug\build\quiche-0e087bf04019ac4d\build-script-build` (exit code: 101)
  --- stdout
  CMAKE_GENERATOR_aarch64-linux-android = None
  CMAKE_GENERATOR_aarch64_linux_android = None
  TARGET_CMAKE_GENERATOR = None
  CMAKE_GENERATOR = None
  CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH_aarch64-linux-android = None
  CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH_aarch64_linux_android = None
  TARGET_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH = None
  CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH = None
  CMAKE_aarch64-linux-android = None
  CMAKE_aarch64_linux_android = None
  TARGET_CMAKE = None
  CMAKE = None
  running: "cmake" "C:\\Users\\clomb\\Desktop\\quiche\\quiche\\deps/boringssl" "-DANDROID_ABI=arm64-v8a" "-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=C:\\Users\\clomb\\AppData\\Local\\Android\\Sdk\\ndk\\28.0.13004108\\build/cmake/android.toolchain.cmake" "-DANDROID_NATIVE_API_LEVEL=21" "-DANDROID_STL=c++_shared" "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=C:\\Users\\clomb\\Desktop\\quiche\\target\\aarch64-linux-android\\debug\\build\\quiche-e28078fb55f4d500\\out" "-DCMAKE_C_FLAGS= --target=aarch64-linux-android21" "-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS= --target=aarch64-linux-android21" "-DCMAKE_ASM_FLAGS= --target=aarch64-linux-android21" "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug"
  -- Building for: Visual Studio 17 2022
  -- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!

  --- stderr
  CMake Deprecation Warning at CMakeLists.txt:7 (cmake_minimum_required):
    Compatibility with CMake < 3.10 will be removed from a future version of
    CMake.

    Update the VERSION argument <min> value.  Or, use the <min>...<max> syntax
    to tell CMake that the project requires at least <min> but has been updated
    to work with policies introduced by <max> or earlier.


  CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:9 (project):
    Failed to run MSBuild command:

      C:/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio/2022/Community/MSBuild/Current/Bin/amd64/MSBuild.exe

    to get the value of VCTargetsPath:

      MSBuild version 17.13.19+0d9f5a35a for .NET Framework
      Build started 4/11/2025 11:22:29 AM.

      Project "C:\Users\clomb\Desktop\quiche\target\aarch64-linux-android\debug\build\quiche-e28078fb55f4d500\out\build\CMakeFiles\4.0.1\VCTargetsPath.vcxproj" on node 1 (default targets).
      C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\MSBuild\Current\Bin\amd64\Microsoft.Common.CurrentVersion.targets(843,5): error : The BaseOutputPath/OutputPath property is not set for project 'VCTargetsPath.vcxproj'.  Please check to make sure that you have specified a valid combination of Configuration and Platform for this project.  Configuration='Debug'  Platform='x64'. You may be seeing this message because you are trying to build a project without a solution file, and have specified a non-default Configuration or Platform that doesn't exist for this project. [C:\Users\clomb\Desktop\quiche\target\aarch64-linux-android\debug\build\quiche-e28078fb55f4d500\out\build\CMakeFiles\4.0.1\VCTargetsPath.vcxproj]
      Done Building Project "C:\Users\clomb\Desktop\quiche\target\aarch64-linux-android\debug\build\quiche-e28078fb55f4d500\out\build\CMakeFiles\4.0.1\VCTargetsPath.vcxproj" (default targets) -- FAILED.

      Build FAILED.

      "C:\Users\clomb\Desktop\quiche\target\aarch64-linux-android\debug\build\quiche-e28078fb55f4d500\out\build\CMakeFiles\4.0.1\VCTargetsPath.vcxproj" (default target) (1) ->
      (_CheckForInvalidConfigurationAndPlatform target) ->
        C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\MSBuild\Current\Bin\amd64\Microsoft.Common.CurrentVersion.targets(843,5): error : The BaseOutputPath/OutputPath property is not set for project 'VCTargetsPath.vcxproj'.  Please check to make sure that you have specified a valid combination of Configuration and Platform for this project.  Configuration='Debug'  Platform='x64'. You may be seeing this message because you are trying to build a project without a solution file, and have specified a non-default Configuration or Platform that doesn't exist for this project. [C:\Users\clomb\Desktop\quiche\target\aarch64-linux-android\debug\build\quiche-e28078fb55f4d500\out\build\CMakeFiles\4.0.1\VCTargetsPath.vcxproj]

          0 Warning(s)
          1 Error(s)

      Time Elapsed 00:00:01.21


    Exit code: 1




  thread 'main' panicked at C:\Users\clomb\.cargo\registry\src\index.crates.io-1949cf8c6b5b557f\cmake-0.1.54\src\lib.rs:1119:5:

  command did not execute successfully, got: exit code: 1

  build script failed, must exit now
  note: run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` environment variable to display a backtrace
warning: build failed, waiting for other jobs to finish...
note: If the build failed due to a missing target, you can run this command:
note:
note:     rustup target install aarch64-linux-android

The note at the end is misleading because I do have that target installed.

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