Use this for cross-compiling native Applications for Android! Place this script preferably in ~/bin and add this folder to your path variable. Instead of using ./configure just call this script.

android_configure.sh

#!/bin/sh

# THIS SCRIPT IS FOR A STANDALONE TOOLCHAIN!!
# For more information please consult https://z3ntu.github.io/2015/12/12/Cross-compiling-native-linux-applications-for-android.html

# Don't forget to adjust this to your standalone toolchain path
export TOOLCHAIN_PATH=$HOME/Android/standalone-toolchain/
# This is just an empty directory where I want the built objects to be installed
export PREFIX=$HOME/Android/out/prefix

# There should be no need to edit anything between this line and the next
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
export CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-androideabi
export SYSROOT=${TOOLCHAIN_PATH}/sysroot/
export CROSS_PATH=${TOOLCHAIN_PATH}/bin
# Set the compiler and linker
export CPP=${CROSS_PATH}/${CROSS_COMPILE}-cpp
export AR=${CROSS_PATH}/${CROSS_COMPILE}-ar
export AS=${CROSS_PATH}/${CROSS_COMPILE}-as
export NM=${CROSS_PATH}/${CROSS_COMPILE}-nm
export CC=${CROSS_PATH}/${CROSS_COMPILE}-gcc
export CXX=${CROSS_PATH}/${CROSS_COMPILE}-g++
export LD=${CROSS_PATH}/${CROSS_COMPILE}-ld
export RANLIB=${CROSS_PATH}/${CROSS_COMPILE}-ranlib
# Don't mix up .pc files from your host and build target
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=${PREFIX}/lib/pkgconfig
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------

# You can customize these flags if you have additional subdirectories that should be included/should be used by the linker.
export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} --sysroot=${SYSROOT} -I${SYSROOT}/usr/include -I${TOOLCHAIN_PATH}/include -I${PREFIX}/include"
export CPPFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
export CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
export LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -L${SYSROOT}/usr/lib -L${TOOLCHAIN_PATH}/lib -L${PREFIX}/lib -lgnustl_shared"

# Do now run ./configure when using the "source" command.
if [ $_ != $0 ]; then
	echo "Set the environment variables!"
	echo "Not executing ./configure because this was executed with 'source'"
else
	./configure --host=${CROSS_COMPILE} --with-sysroot=${SYSROOT} --prefix=${PREFIX} "$@"
fi