I’m using the 3.1 branch from here:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/i2c-tools/i2c-tools.git/log/?h=i2c-tools-3.1
Put it in external/i2c-tools and add this Android.mk to it;
(note: Despite a similar overall look, this makefile is NOT the same as the one in your link, which WILL NOT WORK)
LOCAL_PATH:= $(call my-dir)
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS := optional
LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += $(LOCAL_PATH) $(LOCAL_PATH)/$(KERNEL_DIR)/include
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := tools/i2cbusses.c tools/util.c
LOCAL_MODULE := i2c-tools
include $(BUILD_STATIC_LIBRARY)
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS := optional
LOCAL_SRC_FILES:=tools/i2cdetect.c
LOCAL_MODULE:=i2cdetect
LOCAL_CPPFLAGS += -DANDROID
LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES:=libc
LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := i2c-tools
LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += $(LOCAL_PATH) $(LOCAL_PATH)/$(KERNEL_DIR)/include
include $(BUILD_EXECUTABLE)
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS := optional
LOCAL_SRC_FILES:=tools/i2cget.c
LOCAL_MODULE:=i2cget
LOCAL_CPPFLAGS += -DANDROID
LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES:=libc
LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := i2c-tools
LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += $(LOCAL_PATH) $(LOCAL_PATH)/$(KERNEL_DIR)/include
include $(BUILD_EXECUTABLE)
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS := optional
LOCAL_SRC_FILES:=tools/i2cset.c
LOCAL_MODULE:=i2cset
LOCAL_CPPFLAGS += -DANDROID
LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES:=libc
LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := i2c-tools
LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += $(LOCAL_PATH) $(LOCAL_PATH)/$(KERNEL_DIR)/include
include $(BUILD_EXECUTABLE)
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS := optional
LOCAL_SRC_FILES:=tools/i2cdump.c
LOCAL_MODULE:=i2cdump
LOCAL_CPPFLAGS += -DANDROID
LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES:=libc
LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := i2c-tools
LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += $(LOCAL_PATH) $(LOCAL_PATH)/$(KERNEL_DIR)/include
include $(BUILD_EXECUTABLE)