How is TARGET_ARCH_ABI set in Android.mk - android

I am trying to build my native application using ndk-build. Suppose I followed this guide to create my Android project:
https://rathodpratik.wordpress.com/2013/03/24/build-cc-executables-for-android-using-ndk/
When I try to print out my TARGET_ARCH_ABI, I always get armeabi. Even if I explicitly set
TARGET_ARCH_ABI := armeabi-v7a
The application always builds into the libs/armeabi directory and when I check the elf header, it does in fact show that it has built for ARM.
How can I get it to build for armeabi-v7a?

Same problem but i actually managed to fix it, i restricted my build.gradle(module) to build only for certain abi, with:
defaultConfig {
ndk {
abiFilters 'armeabi-v7a'
}
}
and Application.mk:
API_ABI := armeabi-v7a

I had the exact same problem and I couldn't locate the cause either. However, I fixed it by putting:
TARGET_ARCH_ABI := armeabi-v7a
at the very beginning of Android.mk.
Hope this helps

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Issue while integrating car-ui-lib

i want to integrate car-ui-lib into my project. i manually create Android.mk in (src/main/jni) file from this google git
After i build my project the android studio create cpp folder and add my Android.mk file there by using this piece of code in build.gradle module.
sourceSets { main {
res.srcDirs = ['src/main/res']
} }
externalNativeBuild {
ndkBuild {
path "src/main/jni/Android.mk"
}
}
useLibrary 'android.car'
Now the issue is, the car-ui components still not show, i try these imports:
import com.android.car.ui.toolbar.TabLayout;
import com.android.car.ui.core.CarUi;
but still it says "Cannot resolve symbol ui"
I also try below Android.mk code but the issue remains the same.
LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
CAR_UI_RRO_SET_NAME := oem
LOCAL_MODULE := car-ui
CAR_UI_RESOURCE_DIR := $(LOCAL_PATH)/res
CAR_UI_RRO_TARGETS := $(CAR_UI_RRO_PACKAGE_NAMES)
CAR_UI_GENERATE_RRO_SET := $(call my-dir)/generate_rros.mk
LOCAL_STATIC_ANDROID_LIBRARIES := car-ui-lib
include $(BUILD_STATIC_LIBRARY)
I also tried their official documentation but still nothing works.
Any tutorial/help would be appreciated :)
Android.mk/Android.bp are makefiles of AOSP build system, they are not compatible with Android Studio (or Gradle). With the former you build Android OS and system apps, with the latter you build regular apps.
What you need to do is to create a new folder in AOSP tree and build it from here. You can start by copying that paintbooth test app (don't forget to change package name). Then you can build the app through "make YourPackageName" and push to your device with "adb root && adb remount && adb sync". Please note this requires building and flashing your entire own system image first (doing and flashing a full AAOS build).
While this line useLibrary 'android.car' in your Gradle config will allow you to use the car-ui-lib, there are still many apis that aren't available in the public version. The car-ui-lib is still under hard development I believe, so if you really need to use code from your Android Studio project, you will need to use the car-ui-lib jar that you can find when you build the AAOS. You can find it under this path:
out/target/common/obj/JAVA_LIBRARIES/android.car_intermediates/classes.jar
If you move your project from Android Studio to the platform, then you will be able to use those apis, given that you have the right configuration in your makefile: LOCAL_STATIC_ANDROID_LIBRARIES := car-ui-lib.

Compiling Android NDK shared libraries with neon using gradle

I am using Gradle 3.0.1 in Android studio (3) trying to compile FFMPEG and armeabi-v7a has two shared libraries one with neon and one without. Typically in the old days before gradle, ndkbuild would compile my project without any issues, now with gradle and new ndkbuild, a bunch of issues showed up. The below isn't exactly how my code is but you can checkout my code in https://github.com/matthewn4444/VPlayer_lib. I have 3 questions about building in gradle with ndk.
I prebuilt 2 versions of libffmpeg.so, one for armeabi-v7a in neon and other without. I have a module for application-neon and application in the Android.mk file. I am not sure if there is a way to have just 1 .so file but since FFMPEG is complex I didn't want to wrap neon calls just to create one shared library.
My first question is, is it possible to just have 1 shared library in ndk to import into java with neon and non-neon support that links to larger 3rd party libraries or is having 2 separate libraries easier?
If I try to compile other architectures like arm64-v8a I will get an error:
* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':VPlayer_library:externalNativeBuildDebug'.
> Unexpected native build target application-neon. Valid values are: <projects>
This is because in my Android.mk file I have a module for non-neon and one for neon mainly for armeabi-v7a. I get the error above because the neon module is only available for armeabi-v7a, arm 64 will not have one so that error pops up on compile. If i create a dummy neon build it will allow the project to compile but then it bundles that fake neon shared library into the apk. I was thinking of building it like this and then having all dummy shared libraries removed from arm64, x86 etc from the build section before merging the shared libraries into the apk.
My second question is, is there a way to bypass this error or have special targets for specific architectures when building (abiFilters) without all this hacking? Code is below.
Android.mk
... <the module for normal application project>
ifdef FEATURE_NEON
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_ALLOW_UNDEFINED_SYMBOLS=false
LOCAL_MODULE := application-neon
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := application.c
LOCAL_C_INCLUDES := $(LOCAL_PATH)/ffmpeg/$(TARGET_ARCH_ABI)/include \
$(LOCAL_PATH)/application
LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARY := application-neon
LOCAL_LDLIBS += -landroid
LOCAL_LDLIBS += -llog -ljnigraphics -lz -lm -g $(LOCAL_PATH)/ffmpeg-build/$(TARGET_ARCH_ABI)/libffmpeg-neon.so
include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)
else
# This is the dummy app to get the project to compile.
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := application-neon
LOCAL_ALLOW_UNDEFINED_SYMBOLS=false
include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)
endif
-------------------------------------------------------
build.gradle
externalNativeBuild {
ndkBuild {
targets "application", "cpufeatures", "application-neon" // fails for 'arm64-v8a' without that dummy module
}
}
Next, when I change the abiFilters, it will include all the architectures that I built before besides the ones I selected. For example, if I built
ndk {
abiFilters 'armeabi-v7a', 'arm64-v8a'
}
then....
ndk {
abiFilters 'arm64-v8a'
}
and made an apk and then decided to only build arm64-v8a and built an apk, all the armeabi-v7a shared libraries are also in the apk. Android studio does not delete the other architectures compiled data from the build folder but bundles them into the apk as well. So for now I have a gradle task to remove them from build folder (the code is at the end).
My third question is if I did something wrong or if there is something easier I can do that does not require the gradle code below?
def deleteOtherArchFromFolder(config, path) {
new File(path).listFiles().each { folder ->
if (!config.ndk.abiFilters.contains(folder.name)) {
delete {
delete folder
}
}
}
}
task prebuildTask() {
doLast {
def config = android.defaultConfig
// delete the obj files in build directory
deleteOtherArchFromFolder(config, project.buildDir.absolutePath + '/intermediates/ndkBuild/debug/obj/local')
}
}
preBuild.dependsOn(prebuildTask)
Thanks in advance!

Getting jniLibs to work with Gradle 2.10 [duplicate]

I want to use a existing native library from another Android project, so I just copied the NDK built library (libcalculate.so) to my new Android project. In my new Android project I created a folder libs/armeabi/ and put libcalculate.so there. There is no jni/ folder. My testing device has ARM architecture.
In my java code I load the library by:
static{
System.loadLibrary("calculate");
}
When I run my new android project, I got error:
java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: ...
nativeLibraryDirectories=[/vendor/lib, /system/lib]]] couldn't find "libcalculate.so"
So, as error says, the copied native library is not in /verdor/lib or /system/lib , how to resolve this problem in my case?
(I unziped the apk package, under lib/ there is libcalculate.so)
====UPDATE=====
I also tried to create a jni/ folder under project root, and add an Android.mk file under jni/. The content of Android.mk is:
LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := libcalculate
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := libcalculate.so
include $(PREBUILT_SHARED_LIBRARY)
Then, under project root, I executed ndk-build . After that, the armeabi/ and armeabi-v7a/ directories are generated by ndk-build (with libcalculate.so inside the folder).
Then I run my maven build the project successfully. In the final apk package, there are:
lib/armeabi/libcalculate.so
lib/armeabi-v7a/libcalculate.so
But when I run my app, the same error throw:
java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: ...
nativeLibraryDirectories=[/vendor/lib, /system/lib]]] couldn't find "libcalculate.so"
To root cause (and maybe solve your issue in the same time), here is what you can do:
Remove the jni folder and all the .mk files. You don't need these nor the NDK if you aren't compiling anything.
Copy your libcalculate.so file inside <project>/libs/(armeabi|armeabi-v7a|x86|...) . When using Android Studio, it's <project>/app/src/main/jniLibs/(armeabi|armeabi-v7a|x86|...), but I see you're using eclipse.
Build your APK and open it as a zip file, to check that your libcalculate.so file is inside lib/(armeabi|armeabi-v7a|x86|...).
Remove and install your application
Run dumpsys package packages | grep yourpackagename to get the nativeLibraryPath or legacyNativeLibraryDir of your application.
Run ls on the nativeLibraryPath you had or on legacyNativeLibraryDir/armeabi, to check if your libcalculate.so is indeed there.
If it's there, check if it hasn't been altered from your original libcalculate.so file: is it compiled against the right architecture, does it contain the expected symbols, are there any missing dependencies. You can analyze libcalculate.so using readelf.
In order to check step 5-7, you can use my application instead of command lines and readelf: Native Libs Monitor
PS: It's easy to get confused on where .so files should be put or generated by default, here is a summary:
libs/CPU_ABI inside an eclipse project
jniLibs/CPU_ABI inside an Android Studio project
jni/CPU_ABI inside an AAR
lib/CPU_ABI inside the final APK
inside the app's nativeLibraryPath on a <5.0 device, and inside the app's legacyNativeLibraryDir/CPU_ARCH on a >=5.0 device.
Where CPU_ABI is any of: armeabi, armeabi-v7a, arm64-v8a, x86, x86_64, mips, mips64. Depending on which architectures you're targeting and your libs have been compiled for.
Note also that libs aren't mixed between CPU_ABI directories: you need the full set of what you're using, a lib that is inside the armeabi folder will not be installed on a armeabi-v7a device if there are any libs inside the armeabi-v7a folder from the APK.
In gradle, after copying all files folders to libs/
jniLibs.srcDirs = ['libs']
Adding the above line to sourceSets in build.gradle file worked. Nothing else worked whatsoever.
In my case i must exclude compiling sources by gradle and set libs path
android {
...
sourceSets {
...
main.jni.srcDirs = []
main.jniLibs.srcDirs = ['libs']
}
....
The reason for this error is because there is a mismatch of the ABI between your app and the native library you linked against. Another words, your app and your .so is targeting different ABI.
if you create your app using latest Android Studio templates, its probably targeting the arm64-v8a but your .so may be targeting armeabi-v7a for example.
There is 2 way to solve this problem:
build your native libraries for each ABI your app support.
change your app to target older ABI that your .so built against.
Choice 2 is dirty but I think you probably have more interested in:
change your app's build.gradle
android {
defaultConfig {
...
ndk {
abiFilters 'armeabi-v7a'
}
}
}
Are you using gradle? If so put the .so file in <project>/src/main/jniLibs/armeabi/
I hope it helps.
For reference, I had this error message and the solution was that when you specify the library you miss the 'lib' off the front and the '.so' from the end.
So, if you have a file libmyfablib.so, you need to call:
System.loadLibrary("myfablib"); // this loads the file 'libmyfablib.so'
Having looked in the apk, installed/uninstalled and tried all kinds of complex solutions I couldn't see the simple problem that was right in front of my face!
This is an Android 8 update.
In earlier version of Android, to LoadLibrary native shared libraries (for access via JNI for example) I hard-wired my native code to iterate through a range of potential directory paths for the lib folder, based on the various apk installation/upgrade algorithms:
/data/data/<PackageName>/lib
/data/app-lib/<PackageName>-1/lib
/data/app-lib/<PackageName>-2/lib
/data/app/<PackageName>-1/lib
/data/app/<PackageName>-2/lib
This approach is hokey and will not work for Android 8; from https://developer.android.com/about/versions/oreo/android-8.0-changes.html
you'll see that as part of their "Security" changes you now need to use sourceDir:
"You can no longer assume that APKs reside in directories whose names end in -1 or -2. Apps should use sourceDir to get the directory, and not rely on the directory format directly."
Correction, sourceDir is not the way to find your native shared libraries; use something like. Tested for Android 4.4.4 --> 8.0
// Return Full path to the directory where native JNI libraries are stored.
private static String getNativeLibraryDir(Context context) {
ApplicationInfo appInfo = context.getApplicationInfo();
return appInfo.nativeLibraryDir;
}
Try to call your library after include PREBUILT_SHARED_LIBRARY section:
LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := libcalculate
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := <PATH>/libcalculate.so
include $(PREBUILT_SHARED_LIBRARY)
#...
LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES += libcalculate
Update:
If you will use this library in Java you need compile it as shared library
LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := libcalculate
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := <PATH>/libcalculate.so
include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)
And you need deploy the library in the /vendor/lib directory.
You could just change ABI to use older builds:
defaultConfig {
...
ndk {
abiFilters 'armeabi-v7a'
}
...
}
You should also use deprecated NDK by adding this line to gradle.properties:
android.useDeprecatedNdk=true
actually, you can't just put a .so file in the /libs/armeabi/ and load it with System.loadLibrary. You need to create an Android.mk file and declare a prebuilt module where you specify your .so file as a source.
To do so, put your .so file and the Android.mk file in the jni folder.
Your Android.mk should look something like that:
LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := libcalculate
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := libcalculate.so
include $(PREBUILT_SHARED_LIBRARY)
Source : Android NDK documentation about prebuilt
please add all suport
app/build.gradle
ndk {
moduleName "serial_port"
ldLibs "log", "z", "m"
abiFilters "arm64-v8a","armeabi", "armeabi-v7a", "x86","x86_64","mips","mips64"
}
app\src\jni\Application.mk
APP_ABI := arm64-v8a armeabi armeabi-v7a x86 x86_64 mips mips64
defaultConfig {
ndk {
abiFilters "armeabi-v7a", "x86", "armeabi", "mips"
}
}
Just add these line in build.gradle app level
In my experience, in an armeabi-v7a mobile, when both armeabi and armeabi-v7a directories are present in the apk, the .so files in armeabi directory won't be linked, although the .so files in armeabi WILL be linked in the same armeabi-v7a mobile, if armeabi-v7a is not present.

How to set up Eclipse's Build Configurations to produce a proper, debuggable NDK app?

We have an Android NDK project that has three different build configurations:
DEBUG - armeabi
DEBUG - armeabi-v7a
RELEASE - aremabi + armeabi-v7a
We specify separate aremabi and armeabi-v7 debug configurations due to a known bug in the Android loader, where if more than one EABI is specified, the debugger may launch the wrong EABI version of the App and no native breakpoints will ever hit (More details here, at the end of the document).
On the past, we edited the Application.mk file and specified the desired EABI by means of the APP_ABI variable.
We would like to avoid this manual editing and take advantage of Eclipse's Build Configurations and choose the proper EABI setting automatically.
So far, we have a working solution by adding conditionals to the Application.mk file
Here is how our Application.mk looks:
ifeq ($(BUILD_CONFIG),RELEASE)
APP_OPTIM := release
APP_ABI := armeabi armeabi-v7a
else ifeq ($(BUILD_CONFIG),ARMEABIV7A_DEBUG)
APP_OPTIM := debug
APP_ABI := armeabi-v7a
else ifeq ($(BUILD_CONFIG),ARMEABI_DEBUG)
APP_OPTIM := debug
APP_ABI := armeabi
endif
Additionally, we customised the compiler build command line in Eclipse so that the proper BUILD_CONFIG variable is passed to the make script.
This works very well for compilation purposes, but the problem begins when we try to debug the application. The thing is that we don't know how to pass the BUILD_CONFIG variable to the ndk-gdb script.
Running the ndk-build DUMP_APP_ABI command will always return ARMEABI (expected since we are not explicitly defining the BUILD_CONFIG parameter), and as far as I understand, this is the value that ndk-gdb is reading in order to decide which version of the application will be launched by the debugger.
Has anyone managed to get this working or have an alternative solution where we can get compilation and debugging working properly with Eclipse's Build Configurations? Running a command that patches or renames the Application.mk file is a possibility, but we don't know how to do that either.
Android 4.0 has bug. If you provide armeabi and armeabi-v7a code then armeabi code is loaded even if you have ARMv7 compatible CPU. Android 4.0 ignores armeabi-v7a when armeabi is available.
That is why you can create 2 versions of your lib targeted to armeabi (ARMv5)
But there is no ARMv5 CPUs (HTC Hero)
So most CPUs are ARMv6 or ARMv7
You should detect your CPU in Java and load proper native lib.
Doing these will give you control what .so loaded exactly.
You would be able to create lib with NEON support.

Android-NDK build system (building hello-gl2)

I downloaded and installed Android-NDK on my Archlinux, using this package.
Got no issues building (and running) the sample hello-jni following the guide on this page, but if I try to do the same with hello-gl2 I get some errors; it looks like it cannot find some header files:
$ ../../ndk-build
/usr/bin/make -f /opt/android-ndk/build/core/build-local.mk
Compile++ thumb : gl2jni <= gl_code.cpp
/opt/android-ndk/samples/hello-gl2/jni/gl_code.cpp:22:23: error: GLES2/gl2.h: No such file or directory
/opt/android-ndk/samples/hello-gl2/jni/gl_code.cpp:23:26: error: GLES2/gl2ext.h: No such file or directory
--- SNIP ---
GLES2/gl2.h and GLES2/gl2ext.h are however present in $(NDK)/platforms/android-4/arch-arm/usr/include/, and it looks like$(NDK)/build/core/setup-toolchain.mk should set such include path.
Has anybody encountered the same issue? How can I compile this sample?
And then, are there other options to easily build Android-NDK applications? This build system seems quite complicated to me, and I'd prefer using cmake to build my applications.
make sure that APP_ABI and APP_PLATFORM is defined in your Application.mk and your APP_PLATFORM should be higher than android-5... check: gl.h & glext.h not found
for example, in Application.mk define:
APP_ABI := armeabi #armeabi-v7a
APP_STL := stlport_static
APP_PLATFORM := android-8
In my case it was missing the file default.properties with such content:
target=android-5
Put this file into the root project directory. It may help.
You need to use a higher SDK. Level 5 is the minimum to build OpenGL ES 2 code.

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