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Native library not found on android build?

I am getting this error: unable to lookup library path for, native render plugin support disabled when I run my app on android. I think I am building the shared libraries incorrectly.
I am looking to build the source files from this repo. I'll say my build process and perhaps someone can spot a step I'm missing or doing incorrect.
Following this guide, I came up with this:
Android.mk
LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := libhydrogen
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := ..\hydrogen.c
include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)
Application.mk
APP_PLATFORM := android-16
APP_OPTIM := release
APP_MODULES := libhydrogen
Next I:
Placed these files in the jni folder.
Called ndk-build.
Copied the .so files from the \libs folder and placed them in their respective folders in Unity (i.e. Hydrogen\Plugins\Android\arm64-v8a).
Made sure their platforms and CPU architectures were correct.
Built my app.
Here is the c# wrapper I am using.
Calling Hydrogen.Library.Initialize(); is then giving me this error.
Here is the full logcat related to this error.
And in the case my build process manages to be correct, and the .so files are fine; what else might cause this to happen?
Edit: I am trying to build for armeabi-v7a and `x86. Here are the .so file details, maybe there is something there that is not right? I am unfamiliar with c and since I haven't heard of anyone building this library for android, I wonder: could there be anything within the c source file that is incompatible with the NDK build process?

Native libraries are loaded by the native linker of the system, in your case, the linux dynamic linker: ld.so (it changes names sometimes, so I used that name, as you can check the man page in the documentation with that name).
For that to happen, in general, you need to provide a LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable to the java virtual machine, so it can effectively dlopen(3) it.
Think how different can be your development system to your target one.... and you'll easily get to that.

It was a bug with Unity! For some reason when switching the project's target platform some of my files would get corrupted. Strangely, it only seems to happen in this one project, but in any case the (temporary) solution is to re-import the plugin folder whenever I switch platforms.

Using opencv in native code for Android app development

I have namespace error building with ndk-build for native code in my Android app. The error sample is
C:/adt-bundle-windows-x86/ndk/sources/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/4.6/include/bits
/allocator.h:54:1: error: unknown type name 'namespace'
C:/adt-bundle-windows-x86/ndk/sources/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/4.6/include/bits
/allocator.h:55:1: error: expected ',' or ';' before '{' token
For OpenCV settings, my Application.mk file is
APP_STL := gnustl_static
APP_CPPFLAGS := -frtti -fexceptions
APP_ABI := armeabi
APP_PLATFORM := android-10
That means I am using gnu-libstdc++ in compiling the native code.
My jni.c has c extension. That is I receive from my third party and they prefer in .c extension as if they have to change to .cpp extension, they have to change a lot in their other libraries.
So far is OK, I did all project settings for OpenCV for native development and if I do ndk-build, I can make .so libraries.
The problem of those namespace error happened when I include OpenCV's header file #include <opencv2/contrib/detection_based_tracker.hpp> into jni.c and I got a lot of name space error. If I include that #include <opencv2/contrib/detection_based_tracker.hpp> into cpp file, no error.
My questions are
(1)Is the error is because of using .hpp file in .c file?
(2)If I have no choice and have to use that .c file, is there way around to remove that error?
Thanks

My assumption would be that the file is compiled as a "C" file instead of a "C++" file because of the extension ".c". That means you cannot use any "C++" Code in your jni.c, wike classes or namespaces. These are obviously used however in your file "detection_based_tracker.hpp" that you are using.
So the problem is not that you include a file named ".hpp", but that this file contains "C++" code wich the "C" compiler cannot handle.
One solution to this problem is to only use the "C" functions in opencv (for example "opencv2/imgproc/imgproc_c.h" instead of "opencv2/imgproc/imgproc.hpp"). However, your function "detection_based_tracker.hpp" might not have a "C" version, as far as I can see.
The other option is to add a second file "function.cpp" with the "C++" functions that use opencv. The functions from "function.cpp" can be declared in a file "functions.h" and included in your "jni.c", so you can still use opencv c++ functions. Be careful to only use C style functions then, though (no classes, namespaces, ...) in your "function.h" file, otherwise you will have the same problems as before.

Why isn't libgnustl_shared.so being copied from my APK?

I have an android project with a libs folder structure like this:
/libs
/armeabi
libfoo.so
libbar.so
libmystuff.so
libgnustl_shared.so
/armeabi-v7a
libfoo.so
libbar.so
foo and bar are third party libraries, mystuff is my own library from a separate android JNI project which requires gnustl_shared, which is from the same JNI project.
When I build my project in Eclipse, I can view the contents of the generated APK using unzip -l, and it indeed shows that all of these library files have been included.
However, after installing the APK, the /data/data/com.myproject/lib folder contains no libgnustl_shared.so, even though the other libraries are present.
This inevitably leads to the following error:
UnsatisfiedLinkError: Couldn't load gnustl_shared: findLibrary returned null
As a sanity check, I ran adb push ./libs/armeabi/libgnustl_shared.so /data/data/com.myproject/lib and sure enough, the application starts as expected.
I don't see anything in the build log or Eclipse console that suggests there were any issues building or installing the app.
What could be preventing libgnustl_shared.so from being installed with my application?
Where can I go to learn about what happens when an APK is installed?
Please let me know in a comment if there's any specific information I can provide that might help.

I think that, in your JNI project's Android.mk file, most probably, when you build libmystuff.so, you're referencing libgnustl_shared.so like:
LOCAL_LDLIBS += -lgnustl_shared
Maybe you can try to add it as a module (NDK works really focused on modules), something like:
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := gnustl_shared
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := libgnustl_shared.so
include $(PREBUILT_SHARED_LIBRARY)
and (in the section you're building libmystuff.so):
LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := gnustl_shared
And check if it's finally copied

I think your libgnustl_shared.so need under /armeabi-v7a not under /armeabi
Please try copy libgnustl_shared.so to /armeabi-v7a

Look at the answer here: How to link any library in ndk application
The problem is most likely in your Android.mk file. You should have a line like the one on the bottom:
include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)
If not, then you're not including your shared library.

Linker trouble when using LuaJIT prebuilt static library with android under cygwin

I think I spent most of yesterday unsuccessfully wrestling with this, any help would greatly appreciated and make me extremely happy! Even a next step to try to find the root of the issue is something I'm stuck on at the moment!
I have an Android 2.2 project that's trying to reference a prebuilt LuaJIT static library but ndk-build gives me this error:
test_android.cpp:25: undefined reference to `luaL_newstate'
I built LuaJIT as liblua.a, I've placed that in the root of my JNI directory with the relevant headers. I've have one Android.mk as shown below:
LOCAL_PATH:= $(call my-dir)
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := lua
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := liblua.a
include $(PREBUILT_STATIC_LIBRARY)
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := test
LOCAL_CFLAGS := -Werror
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := test_android.cpp
LOCAL_LDLIBS := -llog -lGLESv2
LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := lua
include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)
In test_andrdoid.cpp I've got this code:
extern "C"
{
#include "lua.h"
#include "lauxlib.h"
#include "lualib.h"
}
void test()
{
lua_State* lua = lua_open();
}
This seems like a linker error, for some reason the static library file is not being correctly referenced. But, to me, the makefile seems correct.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
To start with: is there anyway to see how everything is being linked
together and if my shared library module is really get access
to the static library?
Additional Information
Here's extra information that I think could be relevant!
Building the library
Maybe it's the static lib file that's not correct? (Is there anywhere I could download a prebuilt one to check?). I made it with this script (from the LuaJIT website). I'm using the latest stable LuaJIT, 1.1.8
NDK=/cygdrive/c/android-ndk-r8b
NDKABI=8
NDKVER=$NDK/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.4.3
NDKP=$NDKVER/prebuilt/linux-x86/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-
NDKF="--sysroot $NDK/platforms/android-$NDKABI/arch-arm"
make linux HOST_CC="gcc -m32" CROSS=$NDKP TARGET_FLAGS="$NDKF"
This builds fine and creates a liblua.a in the /src/ directory. (I ran nm on it and it lists out all the function prototypes I'd expect). I don't know if there's anything else I can do to ensure it's really a build for ARM?
NDKABI=8 means I'm targeting Android 2.2
Setting up the test Android Project
I create a brand new 2.2 android project using this command:
android create project --target 3 --name test --path . --activity TestActivity --package com.test
Target 3 maps to Android 2.2 on my system (using android list devices).
I create the jni folder and have a test_android.h and test_android.cpp. Then I use ndk-build to build them - which works fine when I'm not trying to reference LuaJIT. When I do try and use Lua I get the following error:
Full Error Message
Cygwin : Generating dependency file converter script
Compile++ thumb : test <= test_android.cpp
In file included from jni/test_android.h:3:0, from jni/test_android.cpp:2:
C:/android-ndk-r8b/platforms/android-8/arch-arm/usr/include/jni.h:592:13: note:
the mangling of 'va_list' has changed in GCC 4.4
Prebuilt : liblua.a <= jni/
StaticLibrary : libstdc++.a
SharedLibrary : libtest.so
obj/local/armeabi/objs/test/test_android.o: In function `test()':
C:\Users\Grrr\Documents\mycode\static_lib_test/jni/test_android.cpp:25: undefined reference to `luaL_newstate'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
/cygdrive/c/android-ndk-r8b/build/core/build-binary.mk:378: recipe for target `obj/local/armeabi/libtest.so' failed make: *** [obj/local/armeabi/libtest.so] Error 1
Most of the issues I've seen searching around are due to the local library include order, as I only have one library this shouldn't be an issue and suggests I've managed to get something more fundamental wrong :)
Update
I've since built normal Lua and added that as prebuilt static library and it works fine. I suspect its how I've built LuaJIT but I'm not sure how to correctly build it, or find a working prebuilt version.

The linking for this was fine, or at least the makefile was.
The problem was the LuaJIT library wasn't built for ARM (I used objdump -a lualib.a, to check this). I downloaded the latest LuaJIT, ran the script under linux and got an ARM library. Everything links nicely now!

Problems trying to build PocketSphinx for Android using NDK

I'm trying to build PocketSphinx for Android using the PocketSphinxAndroidDemo project. I've given up om my quest to build it using Cygwin and Windows and installed an Ubuntu VM. I'm making progress but I seem to be stuck and I can't seem to figure it out. It has to be something simple that I'm missing. The ndk-build gives the following output (clipped):
Compile thumb : pocketsphinx_jni <= pocketsphinx_wrap.c
/home/user/development/PocketSphinxAndroidDemo/jni/pocketsphinx_wrap.c:760:26: error: pocketsphinx.h: No such file or directory
/home/user/development/PocketSphinxAndroidDemo/jni/pocketsphinx_wrap.c:761:28: error: sphinxbase/err.h: No such file or directory
The header files are (obviously) not in the same folder as the JNI files. The LOCAL_C_INCLUDES flag has been set in Android.mk file to include the needed headers -
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_C_INCLUDES := $(SPHINX_PATH)/sphinxbase/include/android \
$(SPHINX_PATH)/sphinxbase/include/sphinxbase \
$(SPHINX_PATH)/sphinxbase/include \
$(SPHINX_PATH)/pocketsphinx/include
I should note that my SPHINX_PATH variable looks like this, and it's correct -
SPHINX_PATH := ~/development
If I copy the header files over into the /jni/ folder I get farther but then the compiler starts yelling at me for header files missing in other locations. Surely I'm missing something simple. Isn't there somewhere I can set a "Look in these locations for header files before blowing up" flag?
I'm not a C/C++ or a Linux guy so I'm kind of in the dark here. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Solved my problem. Maybe someone will find this information useful :)
What I did was a complete rebuild of all the static library projects, and then my app, using "ndk-build -B"

Modify jni/Android.mk file
Change Line 162 :
LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := sphinxutil sphinxfe sphinxfeat sphinxlm pocketsphinx
to :
LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := pocketsphinx sphinxlm sphinxfeat sphinxfe sphinxutil
That will resolve your issue.