hi, i need to use a prebuilt library in my native code so i am placing the library following the example in ndk/samples/native-activity. Below is the structure. Please some one help me out with this error, dsplink.h can not be found. Thanks in advance :)
I thin Vladimir was on the right track.
But don't keep the static lib in the obj folder since that one is delete every run, instead create a jni/modules/precompiled or something and put the stuff there...
what you have is a precompiled static lib. that's what the .a file is.
it's meant to add it to a compilation process so that it'll be in the final binary.
so what you should have is :
#
# DSPLINK
#
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := dsplink
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := [path-to-prebuilt-lib]/libdsplink.a
LOCAL_EXPORT_C_INCLUDES := [path-to-dsplink-headers-folder]
include $(PREBUILT_STATIC_LIBRARY)
and also dont forget to include it for the linker in the project .. so below this section in the main shared lib add this line :
LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := dsplink
Your C file includes dsplink.h file. If you have it, you should add the full path to this file in LOCAL_C_INCLUDES, e.g.
LOCAL_MODULE := jnihello
LOCAL_C_INCLUDES := $(LOCAL_PATH)/inlcudes
By the way, if dsplink.a file is prebuilt, you will be on the safe side to keep it outside of the libs/ folder, so that make clean does not delete it. You can use something like
LOCAL_LDFLAGS += $(LOCAL_PATH)/prebuilt/dsplink.a
to help the linker find the file.
libmath-prebuilt.so is a prebuilt library which has some functions which are used by buyya_read.c. First generate libmath-prebuilt.so using ndk-build and keep in jni folder where buyya_read.c is kept in ur project in elcipse.
Android.mk
LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := math-prebuilt
LOCAL_SRC_FILES = libmath-prebuilt.so
include $(PREBUILT_SHARED_LIBRARY)
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := buyya_read
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := buyya_read.c
LOCAL_LDLIBS := -llog
LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := math-prebuilt
include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)
You see the project directory structure in below image.
You should define prebuilt library dsplink in your Android.mk before jnihello project:
#
# DSPLINK
#
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := dsplink
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := [path]/libs/armeabi/libdsplink.so
LOCAL_EXPORT_C_INCLUDES := [directory-with-dsplink.h-file]
include $(PREBUILT_STATIC_LIBRARY)
...
# jnihello
Related
Is there any way that we can build different kind of static libraries (.a extension files) at once, that we created through our NDK ? I think you'll understand better when i shared the code.
Android.mk ->
LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := libzlib
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := libzlib.a
include $(PREBUILT_STATIC_LIBRARY)
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := libpng
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := libpng.a
include $(PREBUILT_STATIC_LIBRARY)
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := callNDK
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := callNDK.c
LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := libpng libzlib
include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)
The static libraries that I include, I copied from the /obj folder that I created with the BUILD_STATIC_LIBRARY. How can I prebuilt them all at once and include them ? Sorry for the bad English and thanks in advance !
I was able to find the answer with the variable, TARGET_ARCH_ABI. Adding LOCAL_SRC_FILES := ..\obj\local\$(TARGET_ARCH_ABI)\libzlib.a line on each prebuilt library fixed the problem. Basiclly, it chooses the appropriate library on each compile & install.
I am writing an android app that wants to make JNI calls into a shared library built in using the NDK. The trick is this shared library calls functions provided by OTHER shared libraries. The other shared libraries are C libraries that have been compiled elsewhere.
Here's what I've tried:
My Environment:
I'm working in Eclipse. I've added native support and have a jni library. In that library I have my code and a \lib directory where I have copied my other .so files.
Attempt #1 Android.mk: Just telling it where the libs are
LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := native_lib
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := native_lib.cpp
LOCAL_LDLIBS := -L$(SYSROOT)/../usr/lib -llog
LOCAL_LDLIBS += -L$(LOCAL_PATH)/lib/support_lib1
LOCAL_LDLIBS += -L$(LOCAL_PATH)/lib/support_lib2
include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)
This builds just fine, but when I try to run I get errors indicating that dlopen(libnative_lib) failed because it couldn't load libsupport_lib1.
Coming here I found this:
Can shared library call another shared library?
which said that I needed to call load library on all necessary libraries. Great!
Attempt #2 Opening each library first
static {
System.loadLibrary("support_lib1");
System.loadLibrary("support_lib2");
System.loadLibrary("native_lib");
}
Again, this builds just fine, however when I run I get a new error:
couldn't load libsupport_lib1. findLibrary returned null.
Now we're getting somewhere. It must not be loading the libraries over to the target.
Attempt #3 Copying .so files into project/libs/armeabi
Didn't work. When Eclipse builds it deleted the files I dropped in there.
Attempt #4 Creating a new module for each library
So then I found this:
Android NDK: Link using a pre-compiled static library
It's about static libraries, but maybe I am having a similar problem. The gist is that I need to declare a module for each library. So my new Android.mk looks like this:
LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)
#get support_lib1
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := support_lib1
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := $(LOCAL_PATH)/lib/support_lib1.so
include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)
#get support_lib2
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := support_lib2
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := $(LOCAL_PATH)/lib/support_lib2.so
include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)
#build native lib
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := native_lib
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := native_lib.cpp
LOCAL_LDLIBS := -L$(SYSROOT)/../usr/lib -llog
LOCAL_LDLIBS += -L$(LOCAL_PATH)/lib/support_lib1
LOCAL_LDLIBS += -L$(LOCAL_PATH)/lib/support_lib2
include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)
This builds! Even better, armeabi has the sos now! Even BETTER I get the following messages when I try to run it (telling me that support_lib1 and 2 were opened by LoadLibrary:
Trying to load lib /data/app-lib/com.example.tst/libsupport_lib1.so
added shared lib /data/app-lib/com.example.tst/libsupport_lib1.so
no JNI_OnLoad found in /data/app-lib/com.example.tst/libsupport_lib1.so, skipping init
but then...
dlopen failed: Could not locate symbol func_that_exists_in_libsupport_lib.so referenced by libnative_lib.so
Edit: Attempt 5: Use PREBUILT_SHARED_LIBRARY
So I found this:
How can i Link prebuilt shared Library to Android NDK project?
which seems to be exactly what I'm asking. Their answer seems to be 'don't use 'build_shared_library' but instead 'use PREBUILT_SHARED_LIBRARY
Okay, let's try.
LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)
#get support_lib1
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := support_lib1
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := $(LOCAL_PATH)/lib/support_lib1.so
include $(PREBUILT_SHARED_LIBRARY)
#get support_lib2
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := support_lib2
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := $(LOCAL_PATH)/lib/support_lib2.so
include $(PREBUILT_SHARED_LIBRARY)
#build native lib
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := native_lib
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := native_lib.cpp
LOCAL_LDLIBS := -L$(SYSROOT)/../usr/lib -llog
LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := support_lib1 support_lib2
include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)
Build... fails! The build complains about missing symbols now.
Edit: Attempt 6: Flatten everything
So I went back to the prebuilts documentation in the NDK. It says:
Each prebuilt library must be declared as a single independent module to the build system. Here is a trivial example where we assume that the file "libfoo.so" is located in the same directory than the Android.mk below:
LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := foo-prebuilt
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := libfoo.so
include $(PREBUILT_SHARED_LIBRARY)
Notice that, to declare such a module, you really only need the following:
Give the module a name (here 'foo-prebuilt'). This does not need to correspond to the name of the prebuilt library itself.
Assign to LOCAL_SRC_FILES the path to the prebuilt library you are providing. As usual, the path is relative to your LOCAL_PATH.
Include PREBUILT_SHARED_LIBRARY, instead of BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY, if you are providing a shared, library. For static ones, use PREBUILT_STATIC_LIBRARY.
A prebuilt module does not build anything. However, a copy of your prebuilt shared library will be copied into $PROJECT/obj/local, and another will be copied and stripped into $PROJECT/libs/.
So let's try flattening everything out to match the trivial example. I copied my libraries out of their cozy /lib folder and put them in the jni root. I then did this:
LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)
#get support_lib1
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := support_lib1
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := support_lib1.so
include $(PREBUILT_SHARED_LIBRARY)
#get support_lib2
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := support_lib2
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := support_lib2.so
include $(PREBUILT_SHARED_LIBRARY)
#build native lib
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := native_lib
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := native_lib.cpp
LOCAL_LDLIBS := -L$(SYSROOT)/../usr/lib -llog
LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := support_lib1 support_lib2
include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)
and... same error. Moreover I'm most definitely NOT seeing library files getting copied to $PROJECT/obj/local.
sooooo.... now what?
Your problem is with the naming convention. NDK and Android insist on the shared library names to always begin with lib. Otherwise, the libraries will not be linked properly, and not copied to the libs/armeabi folder properly, and not installed on the device (copied to /data/data/package/lib directory properly.
If you rename support_lib1.so to libsupport_1.so and support_lib2.so to libsupport_2.so, and put these two files in jni/lib directory, then your Attempt #5 will work with minor change:
LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)
#get support_lib1
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := support_lib1
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := lib/libsupport_1.so
include $(PREBUILT_SHARED_LIBRARY)
#get support_lib2
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := support_lib2
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := lib/libsupport_2.so
include $(PREBUILT_SHARED_LIBRARY)
#build native lib
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := native_lib
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := native_lib.cpp
LOCAL_LDLIBS := -L$(SYSROOT)/../usr/lib -llog
LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := support_lib1 support_lib2
include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)
BTW, I don't think you need this -L$(SYSROOT)/../usr/lib.
PS Don't forget to update the Java side, too:
static {
System.loadLibrary("support_lib1");
System.loadLibrary("support_lib2");
System.loadLibrary("native_lib");
}
Not sure if this is exactly where you are at, but here's what I know about these sorts of things.
Make each prebuilt libary its own separate Makefile. Multiple targets in Android.mk tends to get wonky. Sad.
Include each make file using $(call import-add-path) and $(call import-module)
Export as much as you can from the prebuilt's make files, using the LOCAL_EXPORT_ family of variables.
Prebuilt Shared Library Android.mk
LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := my_module_name
MY_LIBRARY_NAME := shared_library_name
### export include path
LOCAL_EXPORT_C_INCLUDES := $(LOCAL_PATH)/include
### path to library
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := libs/$(TARGET_ARCH_ABI)/lib$(MY_LIBRARY_NAME).so
### export dependency on the library
LOCAL_EXPORT_LDLIBS := -L$(LOCAL_PATH)/libs/$(TARGET_ARCH_ABI)/
LOCAL_EXPORT_LDLIBS += -l$(MY_LIBRARY_NAME)
include $(PREBUILT_SHARED_LIBRARY)
This is assuming that the prebuilt libaries live in a dir structure like this
+ SharedProjectFolderName
+--- Android.mk
+--- include/
+-+- libs/$(TARGET_ARCH_ABI)/
|- libshared_library_name.so
If you are not building for multiple ABI, I guess you can leave that bit out
The Project's Android.mk
LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := my_jni_module
## source files here, etc...
### define dependency on the other library
LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := my_module_name
include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)
$(call import-add-path,$(LOCAL_PATH)/path/to/myLibraries/)
$(call import-module,SharedProjectFolderName)
$(call import-module,AnotherSharedProject)
I recommend you put all shared libraries in one folder. When you say $(call import-module,SharedProjectFolderName) it looks for a folder containing an Android.mk along the search path you told it (import-add-path)
By the way, you probably shouldn't specify LOCAL_LDLIBS := -L$(SYSROOT)/../usr/lib. It should be finding the proper libs from NDK by itself. Adding more linker paths will probably confuse it. The proper way is to export the linker paths as flags from the sub-modules.
ALSO, you can use ndk-build V=1 to get a ton of info on why it can't find paths, etc
The -L option gives the linker a directory path in which to look for libraries. The -l option gives the linker a library file name to link in. Library file names must begin with "lib". Your libraries should be named libsupport_lib1.so and libsupport_lib2.so. If you do that, then this is probably what you should do (replacing attempt #1):
LOCAL_LDLIBS := -L$(SYSROOT)/../usr/lib -llog -lsupport_lib1 -lsupport_lib2
LOCAL_LDLIBS += -L$(LOCAL_PATH)/lib
The linker will prefix the library name you specify using -l with "lib" and suffix it with ".so". (Why do you have -L$(SYSROOT)/../usr/lib?)
I believe that attempts #1 and #2 failed because you did not link your libraries into your executable - they are not mentioned in a -l option. By the way, you can verify this yourself. Unzip the .apk file and look in the lib directory and subdirectories. Are your .so files in there?
Looking at the error:
but then... dlopen failed: Could not locate symbol func_that_exists_in_libsupport_lib.so referenced by libnative_lib.so
Can you supply the entire message? dlopen() loads and links libraries into the running process.
I have read other questions similar to this on stack overflow but they are not having same like scenario.
I have FreeImage.a(23 MB file ) file which precompild static library for android.
I also have source code of FreeImage Project which have header files.
I want to build .SO file from (.a) file I have with my JNI code(FreeImageCompilation.cpp)
Below code compiles fine but it does produces SO File of (5KB only ) whre (*.a file is 23 MB )?
can somebody check if my code below for using *.a file is correct or not ?
In My Android.mk I have following code.
LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := FreeImage
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := libFreeImage.a
LOCAL_EXPORT_C_INCLUDES := $(LOCAL_PATH)/FreeImage/Source/
include $(PREBUILT_STATIC_LIBRARY)
#My Own SO file
LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := FreeImage
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := FreeImageSo
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := FreeImageCompilation.cpp
LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := FreeImage
include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)
To answer the question from the title, here is how you can create shared library from a static library:
# static library 1
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := lib1
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := lib1.cpp
include $(BUILD_STATIC_LIBRARY)
# static library 2
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := lib2
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := lib2.cpp
include $(BUILD_STATIC_LIBRARY)
# this shared library will have all symbols from two above libraries
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := lib_shared
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := empty.cpp
LOCAL_WHOLE_STATIC_LIBRARIES := lib1 lib2
include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)
Important option to note is LOCAL_WHOLE_STATIC_LIBRARIES. If you use regular LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES, because you don’t use any symbols from lib1 or lib2 in lib_shared, they will be stripped at link time. To prevent this from happening LOCAL_WHOLE_STATIC_LIBRARIES adds following options to link line to make sure symbols are not stripped:
-Wl,--whole-archive -llib1 -llib2 -Wl,--no-whole-archive
More info in my blog post here: http://gosuwachu.io/
It's totally correct but you seem to be confused about concepts. Your static library is not included in your shared library as you seem to expect. Your static library is just linked to the shared library. In the end, your program needs an .so file and an .a to function properly, not just one big .so that holds everything.
I have created a .so file that exposes a native C call to Java via JNI. This works well and I can deploy the app onto my Android system if I just use system libraries in my C code. However, if I want to make calls to functions in other .so files, I cannot get my project to link correctly.
For example, say I have the "libotherso.so" file which contains APIs defined in C that I can call from the "MyJNILibrary.c" code I'm using to generate "libMyJNILibrary.so".
I tried to change my Android.mk file as follows:
LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := MyJNILibrary
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := MyJNILibrary.c
LOCAL_LDLIBS += -lotherso
include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)
But when I call ndk-build on this, I get errors finding -lotherso. Where do I put the "libotherso.so" file so that ndk-build can pick it up?
Thanks for any help you can provide.
LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := otherso
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := ../lib/libotherso.so
include $(PREBUILT_SHARED_LIBRARY)
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := MyJNILibrary
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := MyJNILibrary.c
LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := otherso
include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)
Note that LOCAL_SRC_FILES is relative to your LOCAL_PATH.
Don't forget to load your dependency before your own JNI library:
static {
System.loadLibrary("otherso");
System.loadLibrary("MyJNILibrary");
}
I have some two shared libraries and header for them.
I want to build third shared library using functions from previous two libs.
Have problem with makefile i think. When i try to build receive this:
Android NDK: /cygdrive/d/.../jni/Android.mk: Cannot find module with tag 'shared1' in import path
Android NDK: Are you sure your NDK_MODULE_PATH variable is properly defined ?
Android NDK: The following directories were searched:
Android NDK:
/cygdrive/d/.../jni/Android.mk:36: *** Android NDK: Aborting. . Stop.
structure of my project:
jni/
- myfile.c
- Android.mk
jni/dec/
- lot of header files
jni/enc/
- lot of header files
libs/armeabi/
- shared1.so
- shared2.so
also Android.mk sourse:
LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_C_INCLUDES := \
$(LOCAL_PATH)/dec \
$(LOCAL_PATH)/enc
LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := shared1 shared2
LOCAL_MODULE := mylib
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := myfile.c
LOCAL_LDLIBS += -lOpenSLES
LOCAL_LDLIBS += -llog
LOCAL_LDLIBS += -landroid
include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)
$(call import-module, shared1)
$(call import-module, shared2)
Take a look to this question: Android JNI APK Packing
You need to give another name for libs/armeabi/ folder to avoid conflicts with NDK build and add the following code before the include $(CLEAR_VARS) statement:
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE:=shared1
LOCAL_SRC_FILES:=3rdparty_libs/shared1.so
include $(PREBUILT_SHARED_LIBRARY)
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE:=shared2
LOCAL_SRC_FILES:=3rdparty_libs/shared2.so
include $(PREBUILT_SHARED_LIBRARY)
As I understand it, the correct method is to use ndk-build and not invoking the compiler directly.
In Android.mk you need to specify a module for each static library you want to compile, and then specify that your shared library should use it.
Example of a modified Android.mk file of the hello-jni sample project:
LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)
# Define vars for library that will be build statically.
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := <module_name>
LOCAL_C_INCLUDES := <header_files_path>
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := <list_of_src_files>
# Optional compiler flags.
LOCAL_LDLIBS = -lz -lm
LOCAL_CFLAGS = -Wall -pedantic -std=c99 -g
include $(BUILD_STATIC_LIBRARY)
# First lib, which will be built statically.
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := hello-jni
LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := <module_name>
LOCAL_C_INCLUDES := <header_files_path>
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := hello-jni.c
include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)
If you want control over which modules to compile when you run ndk-build you can create create a Application.mk file (in the same directory as Android.mk) and list all the modules as in the following example:
APP_MODULES := <module_name_1> <module_name_2> ... <module_name_n>
I think it Helps you