I am facing issues in using an external shared library in my Android application. I created an Android.mk file as given below:
LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := MyApp
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := myexternallib.so
include $(PREBUILT_SHARED_LIBRARY)
Using ndk-build I am able to generate a local native library and I use this native library in my System.loadLibrary method.
When I run the application I get an error java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: Cannot load library: reloc_library[1486]: 2659 unknown reloc type 19 @ ( 4220)
On further search I found a link which recommends to build the shared library using the android toolchain. So I used one of the toolchain arm-eabi-gcc, which is available in the prebuilt/linux_x86/toolchain/arm-eabi-4.4.3/bin directory of the android source code, to build my source files. I get an error arm-eabi-gcc: error trying to exec 'cc1': execvp: No such file or directory. I also noticed that the toolchain folder does not have a file named cc1.
Am I following the right procedure? Is there some other way to reference external shared library in Android code?
It is true that you should use Android toolchain.
Android NDK comes with detailed instructions on using its toolcahin: http://source-android.frandroid.com/ndk/docs/STANDALONE-TOOLCHAIN.html. If you have specific questions about this document, feel free to ask.