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I come from a windows w/ visual-studio background for native development and I am now going to compile native code for use on android.
I am not sure how the unix-like libraries (.so?) work. Are they static (like a .lib on windows) or dynamically loaded like a DLL?
For example, in visual studio, I add the .lib file to my project for compiling, and then load the .dll during runtime. What is the equivalent in unix-stuff, say by using GCC?
Thanks!
On Linux, the .so files are the equivalent(*) of the .dll files on Windows, in the sense that they are loaded dynamically to the executable when it is executed. Note however that you don’t need a .lib file when linking your application. The linker will find the information directly in the .so file.
*: There are differences.