Chilkat C/C++ Libraries for Android
* Includes static libs for arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, and x86_64.
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Chilkat Reference Documentation
Install the binary distribution by extracting the files from the compressed archive. For example:
gzip -d chilkat-9.5.0-android-cpp.tar.gz tar -xf chilkat-9.5.0-android-cpp.tar
This will create a 'chilkat-9.5.0-android-cpp' sub-directory containing the Chilkat C++ binary distribution.
C / C++ Headers
The C and C++ header files (.h) are located in the "include" subdirectory.
Static Libraries
The static libraries (each named libchilkat-9.5.0.a) are located in the "lib/arm64-v8a", "lib/armeabi-v7a", "lib/x86", and "lib/x86_64" subdirectories.
The -L compiler option may be used to add an additional directory to the library search path
Linker Options to Reduce EXE Size
Use the following linker options to minimize the size of your application's EXE.
-Wl,--gc-sections,--icf=safe
(For the arm64 architecture, omit the ",--icf=safe")
Android.mk for Building a "C" Application
Here is a sample Android.mk for building a "C" application. Even though your application may be purely "C" code, Chilkat requires the C++ runtime libs to be linked. This Android.mk shows how to do it. (Thank you Øyvind for this sample!)
LOCAL_PATH:= $(call my-dir) # Chilkat lib include $(CLEAR_VARS) LOCAL_MODULE := ChilkatAndroid LOCAL_SRC_FILES := /home/ubuntu/chilkat-9.5.0-android-cpp/libs/arm64-v8a/libchilkatAndroid.a include $(PREBUILT_STATIC_LIBRARY) # libc++static runtime include $(CLEAR_VARS) LOCAL_MODULE := libc++static LOCAL_SRC_FILES := /opt/android-ndk-r17c/sources/cxx-stl/llvm-libc++/libs/arm64-v8a/libc++_static.a include $(PREBUILT_STATIC_LIBRARY) # libc++abi_static runtime include $(CLEAR_VARS) LOCAL_MODULE := libc++abi_static LOCAL_SRC_FILES := /opt/android-ndk-r17c/sources/cxx-stl/llvm-libc++/libs/arm64-v8a/libc++abi.a include $(PREBUILT_STATIC_LIBRARY) include $(CLEAR_VARS) LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES += ChilkatAndroid \ libc++static \ libc++abi_static LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += /home/ubuntu/chilkat-9.5.0-android-cpp/include LOCAL_SRC_FILES := main.c LOCAL_MODULE := chilkattest_with_ndk_c include $(BUILD_EXECUTABLE)