Android cmake arguments method not found [duplicate]

Question

I am trying to add arguments to cmake in order to follow the Android NDK instructions for using the address sanitiser. In the build.gradle file for the native module I therefore have the following:

externalNativeBuild {
        cmake {
            path "CMakeLists.txt"
            arguments "-DANDROID_ARM_MODE=arm", "-DANDROID_STL=c++_shared"
            cppFlags "-fsanitize=address -fno-omit-frame-pointer"
        }
    }

When I try to sync my project (Android Studio v. 3.4.2, Win10) I get the error message:

ERROR: Gradle DSL method not found: 'arguments()'

I've searched the web but can't find any other mention of this problem with the 'arguments' method. I'm using gradle 3.4.2.

What am I missing?

Answer 1

There are two different Gradle DSL objects both named externalNativeBuild, but with different properties. See this and this.

So you need to set the appropriate properties on the appropriate object:

android {
    defaultConfig {
        externalNativeBuild {
            cmake {
                arguments "-DANDROID_ARM_MODE=arm", "-DANDROID_STL=c++_shared"
                cppFlags "-fsanitize=address -fno-omit-frame-pointer"
            }
        }
    }

    externalNativeBuild {
        cmake {
            path "CMakeLists.txt"
        }
    }
}