Android NDK Exception failed: dlopen failed: cannot locate symbol "_ZN7Tangram11setPositionEdd" referenced by "libtangram.so"

Question

I am trying to run a demo application of a Library in which android ndk is integrated. I have imported this code in Android studio and also downloaded ndk and linked it with project. Code compiles and build succesfully. It gives crash with exception "exception ljava lang unsatisfiedlinkerror thrown while initializing" "failed: dlopen failed: cannot locate symbol "_ZN7Tangram11setPositionEdd" referenced by "libtangram.so"..."

Application.mk:

APP_STL := c++_shared
APP_CPPFLAGS := -frtti -fexceptions
APP_ABI := armeabi armeabi-v7a x86 mips
APP_PLATFORM := android-19

Android.mk:

LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := tangram
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := jniExports.cpp jniGenerated.cpp platform_android.cpp
LOCAL_LDLIBS    := -llog
LOCAL_ALLOW_UNDEFINED_SYMBOLS := true
include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)

Module Gradle File:

buildscript {
  dependencies {
    classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:1.2.3'
    classpath 'com.github.dcendents:android-maven-plugin:1.2'
  }
}

apply plugin: 'com.android.library'
apply plugin: 'com.github.dcendents.android-maven'

group = GROUP
version = VERSION_NAME

android {
  compileSdkVersion 22
  buildToolsVersion "21.1.2"

  defaultConfig {
    minSdkVersion 15
    targetSdkVersion 22
 }

   sourceSets.main {
    manifest.srcFile 'AndroidManifest.xml'
    java.srcDirs = ['src']
    jni.srcDirs = []
    assets.srcDirs = ['core/resources']
  }

  task ndkBuild(type: Exec, description: 'Compile JNI source via NDK') {
        commandLine "C:/Users/Administrator/AppData/Local/Android/android-ndk-r10e/ndk-build.cmd",
        'NDK_PROJECT_PATH=build/intermediates/ndk',
        'NDK_LIBS_OUT=jniLibs',
        'APP_BUILD_SCRIPT=jni/Android.mk',
        'NDK_APPLICATION_MK=jni/Application.mk'
  }
  tasks.withType(JavaCompile) {
compileTask -> compileTask.dependsOn ndkBuild
  }
}

// Add gdb server to apk
afterEvaluate {
    Sync packageTask =     project.getTasks().findByName("packageReleaseJniLibs")
        if (packageTask) { packageTask.include(['**/gdbserver',       '**/gdb.setup'])     }

    packageTask = project.getTasks().findByName("packageDebugJniLibs")
    if (packageTask) { packageTask.include(['**/gdbserver', '**/gdb.setup'])         }
    }

dependencies {
  compile 'com.squareup.okhttp:okhttp:2.5.0'
  compile 'xmlpull:xmlpull:1.1.3.1'
}

apply from: file('gradle-mvn-push.gradle')

In Java class load libraries:

static {
        System.loadLibrary("c++_shared");
        System.loadLibrary("tangram");
    }

I google this issue and in these posts Link1 Link2 Link3 Link4 it is mentioned that it may be the issue of compiling at api 21 or newer and running it on older devices. But i have mentioend APP_PLATFORM := android-19 in my Application.mk and getting this exception.

Any Help?

Answer 1

It looks like you tried to compile the tangram project from your own custom ndk-build as opposed to their recommended build process (https://github.com/tangrams/tangram-es#android). Use their build process with make to create the libtangram.so file, and then copy that .so file into your native libraries directory for your app.

The reason it can't find those symbols is because you aren't including the appropriate source files that define those functions when building with the ndk. By ingnoring undefined symbols, it will compile but won't be able to resolve them at runtime.

The symbol you are missing is created from Tangram::setPosition(double, double) which is defined at https://github.com/tangrams/tangram-es/blob/master/core/src/tangram.cpp#L318 ; however, your Android.mk file doesn't include that source file.