Eclipse CDT C/C++ code completion problem in NDK / Java project

Question

I have an Android (Java) project that includes some native C/C++ code and I need it to be able to code complete on various C classes & functions. However the option to include where the (full) source is from does not seem to be available in the Android (Java) project.

Does anyone know of a way to either: 1) Trick Eclipse into including the necessary Project Properties panel item (side panel)? 2) Include the files manually through the use of some form of configuration file?

Thanks, Kevin

Answer 1

There are two basic ways to setup a NDK builder in Eclipse:

1. Creating a custom builder - a bit easier in setup and more portable but does not provide C++ auto-completion and you can not navigate to source by double-clicking in the error console. (This seems to be your case.)
2. CDT-based builder - results in less portable configuration but provides all IDE features for JNI code.

Here is a good-looking tutorial for the CDT configuration:
http://mhandroid.wordpress.com/2011/01/23/using-eclipse-for-android-cc-development/

To enable the code completion for external sources (and for standard Android headers) you need to open "Project properties" > "C/C++ general" > "Paths and symbols" and add your include paths to the list:

NDKROOT - an environment variable containing path to my NDK