How to set NDK_MODULE_PATH in Android Studio and/or gradle?

Question

I'm in the process of migrating an Android Library from Eclipse to Android Studio. In Eclipse I could set NDK_MODULE_PATH via Project > Properties > Resource > Linked Resources > Path Variables. But how do I achieve the same thing in Android Studio respectively with gradle?

My library builds until it tries to find the headers for a module under NDK_MODULE_PATH.

Here's the error message:

Executing tasks: [:libAndroid:compileDebugSources, :physicaloidLibrary:compileDebugSources]

Configuration on demand is an incubating feature.
:libAndroid:preBuild UP-TO-DATE
:libAndroid:preDebugBuild UP-TO-DATE
:libAndroid:checkDebugManifest
:libAndroid:preDebugAndroidTestBuild UP-TO-DATE
:libAndroid:preReleaseBuild UP-TO-DATE
:physicaloidLibrary:compileLint
:physicaloidLibrary:copyReleaseLint UP-TO-DATE
:physicaloidLibrary:mergeReleaseProguardFiles UP-TO-DATE
:physicaloidLibrary:preBuild UP-TO-DATE
:physicaloidLibrary:preReleaseBuild UP-TO-DATE
:physicaloidLibrary:checkReleaseManifest
:physicaloidLibrary:prepareReleaseDependencies
:physicaloidLibrary:compileReleaseAidl UP-TO-DATE
:physicaloidLibrary:compileReleaseRenderscript UP-TO-DATE
:physicaloidLibrary:generateReleaseBuildConfig UP-TO-DATE
:physicaloidLibrary:generateReleaseAssets UP-TO-DATE
:physicaloidLibrary:mergeReleaseAssets UP-TO-DATE
:physicaloidLibrary:generateReleaseResValues UP-TO-DATE
:physicaloidLibrary:generateReleaseResources UP-TO-DATE
:physicaloidLibrary:packageReleaseResources UP-TO-DATE
:physicaloidLibrary:processReleaseManifest UP-TO-DATE
:physicaloidLibrary:processReleaseResources UP-TO-DATE
:physicaloidLibrary:generateReleaseSources UP-TO-DATE
:physicaloidLibrary:compileReleaseJava UP-TO-DATE
:physicaloidLibrary:processReleaseJavaRes UP-TO-DATE
:physicaloidLibrary:packageReleaseJar UP-TO-DATE
:physicaloidLibrary:compileReleaseNdk UP-TO-DATE
:physicaloidLibrary:packageReleaseJniLibs UP-TO-DATE
:physicaloidLibrary:packageReleaseLocalJar UP-TO-DATE
:physicaloidLibrary:packageReleaseRenderscript UP-TO-DATE
:physicaloidLibrary:bundleRelease UP-TO-DATE
:libAndroid:prepareLibAndroidGradlePhysicaloidLibraryUnspecifiedLibrary UP-TO-DATE
:libAndroid:prepareDebugDependencies
:libAndroid:compileDebugAidl UP-TO-DATE
:libAndroid:compileDebugRenderscript UP-TO-DATE
:libAndroid:generateDebugBuildConfig UP-TO-DATE
:libAndroid:generateDebugAssets UP-TO-DATE
:libAndroid:mergeDebugAssets UP-TO-DATE
:libAndroid:generateDebugResValues UP-TO-DATE
:libAndroid:generateDebugResources UP-TO-DATE
:libAndroid:mergeDebugResources UP-TO-DATE
:libAndroid:processDebugManifest UP-TO-DATE
:libAndroid:processDebugResources UP-TO-DATE
:libAndroid:generateDebugSources UP-TO-DATE
:libAndroid:compileDebugJava UP-TO-DATE
:libAndroid:compileDebugNdk
AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"/home/rhodo/dev/android/studio/LibAndroidGradle/libAndroid/src/main/jni/imageprocessing/dmtxutil.c:30:18: fatal error: dmtx.h: No such file or directory","position":{},"original":"/home/rhodo/dev/android/studio/LibAndroidGradle/libAndroid/src/main/jni/imageprocessing/dmtxutil.c:30:18: fatal error: dmtx.h: No such file or directory"}
AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":" #include \u003cdmtx.h\u003e","position":{},"original":" #include \u003cdmtx.h\u003e"}
AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"                  ^","position":{},"original":"                  ^"}
AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"compilation terminated.","position":{},"original":"compilation terminated."}
AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"make: *** [/home/rhodo/dev/android/studio/LibAndroidGradle/libAndroid/build/intermediates/ndk/debug/obj/local/arm64-v8a/objs/Rhodo//home/rhodo/dev/android/studio/LibAndroidGradle/libAndroid/src/main/jni/imageprocessing/dmtxutil.o] Error 1","position":{},"original":"make: *** [/home/rhodo/dev/android/studio/LibAndroidGradle/libAndroid/build/intermediates/ndk/debug/obj/local/arm64-v8a/objs/Rhodo//home/rhodo/dev/android/studio/LibAndroidGradle/libAndroid/src/main/jni/imageprocessing/dmtxutil.o] Error 1"}


 FAILED

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':libAndroid:compileDebugNdk'.
> com.android.ide.common.process.ProcessException: org.gradle.process.internal.ExecException: Process 'command '/opt/android-ndk/ndk-build'' finished with non-zero exit value 2

* Try:
Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.

BUILD FAILED

Total time: 2.763 secs

Any ideas on this?

Answer 1

Using:

• Gradle version: 3.3
• Android plugin version: com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.3.1

This works for me:

android {

    ...

    defaultConfig {

        ...

        ndk {
            abiFilters 'armeabi', 'armeabi-v7a'
        }

        externalNativeBuild {
            ndkBuild {
                // TODO replace jniDependencies folder with the path to your modules
                arguments "NDK_MODULE_PATH:=${rootProject.projectDir}/jniDependencies"
            }
        }
    }

    externalNativeBuild {
        ndkBuild {
            path 'src/main/jni/Android.mk'
        }
    }


}

This way I don't need to add NDK_MODULE_PATH to my PATH in order to build the project. However, the clean task fails, because that won't pick up the argument from here, so I needed to add another hack to fix that:

tasks.withType(com.android.build.gradle.tasks.ExternalNativeCleanTask) {
    it.actions.clear()

    doLast {
        project.delete("${projectDir}/.externalNativeBuild")
    }
}