NOT strip debug symbols ndk-build

Question

Seems like ndk-build strips debug symbols when it copies .so from obj to lib folder. Is there a way to tell ndk-build not to strip the debug symbols?

Answer 1

In your Android.mk you could override cmd-strip to do what you want, e.g. nothing:

# Don't strip debug builds
ifeq ($(APP_OPTIM),debug)
    cmd-strip := 
endif

Answer 2

Adding this to Application.mk solved it for me:

APP_STRIP_MODE := none

So, taking suggestions from @Michael and @gmetal:

ifeq ($(NDK_DEBUG),1)
  APP_STRIP_MODE := none
endif