Problem to build NDK with C++ in Android

Question

Currently I am working with the Android NDK and JNI. I am trying to build a C++ code with NDK.

But I got the following errors:

E:/Android/Tranining_workspace/BackUpMigrant/jni/ReadBackupArc5/ReadBackupArc5.cpp:10:19: error: fstream: No such file or directory
E:/Android/Tranining_workspace/BackUpMigrant/jni/ReadBackupArc5/ReadBackupArc5.cpp:20: error: 'ifstream' does not name a type
E:/Android/Tranining_workspace/BackUpMigrant/jni/ReadBackupArc5/ReadBackupArc5.cpp:21: error: 'ofstream' does not name a type
E:/Android/Tranining_workspace/BackUpMigrant/jni/ReadBackupArc5/ReadBackupArc5.cpp:22: error: 'ofstream' does not name a type
E:/Android/Tranining_workspace/BackUpMigrant/jni/ReadBackupArc5/ReadBackupArc5.cpp:34: error: 'string' was not declared in this scope                 

Can anyone please help me out?

Answer 1

I just encountered the same problem. Seems the STL is not automatically included in NDK projects by default. That also means iostream, fstream, string etc can't be used straight away. To enable them, you'll need to modify your Application.mk file. If you don't have one (it's in the <project>/jni directory), then just create a new, blank one. Add the line:

APP_STL := stlport_static

Also, also remember to include using namespace std; or equivalent, along with the usual #include <iostream> etc.