Debug native code in Android Library

android debugging android-ndk android-library
spacifici picture spacifici · Sep 28, 2012 · Viewed 23.6k times · Source

My workspace layout is:

.
├── ApplicationLibrary
│   ├── AndroidManifest.xml
│   ├── ...
│   ├── jni
│   ├── libs
│   ├── ...
│   └── src
└── Application
    ├── AndroidManifest.xml
    ├── ant.properties
    └── ...

How can I debug the native library in Eclipse? Has anyone some hint about this?

Answer

Jay picture Jay · Jan 23, 2013

I was able to set breakpoints and debug native code in an android library on eclipse by adding the directory of the unstripped shared library/libraries to the debugger in the debug configurations dialog:

  1. Go to "Run" menu-> "Debug Configurations"
  2. Under "Android Native Application" in the left pane, select your application
  3. Under the "Debugger" tab click "Add..." in the "Shared Libraries" section.
  4. Browse to your android library project directory and add its subdirectory obj/local/armeabi.
  5. Apply and debug.

That seemed to work for me. Hopefully, you'll have the same luck...

Peace

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