What is the use of ARM EABI v7a System image in android?

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Sunil Gandham picture Sunil Gandham · Nov 3, 2011 · Viewed 49.6k times · Source

What for do we need ARM EABI v7a System image in Android development? What is the purpose of that particular image?

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noone picture noone · Nov 14, 2011

if you work with the NativeDK, without that image the emulator is not able to simulate the execution of ARMv7 code (like multicore-instructions and NEON floating-point-unit)

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