Error:
It might happen that, when combining multiple native (JNI) libraries, your Android app will crash with an UnsatisfiedLinkError.
Why does this happen?
Well long-story-short, your libraries differ from each other in terms of ABIs (target CPU architecture).
For a detailed explanation, please follow the link below (also attached in PDF format).
https://www.neotechsoftware.com/blog/native-libraries-part-i-common-pitfalls
How to fix it?
Let's say your project utilizes libA (ARM, x86), libB (ARM, ARMv7, x86) and libC (ARM, x86, MIPS).
It's already obvious that such project will only work on ARM and x86 architectures.
So basically, you need to remove the unnecessary ABIs folders.
Step 1: Find out which libraries target unsupported architectures
- Open your APK with 7Zip (right-click, open with...), go to lib and explore the sub-folders
- Find the lowest common denominator: in our example that's ARM and x86
- Close the APK file without making any changes
Step 2: Modify the libraries
- Go to your B4A External Libs folder and make copies of libB.jar and libC.jar (in the same folder)
- Open the libB and libC copies with 7Zip
- libB: go to libs, delete the ARMv7 folder
- libC: go to libs, delete the MIPS folder
- Refresh the B4A libs and select the modified ones
Result:
All of your project's native libraries now target exactly the same architectures: ARM and x86!
The error should be gone (works for me)!
It might happen that, when combining multiple native (JNI) libraries, your Android app will crash with an UnsatisfiedLinkError.
Why does this happen?
Well long-story-short, your libraries differ from each other in terms of ABIs (target CPU architecture).
For a detailed explanation, please follow the link below (also attached in PDF format).
https://www.neotechsoftware.com/blog/native-libraries-part-i-common-pitfalls
How to fix it?
Let's say your project utilizes libA (ARM, x86), libB (ARM, ARMv7, x86) and libC (ARM, x86, MIPS).
It's already obvious that such project will only work on ARM and x86 architectures.
So basically, you need to remove the unnecessary ABIs folders.
Step 1: Find out which libraries target unsupported architectures
- Open your APK with 7Zip (right-click, open with...), go to lib and explore the sub-folders
- Find the lowest common denominator: in our example that's ARM and x86
- Close the APK file without making any changes
Step 2: Modify the libraries
- Go to your B4A External Libs folder and make copies of libB.jar and libC.jar (in the same folder)
- Open the libB and libC copies with 7Zip
- libB: go to libs, delete the ARMv7 folder
- libC: go to libs, delete the MIPS folder
- Refresh the B4A libs and select the modified ones
Result:
All of your project's native libraries now target exactly the same architectures: ARM and x86!
The error should be gone (works for me)!
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