Android Question How to use a DLL file with B4X?

Marc DANIEL

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I often use the AUDACITY application for processing sounds, extracting a sound clip, converting a recorded sound to an MP3 file.
Audacity uses the DLL file "lame_enc.dll" to convert the recorded sound into an MP3 file.
Would it be possible to use this DLL tool to convert a sound recording to an MP3 file with B4X?
 

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Star-Dust

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I think you can do something with "jna"
 
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Theera

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Is there way to convert dll file to class file before? I have asked AI
B4X:
import java.io.File; 
import java.io.FileOutputStream; 
import java.io.IOException; 
import java.nio.file.Files; 
import java.nio.file.Path; 
import java.util.ArrayList; 
import java.util.List; 
import java.util.jar.JarEntry; 
import java.util.jar.JarOutputStream; 
public class DllToClassConverter {  
private final String dllPath;   
private final String outputPath;        
public DllToClassConverter(String dllPath, String outputPath) {      
  this.dllPath = dllPath;       
 this.outputPath = outputPath;
    }        
public void convert() throws IOException {        // Read the DLL file        byte[] dllBytes = Files.readAllBytes(Path.of(dllPath));                // Create a temporary directory for processing        
File tempDir = new File("temp");        tempDir.mkdir();                
try {            // Create class file structure            String className = new File(dllPath).getName().replace(".dll", "");            StringBuilder classBuilder = new StringBuilder();                        // Generate class header            classBuilder.append("public class ").append(className).append(" {\n");                        // Add native methods based on DLL exports            List<String> exportedMethods = extractExportedMethods(dllBytes);            for (String method : exportedMethods) {                classBuilder.append("    public native void ").append(method).append("();\n");            }                       
 // Add static initializer to load the DLL            classBuilder.append("\n    static {\n");            classBuilder.append("        System.loadLibrary(\"").append(className).append("\");\n");            classBuilder.append("    }\n");            classBuilder.append("}\n");                        // Write the class file            String classFileName = className + ".class";            File classFile = new File(tempDir, classFileName);            try (FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(classFile)) {                fos.write(classBuilder.toString().getBytes());            }                        // Create JAR file            createJarFile(tempDir, new File(outputPath));                    } finally {            // Cleanup            deleteDirectory(tempDir);        }    }        private List<String> extractExportedMethods(byte[] dllBytes) {        // This is a simplified implementation        // In a real implementation, you would need to parse the DLL's export table        List<String> methods = new ArrayList<>();        methods.add("method1");        methods.add("method2");        return methods;    }        private void createJarFile(File sourceDir, File jarFile) throws IOException {        try (JarOutputStream jos = new JarOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(jarFile))) {            for (File file : sourceDir.listFiles()) {                if (file.isFile()) {                    JarEntry entry = new JarEntry(file.getName());                    jos.putNextEntry(entry);                    Files.copy(file.toPath(), jos);                    jos.closeEntry();                }            }        }    }        private void deleteDirectory(File dir) {        File[] files = dir.listFiles();        if (files != null) {            for (File file : files) {                if (file.isDirectory()) {                    deleteDirectory(file);                } else {                    file.delete();                }            }        }        dir.delete();    }        public static void main(String[] args) {        if (args.length != 2) {            System.out.println("Usage: java DllToClassConverter <dll_path> <output_path>");            return;        }                try {            DllToClassConverter converter = new DllToClassConverter(args[0], args[1]);            converter.convert();            System.out.println("Conversion completed successfully!");        } catch (IOException e) {            System.err.println("Error during conversion: " + e.getMessage());            e.printStackTrace();        }    } }
 
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DonManfred

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Would it be possible to use this DLL tool to convert a sound recording to an MP3 file with B4X?
Not with B4A.
There are NO DLL´s used/useable in Android.

As written LIBLAme is something that is useable.
 
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