I have passed a URL string from Java to C code as jstring
data type through the use of JNI. And my library method needs a char *
as url.
How can I convert jstring
in char *
?
P.S.: Is there any advantage of using jcharArray in C? (i.e. Passing char []
instead of string in native method)
Here's a a couple of useful link that I found when I started with JNI
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Native_Interface
http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/guide/jni/spec/functions.html
concerning your problem you can use this
JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_ClassName_MethodName(JNIEnv *env, jobject obj, jstring javaString) { const char *nativeString = (*env)->GetStringUTFChars(env, javaString, 0); // use your string (*env)->ReleaseStringUTFChars(env, javaString, nativeString); }
Thanks Jason Rogers's answer first.
In Android && cpp should be this:
const char *nativeString = env->GetStringUTFChars(javaString, JNI_FALSE); // use your string env->ReleaseStringUTFChars(javaString, nativeString);
Can fix this errors:
1.error: base operand of '->' has non-pointer type 'JNIEnv {aka _JNIEnv}'
2.error: no matching function for call to '_JNIEnv::GetStringUTFChars(JNIEnv*&, _jstring*&, bool)'
3.error: no matching function for call to '_JNIEnv::ReleaseStringUTFChars(JNIEnv*&, _jstring*&, char const*&)'
4.add "env->DeleteLocalRef(nativeString);" at end.