Error during Cross-compiling C code with Dynamic libraries

Question

I\'ve two files:

lib.c

#include

void hi() {
  printf("Hi i\'m a library function in lib.so\\n");
} 

and main

Answer 1

The "not found" message refers not to the shared object but to the dynamic linker. Linux uses /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (or /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 for x64) while Android uses /bin/linker. You can check which dynamic loader your program uses with readelf -l, e.g.:

Program Headers:
  Type           Offset   VirtAddr   PhysAddr   FileSiz MemSiz  Flg Align
  PHDR           0x000034 0x08048034 0x08048034 0x00100 0x00100 R E 0x4
  INTERP         0x000134 0x08048134 0x08048134 0x00013 0x00013 R   0x1
      [Requesting program interpreter: /lib/ld-linux.so.2]

You can specify a linker to use with ld's --dynamic-linker switch, but there are likely to be other differences. For example, Android uses a stripped-down libc implementation called bionic, and it may be missing functionality that your program relies on, or have different behavior.

You should use NDK or another Android-targeted toolchain when compiling programs for Android. Even though it's based on Linux kernel, the differences are large enough that Linux-targeted toolchains are not sufficient.