Debugging native libraries for Android OS

Question

I am to create a shared library for Android OS. Although I have done some Android apps in Eclipse I decided to start my native development with Visual Studio and vs-Android

Answer 1

The steps I take to be able to debug using ndk-gdb

To build

Set the -g compiler flag in jnk/Android.mk to build the gdb-server

LOCAL_CFLAGS := -g

Build the native lib for debugging NDK_DEBUG=1

ndk-build NDK_DEBUG=1

Set the application debuggable in the manifest.

android:debuggable=true

Open cygwin and cd to the project path. Set the path to adb.

export PATH=$PATH:/path_to_android_sdk/platform-tools

And then start gdb

ndk-gdb --verbose --adb=adb.exe

You will have to type continue when you have connected to the gdb-server

Answer 2

There is a step-by-step tutorial on debugging vs-android projects with Visual Studio here: http://visualgdb.com/tutorials/android/vs-android/