Profiling android-ndk plain C/C++ executable

Question

What is the best way to profile plain C/C++ android executables on a rooted android device? android-ndk-profiler seems to support only ndk libraries linked to Java. Any sugg

Answer 1

I was faced with the same question recently. After looking into several alternatives I decided the best option (the one I made to work, at any rate) was to build Valgrind for Android.

This page describes how to build Valgrind for Android. See also my GitHub project for a slightly different build procedure, usage notes and prebuilt Android ARMv7 binaries.

Answer 2

Android NDK profiler work by GCC compiler trick so should work independent of JNI

This link has the details http://code.google.com/p/android-ndk-profiler/wiki/HowItWorks

As long as you can insert the startup and cleanup code into your C/C++ code it should work

You can find all the information you will need here

http://code.google.com/p/android-ndk-profiler/