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Praveen
Praveen

Reputation: 331

Debugging APK with Native Library

I have an APK generated from eclipse which contains a native library packaged inside the APK.
I start a service when BOOT_COMPLETED is received. Normal version of SO file and APK runs fine.

I had setup the debug environment and tried to debug this app and native code.

Now the problem is if i install this through ADB install my.pack.age.app it gets copied to data/app and then i dont get the BOOT_COMPLETED Intent.

When i manually put this apk to system/app folder i get unsatisfied linker error as library not found. It is searching in path data/data/my.pack.age.app/lib.

I have the debug version of native library generated with gdbserver file and other gdb.setup and other things are setup properly for debugging.

How can i debug this apk while installing in the /system/app folder?

PS: Modifying the Packages.xml and packages.list by hand and changing the path of native library is not in my option as it would require every time to modify that file & may get corrupt installation.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 915

Answers (1)

Praveen
Praveen

Reputation: 331

I found the problem, For system APKs that are bundled with Device from OEM,
You have to put the library in System/lib folder for all the APk in system/app folder.
I was putting it packaged inside the APK.

Upvotes: 1

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