I'm developing an Android app which uses a native library called liballjoyn_java.so (available here in the Android Core SDK). I'm using Android Studio as IDE and Maven as build/dependency system (not Gradle). With Android KitKat everything worked like a charm and this is how I added the library to my project:
1) Added the library to my local Maven repo
mvn install:install-file -Dfile=./alljoyn/liballjoyn_java.so -DgroupId=org.alljoyn -DartifactId=liballjoyn_java -Dversion=14.06.00 -Dscope=runtime -Dpackaging=so
2) Defined a dependency in the POM file:
<dependency>
<groupId>org.alljoyn</groupId>
<artifactId>liballjoyn_java</artifactId>
<scope>runtime</scope>
<type>so</type>
<version>14.06.00</version>
</dependency>
3) Called it statically from my code:
static {
try {
System.loadLibrary("alljoyn_java");
Log.d("AllJoynManager", "static - Loaded AllJoyn native library");
} catch (Exception exception) {
Log.d("AllJoynManager", "static - Error loading AllJoyn native library");
exception.printStackTrace();
}
}
This was working perfectly under KitKat in my Nexus 4 phone but now I installed the official Android 5.0 OTA update and I get the following error on runtime:
11-28 17:57:39.988 30068-30068/com.avispalabs.kiihome E/AndroidRuntime﹕ FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: com.avispalabs.kiihome, PID: 30068
java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: dalvik.system.PathClassLoader[DexPathList[[zip file "/data/app/com.avispalabs.kiihome-2/base.apk"],nativeLibraryDirectories=[/data/app/com.avispalabs.kiihome-2/lib/arm, /vendor/lib, /system/lib]]] couldn't find "liballjoyn_java.so"
at java.lang.Runtime.loadLibrary(Runtime.java:366)
at java.lang.System.loadLibrary(System.java:989)
at com.avispalabs.kiihome.helpers.network.alljoyn.AlljoynManager.<clinit>(AlljoynManager.java:38)
at com.avispalabs.kiihome.ui.activities.MainActivity.<init>(MainActivity.java:38)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:1572)
at android.app.Instrumentation.newActivity(Instrumentation.java:1065)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2199)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2360)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:144)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1278)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5221)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:899)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:694)
11-28 17:57:55.432 30068-30068/com.avispalabs.kiihome I/Process﹕ Sending signal. PID: 30068 SIG: 9
I suspect the .so library might have been compiled in way which is somehow incompatible with the new Android 5.0 ART (?). The message that says it can't find the library is probably misleading (the exception is also seen when a library fails to load) but I'm not sure (another possibility is the .so is not correctly extracted or placed).
The library comes precompiled and is advertised to be compatible with JellyBean. I thought previous dynamic libraries would be compatible with new versions of Android, otherwise a lot of apps would break. If I install the same APK in a Nexus 4 with KitKat it just works.
Any advice is highly appreciated.
UPDATE: I have tested my project in a KitKat based device and switched the runtime to ART rather than Dalvik, and the project works fine. This problem seems to be tied to Android 5 rather than ART itself.
