NOT strip debug symbols ndk-build

Question

Seems like ndk-build strips debug symbols when it copies .so from obj to lib folder. Is there a way to tell ndk-build not to strip the debug symbols?

score 17 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 02 '16 at 07:06

17

In your Android.mk you could override cmd-strip to do what you want, e.g. nothing:

# Don't strip debug builds
ifeq ($(APP_OPTIM),debug)
    cmd-strip := 
endif

answered Jun 02 '16 at 07:06

Michael

5

I would instead check the value of NDK_DEBUG, eg: `ifeq ($(NDK_DEBUG),1)` – gmetal Jun 02 '16 at 09:08
Thanks so much! IMHO, there is no reason to strip the debug build. I don't understand the motivation behind this. – kakyo Jul 17 '17 at 14:05
Possible reasoning behind this is that devices can be low on memory and apk can be huge (in my case it is apk with C++ tests). BTW, putting this in Application.mk doesn't work, Android.mk only. – Andrey Starodubtsev Jan 18 '18 at 14:26
Finally after many answers in SO, this worked. Thank you. – LincyTonita Dec 02 '20 at 08:18

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 15 '21 at 12:50

2

Adding this to Application.mk solved it for me:

APP_STRIP_MODE := none

So, taking suggestions from @Michael and @gmetal:

ifeq ($(NDK_DEBUG),1)
  APP_STRIP_MODE := none
endif

answered Mar 15 '21 at 12:50

vesperto

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 10 '22 at 08:00

ifeq ($(NDK_DEBUG),1)
  APP_STRIP_MODE := none
endif

ifeq ($(NDK_DEBUG),1)
  LOCAL_STRIP_MODE := none
endif

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