[GitHub] brodybits opened a new issue #902: Using Android NDK libraries in plugins

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brodybits opened a new issue #902: Using Android NDK libraries in plugins
URL: https://github.com/apache/cordova-docs/issues/902
 
 
   As discussed in <https://github.com/dpa99c/cordova-plugin-hello-c/issues/8> ([[1]](https://github.com/dpa99c/cordova-plugin-hello-c/issues/8)) and <https://github.com/litehelpers/Cordova-sqlite-storage/issues/729> ([[2]](https://github.com/litehelpers/Cordova-sqlite-storage/issues/729)) the change in the project directory structure caused issues with plugins using Android NDK libraries (with JNI).
   
   I can think of the following alternative solutions, from least-recommended to most-recommended:
   - Use new destination directory structure in `plugin.xml`, as done in <https://github.com/dpa99c/cordova-plugin-hello-c/commit/b5f4d9c3085dd0c70a3d0a6fd84f39adb17a7ecd> ([[3]](https://github.com/dpa99c/cordova-plugin-hello-c/commit/b5f4d9c3085dd0c70a3d0a6fd84f39adb17a7ecd)) (downside is that this solution will not work on cordova-android@6, consequentially not supporting Android pre-4.4)
   - Bundle the NDK objects in a JAR and use `lib-file` tags in `config.xml` to add the JAR dependencies on Android, as described in <https://github.com/litehelpers/Cordova-sqlite-storage/issues/729#issuecomment-355194460> ([[4]](https://github.com/litehelpers/Cordova-sqlite-storage/issues/729#issuecomment-355194460)) and [[5]](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34115571/add-external-jar-library-to-build-cordova-plugin-ionic-framework/34129929#34129929). This solution would work on both cordova-android@6 and cordova-android@7.
   - Use AAR from Maven as described in <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34115571/add-external-jar-library-to-build-cordova-plugin-ionic-framework/34129929#34129929> ([[5]](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34115571/add-external-jar-library-to-build-cordova-plugin-ionic-framework/34129929#34129929)), like I did in <https://github.com/brodybits/cordova-sqlcipher-adapter/commit/05a9166eb691faca9eeb135a8acdd748bd4df331> ([[6]](https://github.com/brodybits/cordova-sqlcipher-adapter/commit/05a9166eb691faca9eeb135a8acdd748bd4df331))
   
   [1] <https://github.com/dpa99c/cordova-plugin-hello-c/issues/8>
   [2] <https://github.com/litehelpers/Cordova-sqlite-storage/issues/729>
   [3] <https://github.com/dpa99c/cordova-plugin-hello-c/commit/b5f4d9c3085dd0c70a3d0a6fd84f39adb17a7ecd>
   [4] <https://github.com/litehelpers/Cordova-sqlite-storage/issues/729#issuecomment-355194460>
   [5] <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34115571/add-external-jar-library-to-build-cordova-plugin-ionic-framework/34129929#34129929>
   [6] <https://github.com/brodybits/cordova-sqlcipher-adapter/commit/05a9166eb691faca9eeb135a8acdd748bd4df331>

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