Change function name in a .so library

Issue

I only have 1 .so file from old project. How can I use this file without creating the same package in project or module ?

Solution

Actually, you don't need to change function name in .so file. You can use dlopen to load your .so library dynamically at runtime and dlsym to get pointer for you YOUR_FUNCTION_NAME() and then call YOUR_FUNCTION_NAME() by pointer. For do that in your current project you can create "wrapper" like that:

public class OldSoHelper {
    public static native void loadOldSo();
    public static native <TYPE_OF_RESULT> runFunFromOldSo(<PARAMETERS>);
    public static native void unloadOldSo();
}

and in corresponding .c/.cpp file of current project (e.g. native-lib.cpp by default):

void *handle;
<TYPE_OF_OLD_FUNCTION> (*old_fun_wrapper)(<PARAMETERS_OF_OLD_FUNCTION>);

extern "C"
JNIEXPORT void JNICALL
Java_<YOUR_PACKAGE_NAME>_OldSoHelper_loadOldSo(JNIEnv *env, jclass type) {
     handle = dlopen("<YOUR_OLD_SO>.so", RTLD_NOW);
     old_fun_wrapper = (<TYPE_OF_OLD_FUNCTION> (*)(<PARAMETERS_OF_OLD_FUNCTION>))(dlsym(handle, "<OLD_FUNCTION_NAME_e.g._Java_com_abc_dee_Native_appInit>"));
}

extern "C"
JNIEXPORT jobject JNICALL
Java_<YOUR_PACKAGE_NAME>_OldSoHelper_runFunFromOldSo(JNIEnv *env, jclass type,
                                                      <PARAMETERS_FOR_OLD_FUNCTION>)
{   
    jclass ResultClass = env->FindClass("YOUR/PACKAGE/NAME/RESULT_CLASS");
    jobject result = ...
    jfieldID fieldId = env->GetFieldID(ResultClass, "<FIELD_NAME>", "<FILED_TYPE_LETTER>");

    <TYPE_OF_OLD_FUNCTION> res = old_fun_wrapper(<PARAMETERS_FOR_OLD_FUNCTION>);

    env->Set<TYPE>Field(result, fieldId , res.filed);

    return result;
}

extern "C"
JNIEXPORT void JNICALL
Java_<YOUR_PACKAGE_NAME>_OldSoHelper_unloadOldSo(JNIEnv *env, jclass type) {
     if (handle) {
         dlclose(handle);
     }
}

and from java code you can call:

...
// when you need old .so e.g. in onCreate()
OldSoHelper.loadOldSo();
...

// when you no need to call function from old .so
<TYPE_OF_RESULT> result = OldSoHelper.runFunFromOldSo(<PARAMETERS>);

...
// when you no need old .so e.g. in onDestroy()
OldSoHelper.unloadOldSo();
...

Answered By - Andrii Omelchenko