Im failing to build .so file for android from FFMPEG

Issue

I tried many times with different versions of ffmpeg but failed eventually. I dont know how they wrote .sh file to configure different tools. Here are some .sh files i tried and it all failed. Either it shows only android/share folder instead of

• android/include

• android/lib

• android/share

OR

i end up in error like no file or folder exist,etc

I will share build_arm64-v8a different version of files below

VERSION 1

#!/bin/bash
export NDK=/media/sf_sharing/android-ndk
export HOST_TAG=linux-x86_64 # adjust to your building host
export TOOLCHAIN=$NDK/toolchains/llvm/prebuilt/$HOST_TAG

export CC=$TOOLCHAIN/bin/aarch64-linux-android21-clang
export CXX=$TOOLCHAIN/bin/aarch64-linux-android21-clang++

function build_arm64-v8a
{
  ./configure \
  --prefix=./android/arm64-v8a \
  --enable-static \
  --enable-pic \
  --disable-asm \
  --disable-opencl \
  --disable-cli \
  --host=aarch64-linux \
  --cross-prefix=$TOOLCHAIN/bin/aarch64-linux-android- \
  --sysroot=$TOOLCHAIN/sysroot \

  make clean
  make
  make install
}

build_arm64-v8a
echo build_arm64-v8a finished

VERSION 2

#!/bin/bash

TOOLCHAIN=/media/sf_sharing/my-android-toolchain64
CROSS_PREFIX=$TOOLCHAIN/bin/aarch64-linux-android-
rm -f $(pwd)/compat/strtod.o
function build_one
{
./configure --prefix=$PREFIX --enable-shared --disable-static --enable-protocol=file --enable-pic --enable-small --disable-programs --disable-doc --disable-symver --target-os=android --enable-cross-compile --cross-prefix=$CROSS_PREFIX --extra-cflags="-Os -fpic $ADDI_CFLAGS" --extra-ldflags="$ADDI_LDFLAGS" --sysroot=$TOOLCHAIN/sysroot $ADDITIONAL_CONFIG_FLAG
make clean
make -j2
make install
}

CPU=arm64-v8a
mkdir -p $(pwd)/android/$CPU
PREFIX=$(pwd)/android/$CPU
ADDI_CFLAGS="-march=armv8-a"
ADDI_LDFLAGS="-L$TOOLCHAIN/sysroot/usr/lib"
ADDITIONAL_CONFIG_FLAG="--arch=aarch64 --enable-yasm"
build_one

VERSION 3

#!/bin/bash
export NDK=/media/sf_sharing/android-ndk
export HOST_TAG=linux-x86_64 # adjust to your building host
export TOOLCHAIN=$NDK/toolchains/llvm/prebuilt/$HOST_TAG

export CC=$TOOLCHAIN/bin/aarch64-linux-android21-clang
export CXX=$TOOLCHAIN/bin/aarch64-linux-android21-clang++

function build_arm64-v8a
{
  ./configure \
  --prefix="$HOME/ffmpeg_build" \
  --pkg-config-flags="--static" \
  --extra-cflags="-I$HOME/ffmpeg_build/include" \
  --extra-ldflags="-L$HOME/ffmpeg_build/lib" \
  --extra-libs="-lpthread -lm" \
  --bindir="$HOME/bin" \
  --enable-gpl \
  --enable-gnutls \
  --enable-libaom \
  --enable-libass \
  --enable-libfdk-aac \
  --enable-libfreetype \
  --enable-libmp3lame \
  --enable-libopus \
  --enable-libvorbis \
  --enable-libvpx \
  --enable-libx264 \
  --enable-libx265 \
  --enable-nonfree \

  make clean
  make
  make install
}

build_arm64-v8a
echo build_arm64-v8a finished

I'm using

• ffmpeg-snapshot.tar.bz2

• android-ndk-r21d-linux-x86_64

the only thing i know in 'ndk 21` is we need to use default toolchain (android documentation says).

How to create .sh file to build .so file to use in android?

Solution

I recommend building the simplest version using --disable-everything and build up your command from there. I built on mac. I edited your third attempt and built for arm64 with one codec as follows:

    #!/bin/bash
    export ANDROID_NDK_HOME=${HOME}/Library/Android/android-ndk-r21
    export HOST_TAG=darwin-x86_64 # adjust to your building host
    export TOOLCHAIN=${ANDROID_NDK_HOME}/toolchains/llvm/prebuilt/$HOST_TAG
    
    function build_other
    {
       TARGET_ABI=arm64-v8a
       HOST=aarch64-linux-android
        ./configure --disable-everything --disable-doc --disable-programs --disable-shared --enable-cross-compile --arch=aarch64 --target-os=linux --enable-pic \
            --prefix="$HOME/ffmpeg_build" \
            --sysroot=${ANDROID_NDK_HOME}/sysroot \
            --enable-encoder=h261 --enable-decoder=h261 \
            --extra-ldflags="-L${ANDROID_NDK_HOME}/platforms/android-29/arch-arm64/usr/lib -lc" \
            --cc=${TOOLCHAIN}/bin/aarch64-linux-android29-clang --ld=${TOOLCHAIN}/bin/aarch64-linux-android-ld --strip=${TOOLCHAIN}/bin/aarch64-linux-android-strip
        
        make clean
        make
        make install
    }
    
    mkdir $HOME/ffmpeg_build 2> /dev/null 
    build_other
    echo build_arm64-v8a finished

NOTE: I built on mac, this should work on linux. Also, do not link pthread! pthread is in libc for android.

Answered By - sorenoid