Nativescript: Add x86_64 libNativeScript.so for Android

Issue

I have Nativescript-vue project.

Because of Google play 64-bit requirement I am trying to add x86_64 native code.

All resources I found while researching say to do this:

In app/App_Resources/Android/app.gradle file:

android {
  defaultConfig {  
    generatedDensities = []
    applicationId = "com.foo.bar"
    ndk.abiFilters 'armeabi-v7a','arm64-v8a','x86', 'x86_64'
  }
  aaptOptions {  
    additionalParameters "--no-version-vectors"  
  }  
} 

But 'x86_64' is ignored the output apk's lib folder contains only this platforms 'armeabi-v7a', 'arm64-v8a', 'x86'.

I found also this github issue , Nativescript team was saying that in the next release the 'x86_64' platform will be added, So i upgraded {N} , but there was no difference.

Also tried "ABI Split" config, that I found on the official {N} documentation & added 'x86_64' to be included:

android {
....
  defaultConfig {
    ....
    ndk {
      abiFilters.clear()
    }
  }
  splits {
    abi {
      enable true //enables the ABIs split mechanism
      reset() //reset the list of ABIs to be included to an empty string
      include 'arm64-v8a', 'armeabi-v7a', 'x86', 'x86_64'
      universalApk true
    }
  }
}

But also no difference.

Is there any way to achieve this manually?

Also any suggest, info, documentation will be helpful.

My config:

• minSdkVersion="21"
• targetSdkVersion="28"

Tried with "tns-android" version "5.3.1" & "6.0.0"

If you need anything else from my project/config... Tell me in the comments.

Solution

Android runtime v6.0.2 with support for 64bit is already out, the migrate command may not take you to the latest version of of tns-android always but a recent version.

You may manually update the version on package.json or removing and adding the platform back via CLI will take you to most latest version of the runtime.

Answered By - Manoj