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ndk_library

An ndk_library() is used to define a set of C/C++ files, an Android.mk and an Application.mk file that are used by the NDK's ndk-build tool to generate one or more shared objects.

Details​

Additional notes:

An android_binary() that includes this library will aggregate all of the native shared objects into a directory in the root of the APK named lib/ or assets/lib/.

Unlike the default invocation of ndk-build, buck will put all intermediate files and build output into a subdirectory under buck-out/gen.

Function Signature​

def ndk_library(
    *,
    name: str,
    default_target_platform: None | str = None,
    target_compatible_with: list[str] = [],
    compatible_with: list[str] = [],
    exec_compatible_with: list[str] = [],
    visibility: list[str] = [],
    within_view: list[str] = ["PUBLIC"],
    metadata: OpaqueMetadata = {},
    tests: list[str] = [],
    modifiers: OpaqueMetadata = [],
    _apple_platforms: dict[str, str] = {},
    contacts: list[str] = [],
    default_host_platform: None | str = None,
    deps: list[str] = [],
    flags: list[str] = [],
    is_asset: bool = False,
    labels: list[str] = [],
    licenses: list[str] = [],
    srcs: list[str] = [],
) -> None

Parameters​

  • name: (required)

    name of the target

  • default_target_platform: (defaults to: None)

    specifies the default target platform, used when no platforms are specified on the command line

  • target_compatible_with: (defaults to: [])

    a list of constraints that are required to be satisfied for this target to be compatible with a configuration

  • compatible_with: (defaults to: [])

    a list of constraints that are required to be satisfied for this target to be compatible with a configuration

  • exec_compatible_with: (defaults to: [])

    a list of constraints that are required to be satisfied for this target to be compatible with an execution platform

  • visibility: (defaults to: [])

    a list of visibility patterns restricting what targets can depend on this one

  • within_view: (defaults to: ["PUBLIC"])

    a list of visibility patterns restricting what this target can depend on

  • metadata: (defaults to: {})

    a key-value map of metadata associated with this target

  • tests: (defaults to: [])

    a list of targets that provide tests for this one

  • modifiers: (defaults to: [])

    an array of modifiers associated with this target

  • deps: (defaults to: [])

    List of build targets to build before this rule.

  • flags: (defaults to: [])

    Array of strings passed verbatim to ndk-build. Normally this is not needed, but in some cases you may want to put something here. For example, this can be used to build the libraries in debug mode (NDK_DEBUG=1) or set the number of jobs spawned by ndk-build (by default, the same as the number of cores).

  • is_asset: (defaults to: False)

    Normally native shared objects end up in a directory in the root of the APK named lib/. If this parameter is set to True, then these objects are placed in assets/lib/. Placing shared objects in a non-standard location prevents Android from extracting them to the device's internal storage.

  • srcs: (defaults to: [])

    The set of files to compile for this rule. If not provided, buck assumes that all files with the following extensions are part of the build: c, cpp, cc, cxx, h, hpp, mk.