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# Installing for Android development # Installing for Android development
![](images/icons/emoticons/information.png) All versions starting from 2.3.1 Gingerbread are supported ![information] All versions starting from 2.3.1 Gingerbread are supported
## Prerequisites ## Prerequisites
@ -11,33 +11,27 @@ should obviously be an Android device.
The development machine can either be a Linux, Mac OS X or Windows, and The development machine can either be a Linux, Mac OS X or Windows, and
needs to have installed: needs to have installed:
- The latest version of the [Android - The latest version of the [Android SDK]
SDK](http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html) - The latest version of the [Android NDK]
- The latest version of the [Android
NDK](http://developer.android.com/tools/sdk/ndk/index.html)
- The GStreamer SDK for Android is targeted at API version 9 (Android - The GStreamer SDK for Android is targeted at API version 9 (Android
2.3.1, Gingerbread) or higher. Use the SDK Manager tool to make sure 2.3.1, Gingerbread) or higher. Use the SDK Manager tool to make sure
you have at least one Android SDK platform installed with API you have at least one Android SDK platform installed with API
version 9 or higher. version 9 or higher.
Optionally, you can use the [Android Studio] (FIX LINK). As stated in the Android Optionally, you can use the \[Android Studio\] (FIX LINK). As stated in
documentation, *developing in Android Studio is highly recommended and the Android documentation, *developing in Android Studio is highly
is the fastest way to get started*. recommended and is the fastest way to get started*.
Before continuing, make sure you can compile and run the samples Before continuing, make sure you can compile and run the samples
included in the Android NDK, and that you understand how the integration included in the Android NDK, and that you understand how the integration
of C and Java works via the [Java Native of C and Java works via the [Java Native Interface] (JNI). Besides the
Interface](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Native_Interface) (JNI). [Android NDK] documentation, you can find some useful [Android JNI tips
Besides the [Android here].
NDK](http://developer.android.com/tools/sdk/ndk/index.html)
documentation, you can find some useful [Android JNI tips
here](http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/jni.html).
## Download and install the SDK ## Download and install the SDK
The GStreamer project provides [prebuilt binaries](https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/pkg/android/) The GStreamer project provides [prebuilt binaries] you should download
you should download the latest version and unzip it into any folder of your the latest version and unzip it into any folder of your choice.
choice.
In the process of building GStreamer-enabled Android applications, some In the process of building GStreamer-enabled Android applications, some
tools will need to know where you installed the SDK. You must define an tools will need to know where you installed the SDK. You must define an
@ -48,12 +42,13 @@ system-wide by adding it to your `~/.profile` file (on Linux and Mac) or
to the Environment Variables in the System Properties dialog (on to the Environment Variables in the System Properties dialog (on
Windows). Windows).
Point `GSTREAMER_SDK_ROOT_ANDROID` to the folder where you unzipped the SDK. Point `GSTREAMER_SDK_ROOT_ANDROID` to the folder where you unzipped the
SDK.
> ![](images/icons/emoticons/information.png) If you plan to use Android Studio and > ![information] If you plan to use Android Studio and do not want to define this
> do not want to define this environment variable globally, you can set > environment variable globally, you can set it inside Eclipse. Go to
> it inside Eclipse. Go to Window → Preferences → C/C++ → Build → Build Variables > Window → Preferences → C/C++ → Build → Build Variables and define
> and define `GSTREAMER_SDK_ROOT_ANDROID` there. > `GSTREAMER_SDK_ROOT_ANDROID` there.
## Configure your development environment ## Configure your development environment
@ -62,12 +57,10 @@ writing your GStreamer code in Java or in C.
Android applications are mainly written in Java, so adding GStreamer Android applications are mainly written in Java, so adding GStreamer
code to them in the same language is a huge advantage. However, this code to them in the same language is a huge advantage. However, this
requires using [language requires using [language bindings] for the GStreamer API which are not
bindings](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_binding) for the complete yet. In the meantime, this documentation will use Java for the
GStreamer API which are not complete yet. In the meantime, this User Interface (UI) part and C for the GStreamer code. Both parts
documentation will use Java for the User Interface (UI) part and C for interact through [JNI][Java Native Interface].
the GStreamer code. Both parts interact through
[JNI](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Native_Interface).
### Building the tutorials ### Building the tutorials
@ -80,9 +73,8 @@ The rest of the GStreamer SDK tutorials (basic and playback tutorials)
cannot be run on Android without modification. cannot be run on Android without modification.
Android projects with GStreamer support are built like conventional Android projects with GStreamer support are built like conventional
Android NDK projects, so the instructions at the [Android Android NDK projects, so the instructions at the [Android NDK] home can
NDK](http://developer.android.com/tools/sdk/ndk/index.html) home can be be followed:
followed:
#### Using Eclipse #### Using Eclipse
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the Android SDK and NDK respectively. the Android SDK and NDK respectively.
Import a tutorial into the Eclipse workspace: Import a tutorial into the Eclipse workspace:
File → New → Project… → Android Project from Existing File → New → Project… → Android Project from Existing Code, and select
Code, and select the folder called `android-tutorial-1`. the folder called `android-tutorial-1`.
After reading in the project and generating some extra files and After reading in the project and generating some extra files and
folders, Eclipse might complain about missing files. **This is normal**, folders, Eclipse might complain about missing files. **This is normal**,
@ -100,7 +92,8 @@ we are not finished yet.
Provide native development support by activating the NDK plugin: Provide native development support by activating the NDK plugin:
Right-click on the project in the Project Explorer (this should be the Right-click on the project in the Project Explorer (this should be the
top-most folder, called `com.gst_sdk_tutorials.tutorial_1.Tutorial1`) → Android top-most folder,
called `com.gst_sdk_tutorials.tutorial_1.Tutorial1`) → Android
tools → Add Native Support… Here the NDK plugin asks for a library name. tools → Add Native Support… Here the NDK plugin asks for a library name.
This is irrelevant and any valid file name will do. Accept. This is irrelevant and any valid file name will do. Accept.
@ -121,15 +114,12 @@ OpenGL ES).
#### Using the command line #### Using the command line
> ![](images/icons/emoticons/warning.png) Note that, on Windows, > ![warning] Note that, on Windows, this procedure requires a working Cygwin
> this procedure requires a working Cygwin shell, as explained in > shell, as explained in the [Android NDK System Requirements]
> the [Android NDK System Requirements](http://developer.android.com/tools/sdk/ndk/index.html#Reqs)
For each tutorial, move to its folder and run: For each tutorial, move to its folder and run:
```
android update project -p . -s --target X android update project -p . -s --target X
```
Where `X` is one of the targets available in your system (the ones you Where `X` is one of the targets available in your system (the ones you
installed with the SDK manager). Make sure to use a target with at least installed with the SDK manager). Make sure to use a target with at least
@ -138,18 +128,14 @@ API level 9.
To get a list of all available targets in your system issue this To get a list of all available targets in your system issue this
command: command:
```
android list android list
```
The “update project” command generates the `build.xml` file needed by The “update project” command generates the `build.xml` file needed by
the build system. You only need to perform this action once per project. the build system. You only need to perform this action once per project.
To build the C part, just call: To build the C part, just call:
```
ndk-build ndk-build
```
A few lines in the `Android.mk` file (reviewed later) pull up the A few lines in the `Android.mk` file (reviewed later) pull up the
necessary machinery to compile the GStreamer bits and generate the necessary machinery to compile the GStreamer bits and generate the
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Finally, compile the Java code with: Finally, compile the Java code with:
```
ant debug ant debug
```
And install on the device with: And install on the device with:
```
adb install -r bin/Tutorial1-debug.apk adb install -r bin/Tutorial1-debug.apk
```
The `-r` switch allows the installer to overwrite previous versions. The `-r` switch allows the installer to overwrite previous versions.
Otherwise, you need to manually uninstall previous versions of your Otherwise, you need to manually uninstall previous versions of your
@ -178,20 +160,28 @@ tutorial in an Android Virtual Device (AVD), make sure to create the
device with support for audio playback and GPU Emulation (to enable device with support for audio playback and GPU Emulation (to enable
OpenGL ES). OpenGL ES).
> ![](images/icons/emoticons/warning.png) Windows linkage problems > ![warning] Windows linkage problems
> >
> Due to problems related to the standard linker, Google’s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_(linker)" class="external-link">Gold Linker</a> is used to build GStreamer applications.  Unfortunately, the Android NDK toolchain for Windows does not include the gold linker and the standard one has to be used. > Due to problems related to the standard linker, Google’s
> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_(linker)" class="external-link">Gold
> Linker</a> is used to build GStreamer applications.  Unfortunately,
> the Android NDK toolchain for Windows does not include the gold linker
> and the standard one has to be used.
> >
> If you observe linkage problems, you can replace the linker in your Android NDK with the gold one from [this project](http://code.google.com/p/mingw-and-ndk/downloads/detail?name=android-ndk-r8b-ma-windows.7z&amp;can=2&amp;q=). Download the `android-ndk-r8b-ma-windows.7z` file, extract `\android-ndk-r8b\toolchains\arm-linux-androideabi-4.6\prebuilt\windows\arm-linux-androideabi\bin\ld.exe` (only this file is needed) and overwrite the one in the same folder in your Android NDK installation. You might need the free [7-Zip archiving utility](http://www.7-zip.org/) > If you observe linkage problems, you can replace the linker in your
> Android NDK with the gold one from [this project]. Download the
> `android-ndk-r8b-ma-windows.7z` file, extract
> `\android-ndk-r8b\toolchains\arm-linux-androideabi-4.6\prebuilt\windows\arm-linux-androideabi\bin\ld.exe`
> (only this file is needed) and overwrite the one in the same folder in
> your Android NDK installation. You might need the free [7-Zip
> archiving utility]
### Creating new projects ### Creating new projects
Create a normal NDK project, either from the command line as described Create a normal NDK project, either from the command line as described
in the [Android in the [Android NDK][2] home, or use Eclipse: File → New → Project…
NDK](http://developer.android.com/tools/sdk/ndk/index.html#GetStarted) → Android Application Project, and, once the wizard is complete, right
home, or use Eclipse: File → New → Project… → Android Application click on the project → Android Tools → Add Native Support …
Project, and, once the wizard is complete, right click on the project
→ Android Tools → Add Native Support …
To add GStreamer support you only need to modify the To add GStreamer support you only need to modify the
`jni/Android.mk` file. This file describes the native files in your `jni/Android.mk` file. This file describes the native files in your
@ -199,7 +189,6 @@ project, and its barebones structure (as auto-generated by Eclipse) is:
**Android.mk** **Android.mk**
```
LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir) LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)
include $(CLEAR_VARS) include $(CLEAR_VARS)
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LOCAL_SRC_FILES := NativeApplication.c LOCAL_SRC_FILES := NativeApplication.c
include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY) include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)
```
Where line 5 specifies the name of the `.so` file that will contain your Where line 5 specifies the name of the `.so` file that will contain your
native code and line 6 states all source files that compose your native native code and line 6 states all source files that compose your native
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**Android.mk with GStreamer support** **Android.mk with GStreamer support**
```
LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir) LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)
include $(CLEAR_VARS) include $(CLEAR_VARS)
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GSTREAMER_EXTRA_DEPS := gstreamer-interfaces-0.10 gstreamer-video-0.10 GSTREAMER_EXTRA_DEPS := gstreamer-interfaces-0.10 gstreamer-video-0.10
include $(GSTREAMER_NDK_BUILD_PATH)/gstreamer.mk  include $(GSTREAMER_NDK_BUILD_PATH)/gstreamer.mk 
```
Where line 7 specifies an extra library to be included in the project: Where line 7 specifies an extra library to be included in the project:
`libgstreamer_android.so`. This library contains all GStreamer code, `libgstreamer_android.so`. This library contains all GStreamer code,
@ -264,15 +250,14 @@ Listing all desired plugins can be cumbersome, so they have been grouped
into categories, which can be used by including the `plugins.mk` file, into categories, which can be used by including the `plugins.mk` file,
and used as follows: and used as follows:
```
include $(GSTREAMER_NDK_BUILD_PATH)/plugins.mk include $(GSTREAMER_NDK_BUILD_PATH)/plugins.mk
GSTREAMER_PLUGINS := $(GSTREAMER_PLUGINS_CORE) $(GSTREAMER_PLUGINS_CODECS) playbin souphttpsrc GSTREAMER_PLUGINS := $(GSTREAMER_PLUGINS_CORE) $(GSTREAMER_PLUGINS_CODECS) playbin souphttpsrc
```
#### List of categories and included plugins #### List of categories and included plugins
| Category | Included plugins | | Category | Included plugins |
|--|--| |--------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `GSTREAMER_PLUGINS_CORE` | coreelements coreindexers adder app audioconvert audiorate audioresample audiotestsrc ffmpegcolorspace gdp gio pango typefindfunctions videorate videoscale videotestsrc volume autodetect videofilter | | `GSTREAMER_PLUGINS_CORE` | coreelements coreindexers adder app audioconvert audiorate audioresample audiotestsrc ffmpegcolorspace gdp gio pango typefindfunctions videorate videoscale videotestsrc volume autodetect videofilter |
| `GSTREAMER_PLUGINS_PLAYBACK` | decodebin playbin | | `GSTREAMER_PLUGINS_PLAYBACK` | decodebin playbin |
| `GSTREAMER_PLUGINS_CODECS` | subparse ogg theora vorbis alaw annodex apetag audioparsers auparse avi flac flv flxdec icydemux id3demux isomp4 jpeg matroska mulaw multipart png speex taglib wavenc wavpack wavparse y4menc adpcmdec adpcmenc aiff cdxaparse dtmf dvbsuboverlay dvdspu fragmented hdvparse id3tag ivfparse jp2k kate mve mxf nsf nuvdemux opus pcapparse pnm schro siren subenc tta videoparsersbad vmnc vp8 y4mdec | | `GSTREAMER_PLUGINS_CODECS` | subparse ogg theora vorbis alaw annodex apetag audioparsers auparse avi flac flv flxdec icydemux id3demux isomp4 jpeg matroska mulaw multipart png speex taglib wavenc wavpack wavparse y4menc adpcmdec adpcmenc aiff cdxaparse dtmf dvbsuboverlay dvdspu fragmented hdvparse id3tag ivfparse jp2k kate mve mxf nsf nuvdemux opus pcapparse pnm schro siren subenc tta videoparsersbad vmnc vp8 y4mdec |
@ -280,6 +265,19 @@ GSTREAMER_PLUGINS := $(GSTREAMER_PLUGINS_CORE) $(GSTREAMER_PLUGINS_CODECS) play
| `GSTREAMER_PLUGINS_EFFECTS` | alpha alphacolor audiofx cutter debug deinterlace effectv equalizer gdkpixbuf imagefreeze interleave level multifile replaygain shapewipe smpte spectrum videobox videocrop videomixer autoconvert bayer coloreffects faceoverlay fieldanalysis freeverb frei0r gaudieffects geometrictransform interlace jp2kdecimator liveadder rawparse removesilence scaletempoplugin segmentclip smooth speed stereo videofiltersbad videomeasure videosignal | | `GSTREAMER_PLUGINS_EFFECTS` | alpha alphacolor audiofx cutter debug deinterlace effectv equalizer gdkpixbuf imagefreeze interleave level multifile replaygain shapewipe smpte spectrum videobox videocrop videomixer autoconvert bayer coloreffects faceoverlay fieldanalysis freeverb frei0r gaudieffects geometrictransform interlace jp2kdecimator liveadder rawparse removesilence scaletempoplugin segmentclip smooth speed stereo videofiltersbad videomeasure videosignal |
| `GSTREAMER_PLUGINS_NET` | rtsp rtp rtpmanager souphttpsrc udp dataurisrc rtpmux rtpvp8 sdpelem | | `GSTREAMER_PLUGINS_NET` | rtsp rtp rtpmanager souphttpsrc udp dataurisrc rtpmux rtpvp8 sdpelem |
| `GSTREAMER_PLUGINS_CODECS_GPL` | assrender | | `GSTREAMER_PLUGINS_CODECS_GPL` | assrender |
| `GSTREAMER_PLUGINS_SYS` | eglglessink opensles amc | | `GSTREAMER_PLUGINS_SYS` | glimagesink opensles amc |
Build and run your application as explained in the **Building the tutorials** section. Build and run your application as explained in the **Building the tutorials** section.
[information]: images/icons/emoticons/information.png
[Android SDK]: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
[Android NDK]: http://developer.android.com/tools/sdk/ndk/index.html
[Java Native Interface]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Native_Interface
[Android JNI tips here]: http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/jni.html
[prebuilt binaries]: https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/pkg/android/
[language bindings]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_binding
[warning]: images/icons/emoticons/warning.png
[Android NDK System Requirements]: http://developer.android.com/tools/sdk/ndk/index.html#Reqs
[this project]: http://code.google.com/p/mingw-and-ndk/downloads/detail?name=android-ndk-r8b-ma-windows.7z&can=2&q=
[7-Zip archiving utility]: http://www.7-zip.org/
[2]: http://developer.android.com/tools/sdk/ndk/index.html#GetStarted