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# Android tutorial 1: Link against GStreamer
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This page last changed on May 02, 2013 by xartigas.
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# Goal
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This first Android tutorial is extremely simple: it just retrieves the
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GStreamer version and displays it on the screen. It exemplifies how to
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access GStreamer C code from Java and verifies that there have been no
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linkage problems.
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# Hello GStreamer \[Java code\]
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In the `share/gst-sdk/tutorials` folder of your GStreamer SDK
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installation path you should find an `android-tutorial-1` directory,
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with the usual Android NDK structure: a `src` folder for the Java code,
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a `jni` folder for the C code and a `res` folder for UI resources.
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We recommend that you open this project in Eclipse (as explained
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in [Installing for Android
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development](Installing%2Bfor%2BAndroid%2Bdevelopment.html)) so you can
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easily see how all the pieces fit together.
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Let’s first introduce the Java code, then the C code and finally the
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makefile that allows GStreamer integration.
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**src/com/gst\_sdk\_tutorials/tutorial\_1/Tutorial1.java**
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``` lang=java
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package com.gst_sdk_tutorials.tutorial_1;
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import android.app.Activity;
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import android.os.Bundle;
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import android.widget.TextView;
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import android.widget.Toast;
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import com.gstreamer.GStreamer;
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public class Tutorial1 extends Activity {
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private native String nativeGetGStreamerInfo();
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// Called when the activity is first created.
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@Override
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public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
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{
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super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
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try {
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GStreamer.init(this);
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} catch (Exception e) {
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Toast.makeText(this, e.getMessage(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
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finish();
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return;
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}
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setContentView(R.layout.main);
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TextView tv = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.textview_info);
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tv.setText("Welcome to " + nativeGetGStreamerInfo() + " !");
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}
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static {
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System.loadLibrary("gstreamer_android");
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System.loadLibrary("tutorial-1");
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}
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}
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```
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Calls from Java to C happen through native methods, like the one
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declared here:
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``` lang=java
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private native String nativeGetGStreamerInfo();
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```
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This tells Java that there exists a method with this signature somewhere
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so it compiles happily. It is your responsibility to ensure that, **at
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runtime**, this method is accessible. This is accomplished by the C code
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shown later.
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The first bit of code that gets actually executed is the static
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initializer of the class:
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``` lang=java
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static {
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System.loadLibrary("gstreamer_android");
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System.loadLibrary("tutorial-1");
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}
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```
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It loads `libgstreamer_android.so`, which contains all GStreamer
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methods, and `libtutorial-1.so`, which contains the C part of this
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tutorial, explained below.
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Upon loading, each of these libraries’ `JNI_OnLoad()` method is
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executed. It basically registers the native methods that these libraries
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expose. The GStreamer library only exposes a `init()` method, which
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initializes GStreamer and registers all plugins (The tutorial library is
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explained later below).
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``` lang=java
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try {
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GStreamer.init(this);
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} catch (Exception e) {
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Toast.makeText(this, e.getMessage(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
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finish();
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return;
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}
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```
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Next, in the `OnCreate()` method of the
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[Activity](http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Activity.html)
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we actually initialize GStreamer by calling `GStreamer.init()`. This
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method requires a
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[Context](http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Context.html)
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so it cannot be called from the static initializer, but there is no
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danger in calling it multiple times, as all but the first time the calls
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will be ignored.
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Should initialization fail, the `init()` method would throw an
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[Exception](http://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Exception.html)
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with the details provided by the GStreamer library.
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``` lang=java
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TextView tv = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.textview_info);
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tv.setText("Welcome to " + nativeGetGStreamerInfo() + " !");
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```
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Then, the native method `nativeGetGStreamerInfo()` is called and a
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string is retrieved, which is used to format the content of the
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[TextView](http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/TextView.html)
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in the UI.
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This finishes the UI part of this tutorial. Let’s take a look at the C
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code:
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# Hello GStreamer \[C code\]
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**jni/tutorial-1.c**
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``` lang=c
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#include <string.h>
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#include <jni.h>
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#include <android/log.h>
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#include <gst/gst.h>
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/*
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* Java Bindings
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*/
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jstring gst_native_get_gstreamer_info (JNIEnv* env, jobject thiz) {
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char *version_utf8 = gst_version_string();
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jstring *version_jstring = (*env)->NewStringUTF(env, version_utf8);
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g_free (version_utf8);
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return version_jstring;
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}
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static JNINativeMethod native_methods[] = {
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{ "nativeGetGStreamerInfo", "()Ljava/lang/String;", (void *) gst_native_get_gstreamer_info}
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};
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jint JNI_OnLoad(JavaVM *vm, void *reserved) {
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JNIEnv *env = NULL;
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if ((*vm)->GetEnv(vm, (void**) &env, JNI_VERSION_1_4) != JNI_OK) {
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__android_log_print (ANDROID_LOG_ERROR, "tutorial-1", "Could not retrieve JNIEnv");
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return 0;
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}
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jclass klass = (*env)->FindClass (env, "com/gst_sdk_tutorials/tutorial_1/Tutorial1");
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(*env)->RegisterNatives (env, klass, native_methods, G_N_ELEMENTS(native_methods));
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return JNI_VERSION_1_4;
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}
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```
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The `JNI_OnLoad()` method is executed every time the Java Virtual
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Machine (VM) loads a library.
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Here, we retrieve the JNI environment needed to make calls that interact
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with Java:
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``` lang=c
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JNIEnv *env = NULL;
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if ((*vm)->GetEnv(vm, (void**) &env, JNI_VERSION_1_4) != JNI_OK) {
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__android_log_print (ANDROID_LOG_ERROR, "tutorial-1", "Could not retrieve JNIEnv");
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return 0;
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}
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```
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And then locate the class containing the UI part of this tutorial using
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`
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FindClass()`:
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``` lang=c
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jclass klass = (*env)->FindClass (env, "com/gst_sdk_tutorials/tutorial_1/Tutorial1");
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```
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Finally, we register our native methods with `RegisterNatives()`, this
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is, we provide the code for the methods we advertised in Java using the
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**`native`**
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keyword:
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``` lang=c
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(*env)->RegisterNatives (env, klass, native_methods, G_N_ELEMENTS(native_methods));
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```
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The `native_methods` array describes each one of the methods to register
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(only one in this tutorial). For each method, it provides its Java
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name, its [type
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signature](http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/guide/jni/spec/types.html#wp276)
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and a pointer to the C function implementing it:
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``` lang=c
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static JNINativeMethod native_methods[] = {
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{ "nativeGetGStreamerInfo", "()Ljava/lang/String;", (void *) gst_native_get_gstreamer_info}
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};
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```
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The only native method used in this tutorial
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is `nativeGetGStreamerInfo()`:
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``` lang=c
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jstring gst_native_get_gstreamer_info (JNIEnv* env, jobject thiz) {
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char *version_utf8 = gst_version_string();
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jstring *version_jstring = (*env)->NewStringUTF(env, version_utf8);
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g_free (version_utf8);
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return version_jstring;
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}
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```
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It simply calls `gst_version_string()` to obtain a string describing
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this version of GStreamer. This [Modified
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UTF8](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-8#Modified_UTF-8) string is then
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converted to [UTF16](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-16) by `
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NewStringUTF()` as required by Java and returned. Java will be
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responsible for freeing the memory used by the new UTF16 String, but we
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must free the `char *` returned by `gst_version_string()`.
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# Hello GStreamer \[Android.mk\]
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**jni/Android.mk**
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``` lang=ruby
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LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)
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include $(CLEAR_VARS)
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LOCAL_MODULE := tutorial-1
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LOCAL_SRC_FILES := tutorial-1.c
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LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := gstreamer_android
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LOCAL_LDLIBS := -llog
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include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)
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ifndef GSTREAMER_SDK_ROOT
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ifndef GSTREAMER_SDK_ROOT_ANDROID
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$(error GSTREAMER_SDK_ROOT_ANDROID is not defined!)
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endif
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GSTREAMER_SDK_ROOT := $(GSTREAMER_SDK_ROOT_ANDROID)
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endif
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GSTREAMER_NDK_BUILD_PATH := $(GSTREAMER_SDK_ROOT)/share/gst-android/ndk-build/
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GSTREAMER_PLUGINS := coreelements
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include $(GSTREAMER_NDK_BUILD_PATH)/gstreamer.mk
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```
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This is a barebones makefile for a project with GStreamer support. It
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simply states that it depends on the `libgstreamer_android.so` library
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(line 7), and requires the `coreelements` plugin (line 18). More complex
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applications will probably add more libraries and plugins
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to `Android.mk`
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# Conclusion
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This ends the first Android tutorial. It has shown that, besides the
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interconnection between Java and C (which abides to the standard JNI
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procedure), adding GStreamer support to an Android application is not
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any more complicated than adding it to a desktop application.
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The following tutorials detail the few places in which care has to be
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taken when developing specifically for the Android platform.
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As usual, it has been a pleasure having you here, and see you soon\!
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## Attachments:
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[tutorial1-screenshot.png](attachments/2687057/2654411.png)
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[tutorial1-screenshot.png](attachments/2687057/2654416.png)
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(image/png)
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[tutorial1-screenshot.png](attachments/2687057/2654326.png)
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