How to build OpenAL-Soft and set up it in Qt Creator for Android

8Observer8

Yes, I added #define RESTRICT and I see fewer errors. Some files have this line #include "config.h", but this file is not in the OpenAL-Soft source code. I added the empty config.h file. I think this file must be generated by CMake if you are compiling OpenAL-Soft from source. I found the config.h.in file that doesn't have the #define RESTRICT:

config..h.in

/* Define if deprecated EAX extensions are enabled */
#cmakedefine ALSOFT_EAX

/* Define if HRTF data is embedded in the library */
#cmakedefine ALSOFT_EMBED_HRTF_DATA

/* Define if we have the posix_memalign function */
#cmakedefine HAVE_POSIX_MEMALIGN

/* Define if we have the _aligned_malloc function */
#cmakedefine HAVE__ALIGNED_MALLOC

/* Define if we have the proc_pidpath function */
#cmakedefine HAVE_PROC_PIDPATH

/* Define if we have the getopt function */
#cmakedefine HAVE_GETOPT

/* Define if we have DBus/RTKit */
#cmakedefine HAVE_RTKIT

/* Define if we have SSE CPU extensions */
#cmakedefine HAVE_SSE
#cmakedefine HAVE_SSE2
#cmakedefine HAVE_SSE3
#cmakedefine HAVE_SSE4_1

/* Define if we have ARM Neon CPU extensions */
#cmakedefine HAVE_NEON

/* Define if we have the ALSA backend */
#cmakedefine HAVE_ALSA

/* Define if we have the OSS backend */
#cmakedefine HAVE_OSS

/* Define if we have the PipeWire backend */
#cmakedefine HAVE_PIPEWIRE

/* Define if we have the Solaris backend */
#cmakedefine HAVE_SOLARIS

/* Define if we have the SndIO backend */
#cmakedefine HAVE_SNDIO

/* Define if we have the WASAPI backend */
#cmakedefine HAVE_WASAPI

/* Define if we have the DSound backend */
#cmakedefine HAVE_DSOUND

/* Define if we have the Windows Multimedia backend */
#cmakedefine HAVE_WINMM

/* Define if we have the PortAudio backend */
#cmakedefine HAVE_PORTAUDIO

/* Define if we have the PulseAudio backend */
#cmakedefine HAVE_PULSEAUDIO

/* Define if we have the JACK backend */
#cmakedefine HAVE_JACK

/* Define if we have the CoreAudio backend */
#cmakedefine HAVE_COREAUDIO

/* Define if we have the OpenSL backend */
#cmakedefine HAVE_OPENSL

/* Define if we have the Oboe backend */
#cmakedefine HAVE_OBOE

/* Define if we have the Wave Writer backend */
#cmakedefine HAVE_WAVE

/* Define if we have the SDL2 backend */
#cmakedefine HAVE_SDL2

/* Define if we have dlfcn.h */
#cmakedefine HAVE_DLFCN_H

/* Define if we have pthread_np.h */
#cmakedefine HAVE_PTHREAD_NP_H

/* Define if we have malloc.h */
#cmakedefine HAVE_MALLOC_H

/* Define if we have cpuid.h */
#cmakedefine HAVE_CPUID_H

/* Define if we have intrin.h */
#cmakedefine HAVE_INTRIN_H

/* Define if we have guiddef.h */
#cmakedefine HAVE_GUIDDEF_H

/* Define if we have initguid.h */
#cmakedefine HAVE_INITGUID_H

/* Define if we have GCC's __get_cpuid() */
#cmakedefine HAVE_GCC_GET_CPUID

/* Define if we have the __cpuid() intrinsic */
#cmakedefine HAVE_CPUID_INTRINSIC

/* Define if we have SSE intrinsics */
#cmakedefine HAVE_SSE_INTRINSICS

/* Define if we have pthread_setschedparam() */
#cmakedefine HAVE_PTHREAD_SETSCHEDPARAM

/* Define if we have pthread_setname_np() */
#cmakedefine HAVE_PTHREAD_SETNAME_NP

/* Define if we have pthread_set_name_np() */
#cmakedefine HAVE_PTHREAD_SET_NAME_NP

/* Define the installation data directory */
#cmakedefine ALSOFT_INSTALL_DATADIR "@ALSOFT_INSTALL_DATADIR@"

8Observer8

You can download my example here from DropBox.

8Observer8

I tried to build OpenAL-Soft for Android but I have these errors: https://github.com/DJLink/android-openal-soft/issues/1

E:\Libs\open-soft-android\android-openal-soft-master\jni>ndk-build
fcntl(): Bad file descriptor
Android NDK: The armeabi ABI is no longer supported. Use armeabi-v7a.
Android NDK: NDK Application 'local' targets unknown ABI(s): armeabi
Android NDK: Please fix the APP_ABI definition in E:/Libs/open-soft-android/android-openal-soft-master/jni/Application.mk E:/AppData/Android/SDK/ndk/22.1.7171670/build//../build/core/setup-app.mk:76: *** Android NDK: Aborting . Stop.

JoeCFD

@8Observer8 You need to show the picture of Tools->Options->Devices->Android

8Observer8

@JoeCFD,

JoeCFD

@8Observer8 what is your targeted android version(s)?

8Observer8

@JoeCFD,

8Observer8

I added Bullet Physics to the project using sources. It works for emulator and for smartphone too:

JoeCFD

@8Observer8
from here:
https://developer.android.com/build/jdks

14 (API 34) 17 Core libraries
13 (API 33) 11 Core libraries
12 (API 32) 11 Java API
11 and lower Android versions

=============================
your JDK version should be 11, not 17 for Android 7.
Still Android 7? I guess most Android phones have version 12 or 13 now.

8Observer8

@JoeCFD said in How to install OpenAL-Soft for Android in Qt Creator by copying OpenAL-Soft sources into a project:

Still Android 7?

I have Redmi 4x with Android 7

JoeCFD

@8Observer8 That is very old. Then your JDK version is wrong at the first place.

8Observer8

@JoeCFD,

Android NDK: The armeabi ABI is no longer supported. Use armeabi-v7a.

I use armeabi-v7a when I build for smartphone (and x86_64 - for emulator) but how to use armeabi-v7a when I build from the console? It will be good to have at lease a library for smartphone.

JoeCFD

@8Observer8 show Projects->Build(Android)->Build Settings
click qmake "Details" button under Build Steps. You will see options for ABIs on QtCreator 11.0.1(comes with Qt-5.15.2)
I use arm64-v8a and my JDK version is 11. My target Android versions are 12/13.

8Observer8

@JoeCFD,

For emulator:

For APK:

But I want to try to build the OpenAL-Soft shared (or static) library from the console using this command ndk-build. How to choose armeabi-v7a?

JoeCFD

@8Observer8 I guess you have a different version of qt creator. I do not know yours.

8Observer8

@JoeCFD My version of Qt Creator is 7.0.0. But I use pure NDK from the console to build OpenAL-Soft from sources. How do you know that OpenAL-Soft doesn't support Android 7?

JoeCFD

@8Observer8 You build OpenAL-Soft for Android 7. I did not say it does not support Android 7.
Instead you need JDK 11 to build C++ apps for Android 7. But in your settings, JDK 17 is used.

8Observer8

@JoeCFD said in How to install OpenAL-Soft for Android in Qt Creator by copying OpenAL-Soft sources into a project:

Instead you need JDK 11 to build C++ apps for Android 7. But in your settings, JDK 17 is used.

I tried to run apps with Box2D and Bullet Physics on real smartphone Redmi 4x with Android 7. I use JDK 17 and it works. I tried to run an example with QMediaPlayer on my smartphone and it plays music. I think I found a solution. I should try to use Bass Audio Library for 3D sounds on Android. It's is too difficult to add OpenAL-Soft directly with sources. Now I know this information:

Note that OpenAL is LGPL-licensed. Which means you need to release the source to your application if you make it part of your application.

JoeCFD

@8Observer8 Great it works for you with JDK 17. You can still build OpenAL-Soft to dynamic lib and add it to your app for Android. It does not violate LGPL-license.

8Observer8

@JoeCFD what do you think about this? https://github.com/AerialX/openal-soft-android How to build it?