Android Studio CMake Error: Build Command failed

Question

I'm running into an Error when I open a new project in Android Studio from the Code Samples (Hello JIN). When the Project is opened the following:

Build command failed.
Error while executing process /opt/android-sdk/cmake/3.6.4111459/bin/cmake with arguments {-H/home/max/Documents/AndroidStudioProjects/HelloJNI1/app/src/main/cpp -B/home/max/Documents/AndroidStudioProjects/HelloJNI1/app/.externalNativeBuild/cmake/arm8Release/arm64-v8a -GAndroid Gradle - Ninja -DANDROID_ABI=arm64-v8a -DANDROID_NDK=/opt/android-sdk/ndk-bundle -DCMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY=/home/max/Documents/AndroidStudioProjects/HelloJNI1/app/build/intermediates/cmake/arm8/release/obj/arm64-v8a -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=/opt/android-sdk/cmake/3.6.4111459/bin/ninja -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=/opt/android-sdk/ndk-bundle/build/cmake/android.toolchain.cmake -DANDROID_PLATFORM=android-23 -DANDROID_TOOLCHAIN=clang}
-- Check for working C compiler: /opt/android-sdk/ndk-bundle/toolchains/llvm/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin/clang
-- Check for working C compiler: /opt/android-sdk/ndk-bundle/toolchains/llvm/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin/clang -- broken
-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also "/home/max/Documents/AndroidStudioProjects/HelloJNI1/app/.externalNativeBuild/cmake/arm8Release/arm64-v8a/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".
See also "/home/max/Documents/AndroidStudioProjects/HelloJNI1/app/.externalNativeBuild/cmake/arm8Release/arm64-v8a/CMakeFiles/CMakeError.log".
CMake Error at /opt/android-sdk/cmake/3.6.4111459/share/cmake-3.6/Modules/CMakeTestCCompiler.cmake:61 (message):
  The C compiler
  "/opt/android-sdk/ndk-bundle/toolchains/llvm/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin/clang"
  is not able to compile a simple test program.
  It fails with the following output:
   Change Dir: /home/max/Documents/AndroidStudioProjects/HelloJNI1/app/.externalNativeBuild/cmake/arm8Release/arm64-v8a/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp
  Run Build Command:"/opt/android-sdk/cmake/3.6.4111459/bin/ninja"
  "cmTC_0053d"
  [1/2] Building C object CMakeFiles/cmTC_0053d.dir/testCCompiler.c.o
  FAILED:
  /opt/android-sdk/ndk-bundle/toolchains/llvm/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin/clang
  --target=aarch64-none-linux-android
  --gcc-toolchain=/opt/android-sdk/ndk-bundle/toolchains/aarch64-linux-android-4.9/prebuilt/linux-x86_64
  --sysroot=/opt/android-sdk/ndk-bundle/sysroot -isystem
  /opt/android-sdk/ndk-bundle/sysroot/usr/include/aarch64-linux-android
  -D__ANDROID_API__=23 -g -DANDROID -ffunction-sections -funwind-tables
  -fstack-protector-strong -no-canonical-prefixes -Wa,--noexecstack -Wformat
  -Werror=format-security -fPIE -o
  CMakeFiles/cmTC_0053d.dir/testCCompiler.c.o -c
  /home/max/Documents/AndroidStudioProjects/HelloJNI1/app/.externalNativeBuild/cmake/arm8Release/arm64-v8a/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/testCCompiler.c
  /opt/android-sdk/ndk-bundle/toolchains/llvm/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin/clang:
  error while loading shared libraries: libncurses.so.5: cannot open shared
  object file: No such file or directory
  ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.
  CMake will not be able to correctly generate this project.
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  CMakeLists.txt

This Error drops mutliple times in the IDE

I'm using Arch-Linux 64x

Cmake.txt:

    cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.4.1)

add_library(hello-jni SHARED
            hello-jni.c)

# Include libraries needed for hello-jni lib
target_link_libraries(hello-jni
                      android
                      log)

Answer 1

I encountered this problem because I set the wrong path of native-lib.cpp. After changing

add_library(native-lib SHARED native-lib.cpp)

to

add_library(native-lib SHARED src/main/jni/native-lib.cpp)

it worked again.

By the way, this is part of my project's structure.

CMakeLists.txt
src
 |__main
      |___jni
           |___native-lib.cpp

Answer 2

In case previous answer doesn't work for you, as it happened to me, try to fix permissions in the bin folder of cmake and for ndk. In my case: C:\android-sdk\cmake\3.6.4111459\bin and c:\android-sdk\ndk-bundle

In my case Users group did had no permissions so Android Studio wasn't able to run cmake. Make sure it has Read and execution permissions.

Answer 3

Build -> Refresh Linked C++ Projects resolved this error for me.

Answer 4

@rpurohit was nearly right, Clang isn't working properly. But to change the Compiler you need to change build.gradle, in my build.gradle it was Line 12:

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

1 android {
2    compileSdkVersion 25
3    buildToolsVersion '25.0.2'
4    defaultConfig {
5       applicationId 'com.example.hellojni'
6       minSdkVersion 23
7       targetSdkVersion 25
8       versionCode 1
9       versionName "1.0"
10      externalNativeBuild {
11          cmake {
12              arguments '-DANDROID_TOOLCHAIN=clang' --> gcc
            }
        }
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
    externalNativeBuild {
        cmake {
            path "src/main/cpp/CMakeLists.txt"
        }
    }
    productFlavors {
        arm7 {
            // in the future, ndk.abiFilter might also work
            ndk {
                abiFilter 'armeabi-v7a'
            }
        }
        arm8 {
            ndk {
                abiFilters 'arm64-v8a'
            }
        }
        arm {
            ndk {
                abiFilter 'armeabi'
            }
        }
        x86 {
            ndk {
                abiFilter 'x86'
            }
        }
        x86_64 {
            ndk {
                abiFilter 'x86_64'
            }
        }
        mips {
            ndk {
                abiFilters 'mips', 'mips64'
            }
        }
        universal {
            ndk {
                abiFilters 'mips', 'mips64', 'x86', 'x86_64'
            }
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:25.2.0'
    compile 'com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout:1.0.1'
}

Answer 5

I found this Solution Online and this worked, however there was no explanation on how it worked: Remove the following block of code from you build.gradle file:

externalNativeBuild {
    cmake {
        path "src/main/cpp/CMakeLists.txt"
    }
}

Answer 6

This error sometimes occurs when you upgrade gradle or other dependencies. a simple solution is Build > "Refresh linked C++ project" and after that rebuilding your project. everything goes right