Unable to use Clang as part of Android Studio

[swisspol]

With the previous NDK bundle from Android Studio, you could tell Gradle to use Clang toolchain to compile the JNI library as in:

 android.ndk {
        platformVersion = "18"  // Must be in-sync with minSdkVersion.apiLevel
        moduleName = "jni"
        toolchain "clang"
        toolchainVersion "3.6"
        ...
}

With the new NDK bundle 11.0.0, this doesn't work anymore, with or without toolchainVersion and even if using llvm instead of clang for toolchain.

Gradle sync failed: Cause: org.gradle.api.internal.ExtensibleDynamicObject Consult IDE log for more details (Help | Show Log)

[DanAlbert]

@vharron

[thielsn]

I have the same issue. Also, with the updated Android NDK, Revision 11b.
Gradle plugin: com.android.tools.build:gradle-experimental:0.4.0

[vharron]

I think you're going to need to upgrade to the latest experimental plugin.

Studio 2.0: com.android.tools.build:gradle-experimental:0.6.0-beta7
Studio 2.1: com.android.tools.build:gradle-experimental:0.7.0-alpha3

[swisspol]

I have Android Studio 1.5.1, the latest official release with gradle-experimental:0.4.0, the latest non-alpha, beta or whatever version I'm aware of.

How do you know what's the latest experimental gradle available? The official page only lists 0.4.0 and 0.6.0-alpha3: http://tools.android.com/tech-docs/new-build-system/gradle-experimental. This whole thing is such a mess 😞

[vharron]

I walked over to the gradle lead and asked him. :) It is a mess. Sorry, we're working on it.

[swisspol]

Please start by spending 10 minutes updating http://tools.android.com/tech-docs/new-build-system/gradle-experimental. The list of versions in "Gradle Requirements", "DSL Change" and "Change Log" are completely out of sync. Just fixing this so there's one source of reliable truth will help a number of people. Thanks!

In the meantime, what's the latest stable version of that plugin I can use with Android Studio 1.5.1?

[gnolnuhc]

I am trying to use Clang to compile under Android Studio and got the same error.
I am not expecting ndk support under AS to be complete. But I am very curious about the agenda for NDK under AS. When will it become official under stable release of Android Studio?

[DanAlbert]

@swisspol: sounds like there currently isn't a stable version of the gradle plugin that supports r11

@gnolnuhc: I'm told the stable release is due in a few weeks

[DanAlbert]

Closing since this isn't an NDK bug.

Gradle/Android Studio bugs should be filed on b.android.com (http://tools.android.com/filing-bugs/studio)