Why it seems it's not possible to use CPP in the NDK sources ?

Hi,

I am still messing up with code and trying to get my things work.

My stuff is entirely done in CPP however I noticed all sources in the NDK samples are plain C-99 ..

If I take the VrCubeWorld_Vulkan sample and I try to add to the project a simple "Banana.cpp" file that contains as simple as :

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
bool InitWorld (void *p)
{
   return true;
}

Then I modify the Android.mk file as :

LOCAL_MODULE          := vrcubeworldvk
#LOCAL_CFLAGS        := -std=c99 -Werror


LOCAL_SRC_FILES          :=     ../../../Src/VrCubeWorld_Vulkan.c \
                     ../../../Src/Banana.cpp \
                     ../../../Src/Framework_Vulkan.c

And then from within I call :

extern bool InitWorld (void *p);

void android_main( struct android_app * app )
{
    ALOGV( "----------------------------------------------------------------" );
    ALOGV( "android_app_entry()" );
    ALOGV( "    android_main()" );

    InitWorld("Pappinone");

When I try to compile it spews those sort of errors :

Build command failed.
Error while executing process /home/gilesgoat/Android/Sdk/ndk/20.1.5948944/ndk-build with arguments {NDK_PROJECT_PATH=null APP_BUILD_SCRIPT=/home/gilesgoat/OVR-SDK-Mobile/VrSamples/VrCubeWorld_Vulkan/Projects/Android/jni/Android.mk NDK_APPLICATION_MK=/home/gilesgoat/OVR-SDK-Mobile/VrSamples/VrCubeWorld_Vulkan/Projects/Android/jni/Application.mk APP_ABI=arm64-v8a NDK_ALL_ABIS=arm64-v8a NDK_DEBUG=1 APP_PLATFORM=android-21 NDK_OUT=/home/gilesgoat/OVR-SDK-Mobile/VrSamples/VrCubeWorld_Vulkan/Projects/Android/build/intermediates/ndkBuild/debug/obj NDK_LIBS_OUT=/home/gilesgoat/OVR-SDK-Mobile/VrSamples/VrCubeWorld_Vulkan/Projects/Android/build/intermediates/ndkBuild/debug/lib V=0 -j4 -C/home/gilesgoat/OVR-SDK-Mobile/VrSamples/VrCubeWorld_Vulkan/Projects/Android APP_PLATFORM=android-21 NDK_TOOLCHAIN_VERSION=clang APP_STL=c++_static NDK_DEBUG=1 OVR_DEBUG=1 USE_ASAN=1 /home/gilesgoat/OVR-SDK-Mobile/VrSamples/VrCubeWorld_Vulkan/Projects/Android/build/intermediates/ndkBuild/debug/obj/local/arm64-v8a/libvrcubeworldvk.so}
make: Entering directory `/home/gilesgoat/OVR-SDK-Mobile/VrSamples/VrCubeWorld_Vulkan/Projects/Android'
[arm64-v8a] Compile        : vrcubeworldvk <= VrCubeWorld_Vulkan.c
[arm64-v8a] Compile++      : vrcubeworldvk <= Banana.cpp
[arm64-v8a] Compile        : vrcubeworldvk <= Framework_Vulkan.c
[arm64-v8a] Prebuilt       : libvrapi.so <= /home/gilesgoat/OVR-SDK-Mobile/VrSamples/VrCubeWorld_Vulkan/Projects/Android/jni/../../../../../VrApi/Projects/AndroidPrebuilt/jni/../../../Libs/Android/arm64-v8a/Debug/
[arm64-v8a] StaticLibrary  : libandroid_native_app_glue.a
[arm64-v8a] SharedLibrary  : libvrcubeworldvk.so
/home/gilesgoat/OVR-SDK-Mobile/VrSamples/VrCubeWorld_Vulkan/Projects/Android/build/intermediates/ndkBuild/debug/obj/local/arm64-v8a/objs-debug/vrcubeworldvk/__/__/__/Src/VrCubeWorld_Vulkan.o: In function `android_main':
/home/gilesgoat/OVR-SDK-Mobile/VrSamples/VrCubeWorld_Vulkan/Projects/Android/jni/../../../Src/VrCubeWorld_Vulkan.c:1429: undefined reference to `InitWorld'
clang++: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
make: *** [/home/gilesgoat/OVR-SDK-Mobile/VrSamples/VrCubeWorld_Vulkan/Projects/Android/build/intermediates/ndkBuild/debug/obj/local/arm64-v8a/libvrcubeworldvk.so] Error 1
make: Leaving directory `/home/gilesgoat/OVR-SDK-Mobile/VrSamples/VrCubeWorld_Vulkan/Projects/Android'

If I "transform" all in .cpp gets even worse, it cannot find all the ovrVK... functions.

Is any way to "properly MIX" cpp and C in the VRAPI samples or the only solution would be to "confine" all the CPP code into a precompiled lib and call the few needed functions via some C wrapper ?

Why the examples do not support CPP ?

If that Banana.cpp is renamed in Banana.c all works ( but you can't use CPP stuff in ).

Cheers.