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== Bundling Native Libraries ==
 
== Bundling Native Libraries ==
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Sometimes you need to include a native library or two with your activity.  A good strategy, the one that [[Develop]] and [[Model]] use, is to specify a shell script for the executable in the .info file:
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Sometimes you need to include a native library or two with your activity.  The strategy that [[Develop]] and [[Model]] use is specifying a shell script for the executable in the .info file:
    
  exec = ./model_startup.sh
 
  exec = ./model_startup.sh
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The script, 'model_startup.sh', modifies the library path, python, or both paths (depending on the types of libraries you are including) to point to folders inside your bundle, then launches your application:
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The script, 'model_startup.sh', modifies the library path, python, or both paths (depending on the types of libraries you are including) to reference folders inside your bundle, then launches your application:
    
  #!/bin/sh
 
  #!/bin/sh
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  sugar-activity model_app.ModelActivity
 
  sugar-activity model_app.ModelActivity
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Make sure to add your shell script and any native libraries to the MANIFEST before you package your bundle.  You can also accomplish the same thing by throwing all your libraries in the root folder of the bundle, like the [[Map_(activity)|Map activity]] does, but that can get messy very quick.
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Make sure to add your shell script and any native libraries to the MANIFEST before you package your bundle.  You can also accomplish the same thing by throwing all your libraries in the root folder of the bundle, like the [[Map_(activity)|Map activity]] does, but if you have more than a few libraries to include it can get quite cluttered.
    
== Other Technologies Comparison ==
 
== Other Technologies Comparison ==
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