How to add a .o file to an Android ndk build

Question

I have a .o file for a 3rd party library. I do not have the .c files for it, nor can I get access to them. Normally this isn't a problem, I would just add this to the list of files to link in. But I can't find a way to link in a file without compiling it in the NDK without altering the build scripts. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

I found an answer. Pain in the neck, but it works. I had to turn my .o file into a .a file via the program ar, then create a new static module in my Android.mk file to turn it into a library that android could link via LOCAL_STATIC_LIBS.