title: why my native library is not loaded?
body: <p>I have added the Gradle tag to this thread since I feel my build.gradle file is missing a needed configuration. Below is a copy of my file. The issue I am having is I don't know why my shared library files do not make it into my apks. And I think I see the tell tell signs of what I need in this file from reading the Gradle manual but I want to be sure. </p>
  
  <pre><code>sansari@ubuntu:~/AndroidStudioProjects/ThirdNDK/app$ more build.gradle 
  apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
  
  android {
      compileSdkVersion 22
      buildToolsVersion "22.0.1"
  
      defaultConfig {
          applicationId "com.example.sansari.thirdndk"
          minSdkVersion 19
          targetSdkVersion 22
          versionCode 1
          versionName "1.0"
          ndk
                  {
                      moduleName "HelloJNI"
                  }
      }
      sourceSets.main
              {
                  jni.srcDirs = [] // ndk-build.cmd needs to be invoked from command line
                  jniLibs.srcDirs '/src/main/libs'
              }
      productFlavors
              {
                  x86
                          {
                              ndk
                                      {
                                          abiFilter "x86"
                                      }
                          }
  
      armv7a
              {
                  ndk
                          {
                              abiFilter "armeabi-v7a"
                          }
              }
                  arm {
                      //flavorDimension "abi"
                      ndk
                              {
                                  abiFilter "armeabi"
                                  versionCode = 1;
                              }
                      }
              }
  buildTypes {
          release {
              minifyEnabled false
              proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
          }
      }
  }
  
  dependencies {
      compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
      compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:22.0.0'
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I am trying a native code project in Android Studio, and I get the following error. But I don't know why the loader is looking in that directory. Or why the folder is called com.example.sansari.thiredndk-1. I just called my project thirdndk. I am not sure how -1 is added. I wanted to know how can I fix this, and learn why the loader is looking in that directory? My /libs folder is in the main directory of the project.</p>
  
  <pre><code>java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: Couldn't load HelloJNI from loader dalvik.system.PathClassLoader[dexPath=/data/app/com.example.sansari.thirdndk-1.apk,libraryPath=/data/app-lib/com.example.sansari.thirdndk-1]: findLibrary returned null
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>@Preethi. Thanks; I'll have a look. I typed it rather quickly. </p>
  
  <p>@Preethi or anyone else; I don't seem to have any luck with this. Here is the apk:</p>
  
  <p>Thank you all for your help. It finally worked. I googled "how to add library files to apk with gradle", and this little gem came up: "Include .so library in apk in android studio [duplicate]" It is on stackoverflow. I am not sure if I have permission to post urls yet. In it, there was comments about a bug in earlier versions of Gradle for including libraries. One of the links in it had a comment about using the jniLibs folder as the directory to put shared libraries in. So I took a chance and copied all of my shared libraries files from libs to jniLibs. I created jniLibs and copied the files and voila. Thank you again to all of you. You guys rock. </p>