How to compile C into an executable binary file and run it in Android from Android Shell?

Question

I have a Device on which I installed Android Gingerbread 2.3.4 Here i want to run C executable file on android device

I am able to run android NDK application on thi

Answer 1

The best/easiest place to put a executable is /data/local. You'll also need to chmod the binary as executable. Often you'll also need to do this in two steps to get the binary from /sdcard/ to /data/local:

$ adb push mybin /sdcard/
$ adb shell
$ cp /sdcard/mybin /data/local/mybin
$ cd /data/local
$ chmod 751 mybin

Caveats:

• Not all systems have cp. You can use cat if this is the case:

  $ cat /sdcard/mybin > /data/local/mybin

• Some systems don't allow write in /data/local for the "shell" user. Try /data/local/tmp