Build VLC for Android project failed on Ubuntu 12.04

Question

I want to work on the VLC for Android project. So first I need to compile this project, I follow all the steps on https://wiki.videolan.org/AndroidCompile/ but when I do the

Answer 1

Building VLC player is really complex task and takes a lot of time. And error you get it's just first of many errors you'll try to fix on your way.

I'll suggest to you an easy way - not build VLC by yourself. Main ideas is - if you don't want to modify VLC sources it would be enough to get .so file from original VLC.apk(you could just unzip an apk) and copy org.videolan.libvlc.* files from vlc sources in your project.

You could check this project to get an idea how it could work.