I found out that 1.8.0 fails to determine location of sed command while building for Android. Probably it's related to upgrade to NDK r11b. I've made some tests with the same source code of my app on 1.6.3 (where NDK r10e was present) and the problem does not exist.

I have found out that if I replace line in gstreamer-1.0.mk

HOST_SED := $(strip $(NDK_HOST_SED))

with 

HOST_SED := sed

it starts to work.


Steps to reproduce:

1. Take fresh ubuntu 14.04
2. Clone cerbero (tag 1.8.0)
3. Bootstrap & package gstreamer-1.0 with cross-android.cbc config
4. Fetch Android SDK
5. Try to build any app

Expected output: app builds properly

Actual output:

# ANDROID_HOME=/root/.android-packages/sdk/android-sdk-linux/ ANDROID_NDK_ROOT=/root/cerbero/android-ndk-r11/ ANDROID_GST_ROOT=/root/cerbero/dist/  ./gradlew build
:app:preBuild UP-TO-DATE
:app:preDebugBuild UP-TO-DATE
:app:checkDebugManifest
:app:preReleaseBuild UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareComAndroidSupportAnimatedVectorDrawable2320Library UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareComAndroidSupportAppcompatV72320Library UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareComAndroidSupportSupportV42320Library UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareComAndroidSupportSupportVectorDrawable2320Library UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareDebugDependencies
:app:compileDebugAidl UP-TO-DATE
:app:compileDebugRenderscript UP-TO-DATE
:app:generateDebugBuildConfig UP-TO-DATE
:app:generateDebugAssets UP-TO-DATE
:app:mergeDebugAssets UP-TO-DATE
:app:generateDebugResValues UP-TO-DATE
:app:generateDebugResources UP-TO-DATE
:app:mergeDebugResources UP-TO-DATE
:app:processDebugManifest UP-TO-DATE
:app:processDebugResources UP-TO-DATE
:app:generateDebugSources UP-TO-DATE
:app:ndkBuild
TARGET_ARCH_ABI=armeabi
GSTREAMER_ROOT=/root/cerbero/dist//android_arm
GSTREAMER_NDK_BUILD_PATH=/root/cerbero/dist//android_arm/share/gst-android/ndk-build/
SHELL=/bin/sh
GSTREAMER_PLUGINS=coreelements adder app audioconvert audiorate audioresample audiotestsrc gio pango typefindfunctions videoconvert videorate videoscale videotestsrc volume autodetect videofilter playback subparse ogg theora vorbis opus ivorbisdec alaw apetag audioparsers auparse avi dv flac flv flxdec icydemux id3demux isomp4 jpeg matroska mulaw multipart png speex taglib vpx wavenc wavpack wavparse y4menc adpcmdec adpcmenc dashdemux dvbsuboverlay dvdspu hls id3tag kate midi mxf openh264 opusparse pcapparse pnm rfbsrc schro gstsiren smoothstreaming subenc videoparsersbad y4mdec jpegformat gdp rsvg openjpeg spandsp androidmedia tcp rtsp rtp rtpmanager soup udp dataurisrc sdp srtp rtspclientsink opensles opengl asfmux dtsdec faad mpegpsdemux mpegpsmux mpegtsdemux mpegtsmux voaacenc a52dec amrnb amrwbdec asf dvdsub dvdlpcmdec mad mpeg2dec xingmux realmedia x264 lame mpg123 libav  encoding libvisual goom goom2k1 audiovisualizers alpha alphacolor audiofx cairo cutter debug deinterlace dtmf effectv equalizer gdkpixbuf imagefreeze interleave level multifile replaygain shapewipe smpte spectrum videobox videocrop videomixer accurip aiff audiofxbad autoconvert bayer coloreffects debugutilsbad fieldanalysis freeverb frei0r gaudieffects geometrictransform inter interlace ivtc rawparse removesilence segmentclip smooth speed soundtouch videofiltersbad audiomixer compositor mms rtmp
GSTREAMER_EXTRA_DEPS=glib-2.0
make: -n: Command not found
make: -n: Command not found
/bin/sh: 0: Illegal option - 
/bin/sh: 0: Illegal option - 
(repeated many times)
GStreamer      : [GEN] => gst-build-armeabi/gstreamer_android.c
/bin/sh: 1: i: not found
make: [genstatic_armeabi] Error 127 (ignored)
/bin/sh: 1: i: not found
make: [genstatic_armeabi] Error 127 (ignored)
/bin/sh: 1: i: not found
make: [genstatic_armeabi] Error 127 (ignored)
/bin/sh: 1: i: not found
make: [genstatic_armeabi] Error 127 (ignored)
GStreamer      : [COMPILE] => gst-build-armeabi/gstreamer_android.c
gst-build-armeabi/gstreamer_android.c:17:2: error: stray '@' in program
  @PLUGINS_DECLARATION@
  ^
gst-build-armeabi/gstreamer_android.c:17:22: error: stray '@' in program
  @PLUGINS_DECLARATION@
                      ^
gst-build-armeabi/gstreamer_android.c:20:2: error: stray '@' in program
  @G_IO_MODULES_DECLARE@
  ^
gst-build-armeabi/gstreamer_android.c:17:3: error: unknown type name 'PLUGINS_DECLARATION'
  @PLUGINS_DECLARATION@
   ^
gst-build-armeabi/gstreamer_android.c:20:23: error: stray '@' in program
  @G_IO_MODULES_DECLARE@
                       ^
gst-build-armeabi/gstreamer_android.c:23:1: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before 'void'
 void
 ^
gst-build-armeabi/gstreamer_android.c:26:2: error: stray '@' in program
  @PLUGINS_REGISTRATION@
  ^
gst-build-armeabi/gstreamer_android.c:26:23: error: stray '@' in program
  @PLUGINS_REGISTRATION@
                       ^
gst-build-armeabi/gstreamer_android.c: In function 'gst_android_load_gio_modules':
gst-build-armeabi/gstreamer_android.c:33:2: error: stray '@' in program
  @G_IO_MODULES_LOAD@
  ^
gst-build-armeabi/gstreamer_android.c:33:20: error: stray '@' in program
  @G_IO_MODULES_LOAD@
                    ^
gst-build-armeabi/gstreamer_android.c:33:3: error: 'G_IO_MODULES_LOAD' undeclared (first use in this function)
  @G_IO_MODULES_LOAD@
   ^
gst-build-armeabi/gstreamer_android.c:33:3: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
gst-build-armeabi/gstreamer_android.c:34:1: error: expected ';' before '}' token
 }
 ^
gst-build-armeabi/gstreamer_android.c: In function 'gst_android_init':
gst-build-armeabi/gstreamer_android.c:497:3: error: implicit declaration of function 'gst_android_register_static_plugins' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
   gst_android_register_static_plugins ();
   ^
cc1: all warnings being treated as errors
make: *** [gst-build-armeabi/gstreamer_android.o] Error 1
:app:ndkBuild FAILED


The build script was:

LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)

include $(CLEAR_VARS)

LOCAL_MODULE    := test
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := test.c

LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := gstreamer_android
LOCAL_LDLIBS := -llog -landroid
include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)

ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH_ABI),armeabi)
GSTREAMER_ROOT        := $(GSTREAMER_ROOT_ARM)
else ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH_ABI),armeabi-v7a)
GSTREAMER_ROOT        := $(GSTREAMER_ROOT_ARMV7)
else ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH_ABI),arm64-v8a)
GSTREAMER_ROOT        := $(GSTREAMER_ROOT_ARM64)
else ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH_ABI),x86)
GSTREAMER_ROOT        := $(GSTREAMER_ROOT_X86)
else ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH_ABI),x86_64)
GSTREAMER_ROOT        := $(GSTREAMER_ROOT_X86_64)
else
$(error Target arch ABI not supported)
endif

GSTREAMER_NDK_BUILD_PATH  := $(GSTREAMER_ROOT)/share/gst-android/ndk-build/
SHELL := PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$(GSTREAMER_ROOT)/lib/pkgconfig /bin/bash

include $(GSTREAMER_NDK_BUILD_PATH)/plugins.mk
GSTREAMER_PLUGINS         := $(GSTREAMER_PLUGINS_CORE) $(GSTREAMER_PLUGINS_PLAYBACK) $(GSTREAMER_PLUGINS_CODECS) $(GSTREAMER_PLUGINS_NET) $(GSTREAMER_PLUGINS_SYS) $(GSTREAMER_PLUGINS_CODECS_RESTRICTED) $(GSTREAMER_CODECS_GPL) $(GSTREAMER_PLUGINS_ENCODING) $(GSTREAMER_PLUGINS_VIS) $(GSTREAMER_PLUGINS_EFFECTS) $(GSTREAMER_PLUGINS_NET_RESTRICTED)
GSTREAMER_EXTRA_DEPS      := glib-2.0 libradiokit-common-1.0

$(info TARGET_ARCH_ABI=$(TARGET_ARCH_ABI))
$(info GSTREAMER_ROOT=$(GSTREAMER_ROOT))
$(info GSTREAMER_NDK_BUILD_PATH=$(GSTREAMER_NDK_BUILD_PATH))
$(info SHELL=$(SHELL))
$(info GSTREAMER_PLUGINS=$(GSTREAMER_PLUGINS))
$(info GSTREAMER_EXTRA_DEPS=$(GSTREAMER_EXTRA_DEPS))

include $(GSTREAMER_NDK_BUILD_PATH)/gstreamer-1.0.mk


test.c:


#include <string.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <jni.h>


/* Library initializer */
jint
JNI_OnLoad (JavaVM * vm, void *reserved) {
    return JNI_VERSION_1_4;
}