Crash on Android 6.0 emulator

[TomAtRB]

I am getting a crash on launch when trying to test on an Android 6.0 emulator

java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: dlopen failed: ... lib/x86/libsqlcipher_android.so: has text relocations

Using:
sqlcipher-for-android-v3.3.1
Android emulator x86 API 23 (6.0)

[developernotes]

Hello @TomAtRB

Are you certain you have integrated the library according to the documentation here? I was just able to run the SQLCipher for Android test suite on the x86 emulator for API 23 successfully.

[TomAtRB]

I am able to replicate the crash in the test suite by updating the "targetSdkVersion" and "compileSdkVersion" to "23"

/net.zetetic E/AndroidRuntime﹕ FATAL EXCEPTION: AsyncTask #1
    Process: net.zetetic, PID: 22424
    java.lang.RuntimeException: An error occurred while executing doInBackground()
            at android.os.AsyncTask$3.done(AsyncTask.java:309)
            at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.finishCompletion(FutureTask.java:354)
            at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.setException(FutureTask.java:223)
            at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:242)
            at android.os.AsyncTask$SerialExecutor$1.run(AsyncTask.java:234)
            at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1113)
            at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:588)
            at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:818)
     Caused by: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: dlopen failed: /data/app/net.zetetic-1/lib/x86/libsqlcipher_android.so: has text relocations
            at java.lang.Runtime.loadLibrary(Runtime.java:372)
            at java.lang.System.loadLibrary(System.java:1076)
            at net.sqlcipher.database.SQLiteDatabase.loadLibs(SQLiteDatabase.java:140)
            at net.sqlcipher.database.SQLiteDatabase.loadLibs(SQLiteDatabase.java:135)
            at net.zetetic.tests.TestSuiteRunner.runSuite(TestSuiteRunner.java:36)
            at net.zetetic.tests.TestSuiteRunner.doInBackground(TestSuiteRunner.java:20)
            at net.zetetic.tests.TestSuiteRunner.doInBackground(TestSuiteRunner.java:12)
            at android.os.AsyncTask$2.call(AsyncTask.java:295)
            at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:237)
            at android.os.AsyncTask$SerialExecutor$1.run(AsyncTask.java:234)
            at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1113)
            at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:588)
            at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:818)

[developernotes]

Hello @TomAtRB

I was able to reproduce this by adjusting the targetSdkVersion and compileSdkVersion. I will look into this. Thanks!

[ErnestG]

@developernotes any chance it's because of

Android is moving away from OpenSSL to the BoringSSL library. If you’re using the Android NDK in your app, don't link against cryptographic libraries that are not a part of the NDK API, such as libcrypto.so and libssl.so. These libraries are not public APIs, and may change or break without notice across releases and devices. In addition, you may expose yourself to security vulnerabilities. Instead, modify your native code to call the Java cryptography APIs via JNI or to statically link against a cryptography library of your choice.

https://developer.android.com/preview/behavior-changes.html#behavior-apache-http-client

[developernotes]

Hi @ErnestG

It is unlikely due to the libcrypto dependency. We are actually building our own version of libcrypto and linking that directly into the library, so we are not dependency on any specific version of libcrypto being available on a given Android device.

[kmusham]

I am also getting the same error with the same environment.
Did you find any solution or workaround yet?

[developernotes]

Hello @kmusham

We are looking into the issue, at the time being we recommend that you do not target API 23 until this issue is resolved.

[jdzuri]

I have the same error too. I remain waiting for its solution. Thank you @developernotes for the info.

[developernotes]

Hi @TomAtRB, @ErnestG, @kmusham,

I have just pushed up a fix in the master branch that addresses the text relocation crash reported above. Please take a look when you get the opportunity. Thanks!

[jdzuri]

Hello @developernotes,

I've tested the library with the fix and work fine with the API 23 (emulator and hardware preview-3).

Thanks!

[developernotes]

Hi @jdzuri

Thank you for reporting your success with the latest changes.

[powder366]

Where do I get the new jniLibs files (+ icudt46l.zip)? The last version here is from Jul 13 v3.3.1: https://github.com/sqlcipher/android-database-sqlcipher/releases
And here is also old https://www.zetetic.net/sqlcipher/open-source/ stuff. Seems I can't get hold of the binaries?

[developernotes]

Hello @powder366

We have just released the latest version of SQLCipher for Android, more information can be found here.