A few questions?

[Zingam]

I do not understand the need for this:

arguments '-DANDROID_STL=c++_shared'

Can't we have static libraries?

You probably also need to add to the instructions to README (for the respective system Windows/ Linux/etc.) that this might be needed:

export ANDROID_NDK_HOME="/Library/Android/sdk/ndk/"

Also I guess this feature (as of today) is yet to be merged into master:
microsoft/vcpkg#10271

[atkawa7]

You are right

Also I guess this feature (as of today) is yet to be merged into master:
microsoft/vcpkg#10271

Current its doesn't support static libraries. It works similar to ndkports. It seems ndkports doesn't support static libs as well. I could be wrong. @DanAlbert https://android.googlesource.com/platform/tools/ndkports/+/refs/heads/master/src/main/kotlin/com/android/ndkports/PrefabPackageBuilder.kt#155

[Zingam]

I wonder how this features will work for google/prefab#41 If I recall correctly I had issues integrating this library into my project as it might be build partly as static partly as dynamic. I don't really remember what was necessary to do.

OK. I found this comment in my build.gradle.kts file:

                //     When linking a static SDL2 library to a shared library SDL_main gets stripped
                //     thus we compile all libraries as static and link them with:
                //       $<$<PLATFORM_ID:Android>:-Wl,--whole-archive>
                //       GunBox_Engine_main
                //       $<$<PLATFORM_ID:Android>:-Wl,--no-whole-archive>
                arguments.add("-D.UseSharedLibrary_SDL2:BOOL=${Deps.sdl2_BuildAsShared}")

Also I think as of SDL2.10 modifications to the CMakeLists.txt were necessary, etc..

[atkawa7]

I don't know what's needed on the prefab side to support static libs. But vcpkg supports both static and shared libs

[DanAlbert]

Prefab supports static libraries. ndkports doesn't currently ship any. For a static library, c++_shared and c++_static are treated identically.

Verifying library compatibility is fairly complicated, so best to just check the source if you want to understand its behavior.

[ylz-at]

This solution is currently broken, see microsoft/vcpkg#25182