Platform: the Android app_dummy() workaround only got worse.

What to expect with Android, eh?!

src/Magnum/Platform/AndroidApplication.cpp

@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@
 
 #include "Implementation/Egl.h"
 
+/* This function would be stripped by the linker otherwise. Search for the name
+   below for the complete rant. */
+extern "C" void ANativeActivity_onCreate(struct ANativeActivity*, void*, size_t);
+
 namespace Magnum { namespace Platform {
 
 struct AndroidApplication::LogOutput {
@@ -155,10 +159,12 @@ void AndroidApplication::mouseMoveEvent(MouseMoveEvent&) {}
 
 namespace {
     struct Data {
-        Data(std::unique_ptr<AndroidApplication>(*instancer)(const AndroidApplication::Arguments&)): instancer(instancer) {}
+        Data(std::unique_ptr<AndroidApplication>(*instancer)(const AndroidApplication::Arguments&), void(*nativeActivity)(ANativeActivity*,void*,size_t)): instancer(instancer), nativeActivity{nativeActivity} {}
 
         std::unique_ptr<AndroidApplication>(*instancer)(const AndroidApplication::Arguments&);
         std::unique_ptr<AndroidApplication> instance;
+
+        void(*nativeActivity)(ANativeActivity*,void*,size_t);
     };
 }
 
@@ -220,12 +226,17 @@ void AndroidApplication::exec(android_app* state, std::unique_ptr<AndroidApplica
     state->onAppCmd = commandEvent;
     state->onInputEvent = inputEvent;
 
-    /* Make sure the glue isn't stripped. WHY WHYYY CAN'T THIS BE DONE SOME
-       SANE WAY WHYY */
-    app_dummy();
-
+    /* Long time ago there was a call to app_dummy() that prevented stripping
+       the ANativeActivity_onCreate() symbol. It was awful enough on its own,
+       but they decided that it's no longer needed and the PROPER AND BETTER
+       SOLUTION is to pollute all downstream build scripts with
+       `-u ANativeActivity_onCreate` passed to linker. That's just fucking
+       awful. I can't use app_dummy() as it's deprecated, so I'm simply
+       retrieving the function pointer to the ANativeActivity_onCreate function
+       and saving it somewhere to convince the linker it's really needed. I
+       WANT TO SCREAM. https://github.com/android-ndk/ndk/issues/381 */
     /** @todo Make use of saved state */
-    Data data{instancer};
+    Data data{instancer, ANativeActivity_onCreate};
     state->userData = &data;
 
     for(;;) {

src/Magnum/Platform/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -75,10 +75,6 @@ if(WITH_ANDROIDAPPLICATION)
     set_target_properties(MagnumAndroidApplicationGlue PROPERTIES
         CORRADE_USE_PEDANTIC_FLAGS OFF
         FOLDER "Magnum/Platform")
-    # They just don't care, so of course the ANativeActivity_onCreate()
-    # function is not exported and thus the app startup fails if I don't
-    # disable hidden visibility for the file.
-    target_compile_options(MagnumAndroidApplicationGlue PRIVATE "-fvisibility=default")
 
     add_library(MagnumAndroidApplication STATIC
         ${MagnumAndroidApplication_SRCS}