android: Added android_exe_type kwargs to executable

By setting android_exe_type to `application`, the executable gets
actually built as a shared library instead of an executable. This makes
it possible to use an application within an android application process.

mesonbuild#13758
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/merge_requests/7555/

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/mesonbuild/interpreter/interpreter.py b/mesonbuild/interpreter/interpreter.py
index 2cd272db3..d3bf86df3 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/interpreter/interpreter.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/interpreter/interpreter.py
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ from .type_checking import (
     CT_BUILD_BY_DEFAULT,
     CT_INPUT_KW,
     CT_INSTALL_DIR_KW,
+    _EXCLUSIVE_EXECUTABLE_KWS,
     EXECUTABLE_KWS,
     JAR_KWS,
     LIBRARY_KWS,
@@ -1816,12 +1817,24 @@ class Interpreter(InterpreterBase, HoldableObject):
     def func_disabler(self, node, args, kwargs):
         return Disabler()
 
+    def _strip_exe_specific_kwargs(self, kwargs: kwtypes.Executable) -> kwtypes._BuildTarget:
+        kwargs = kwargs.copy()
+        for exe_kwarg in _EXCLUSIVE_EXECUTABLE_KWS:
+            del kwargs[exe_kwarg.name]
+        return kwargs
+
     @permittedKwargs(build.known_exe_kwargs)
     @typed_pos_args('executable', str, varargs=SOURCES_VARARGS)
     @typed_kwargs('executable', *EXECUTABLE_KWS, allow_unknown=True)
     def func_executable(self, node: mparser.BaseNode,
                         args: T.Tuple[str, SourcesVarargsType],
                         kwargs: kwtypes.Executable) -> build.Executable:
+        for_machine = kwargs['native']
+        m = self.environment.machines[for_machine]
+        if m.is_android() and kwargs.get('android_exe_type') == 'application':
+            holder = self.build_target(node, args, self._strip_exe_specific_kwargs(kwargs), build.SharedLibrary)
+            holder.shared_library_only = True
+            return holder
         return self.build_target(node, args, kwargs, build.Executable)
 
     @permittedKwargs(build.known_stlib_kwargs)