Charon logs to a file in the App's data directory

src/frontends/android/jni/libandroidbridge/charonservice.c

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/utsname.h>
 #include <android/log.h>
+#include <errno.h>
 
 #include "charonservice.h"
 #include "android_jni.h"
@@ -117,6 +118,35 @@ static void dbg_android(debug_t group, level_t level, char *fmt, ...)
 	}
 }
 
+/**
+ * Initialize file logger
+ */
+static void initialize_logger(char *logfile)
+{
+	file_logger_t *file_logger;
+	debug_t group;
+	FILE *file;
+
+	/* truncate an existing file */
+	file = fopen(logfile, "w");
+	if (!file)
+	{
+		DBG1(DBG_DMN, "opening file %s for logging failed: %s",
+			 logfile, strerror(errno));
+		return;
+	}
+	/* flush each line */
+	setlinebuf(file);
+
+	file_logger = file_logger_create(file, "%b %e %T", FALSE);
+	for (group = 0; group < DBG_MAX; group++)
+	{
+		file_logger->set_level(file_logger, group, ANDROID_DEBUG_LEVEL);
+	}
+	charon->file_loggers->insert_last(charon->file_loggers, file_logger);
+	charon->bus->add_logger(charon->bus, &file_logger->logger);
+}
+
 METHOD(charonservice_t, update_status, bool,
 	private_charonservice_t *this, android_vpn_state_t code)
 {
@@ -353,10 +383,11 @@ static void segv_handler(int signal)
  * Initialize charon and the libraries via JNI
  */
 JNI_METHOD(CharonVpnService, initializeCharon, void,
-	jobject builder)
+	jobject builder, jstring jlogfile)
 {
 	struct sigaction action;
 	struct utsname utsname;
+	char *logfile;
 
 	/* logging for library during initialization, as we have no bus yet */
 	dbg = dbg_android;
@@ -392,6 +423,10 @@ JNI_METHOD(CharonVpnService, initializeCharon, void,
 		return;
 	}
 
+	logfile = androidjni_convert_jstring(env, jlogfile);
+	initialize_logger(logfile);
+	free(logfile);
+
 	charonservice_init(env, this, builder);
 
 	if (uname(&utsname) != 0)

src/frontends/android/src/org/strongswan/android/logic/CharonVpnService.java

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 package org.strongswan.android.logic;
 
+import java.io.File;
 import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.net.NetworkInterface;
 import java.net.SocketException;
@@ -46,6 +47,9 @@ import android.util.Log;
 public class CharonVpnService extends VpnService implements Runnable
 {
 	private static final String TAG = CharonVpnService.class.getSimpleName();
+	public static final String LOG_FILE = "charon.log";
+
+	private String mLogFile;
 	private VpnProfileDataSource mDataSource;
 	private Thread mConnectionHandler;
 	private VpnProfile mCurrentProfile;
@@ -113,6 +117,8 @@ public class CharonVpnService extends VpnService implements Runnable
 	@Override
 	public void onCreate()
 	{
+		mLogFile = getFilesDir().getAbsolutePath() + File.separator + LOG_FILE;
+
 		mDataSource = new VpnProfileDataSource(this);
 		mDataSource.open();
 		/* use a separate thread as main thread for charon */
@@ -204,7 +210,7 @@ public class CharonVpnService extends VpnService implements Runnable
 						mIsDisconnecting = false;
 
 						BuilderAdapter builder = new BuilderAdapter(mCurrentProfile.getName());
-						initializeCharon(builder);
+						initializeCharon(builder, mLogFile);
 						Log.i(TAG, "charon started");
 
 						String local_address = getLocalIPv4Address();
@@ -418,8 +424,9 @@ public class CharonVpnService extends VpnService implements Runnable
 	 * Initialization of charon, provided by libandroidbridge.so
 	 *
 	 * @param builder BuilderAdapter for this connection
+	 * @param logfile absolute path to the logfile
 	 */
-	public native void initializeCharon(BuilderAdapter builder);
+	public native void initializeCharon(BuilderAdapter builder, String logfile);
 
 	/**
 	 * Deinitialize charon, provided by libandroidbridge.so