diff -r 8c3cba28b1fd android-project/src/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java
--- a/android-project/src/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java	Sat Aug 12 00:04:46 2017 -0700
+++ b/android-project/src/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java	Sat Aug 12 10:16:08 2017 +0200
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@
     public static boolean mExitCalledFromJava;
 
     /** If shared libraries (e.g. SDL or the native application) could not be loaded. */
-    public static boolean mBrokenLibraries;
+    public static boolean mBrokenLibraries = false;
+    public static String mErrorMsgBrokenLib = "";
 
     // If we want to separate mouse and touch events.
     //  This is only toggled in native code when a hint is set!
@@ -69,15 +70,31 @@
     protected static AudioTrack mAudioTrack;
     protected static AudioRecord mAudioRecord;
 
+
+    static {
+        // Load shared libraries
+        try {
+            for (String lib : getLibraries()) {
+               System.loadLibrary(lib);
+            }
+        } catch(UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
+            System.err.println(e.getMessage());
+            mBrokenLibraries = true;
+            mErrorMsgBrokenLib = e.getMessage();
+        } catch(Exception e) {
+            System.err.println(e.getMessage());
+            mBrokenLibraries = true;
+            mErrorMsgBrokenLib = e.getMessage();
+        }
+    }
+
+ 
+
     /**
      * This method is called by SDL before loading the native shared libraries.
-     * It can be overridden to provide names of shared libraries to be loaded.
-     * The default implementation returns the defaults. It never returns null.
-     * An array returned by a new implementation must at least contain "SDL2".
-     * Also keep in mind that the order the libraries are loaded may matter.
      * @return names of shared libraries to be loaded (e.g. "SDL2", "main").
      */
-    protected String[] getLibraries() {
+    protected static String[] getLibraries() {
         return new String[] {
             "SDL2",
             // "SDL2_image",
@@ -88,13 +105,6 @@
         };
     }
 
-    // Load the .so
-    public void loadLibraries() {
-       for (String lib : getLibraries()) {
-          System.loadLibrary(lib);
-       }
-    }
-
     /**
      * This method is called by SDL before starting the native application thread.
      * It can be overridden to provide the arguments after the application name.
@@ -117,7 +127,6 @@
         mAudioTrack = null;
         mAudioRecord = null;
         mExitCalledFromJava = false;
-        mBrokenLibraries = false;
         mIsResumedCalled = false;
         mIsSurfaceReady = false;
         mHasFocus = true;
@@ -136,28 +145,14 @@
         SDLActivity.initialize();
         // So we can call stuff from static callbacks
         mSingleton = this;
-
-        // Load shared libraries
-        String errorMsgBrokenLib = "";
-        try {
-            loadLibraries();
-        } catch(UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
-            System.err.println(e.getMessage());
-            mBrokenLibraries = true;
-            errorMsgBrokenLib = e.getMessage();
-        } catch(Exception e) {
-            System.err.println(e.getMessage());
-            mBrokenLibraries = true;
-            errorMsgBrokenLib = e.getMessage();
-        }
-
+    
         if (mBrokenLibraries)
         {
             AlertDialog.Builder dlgAlert  = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
             dlgAlert.setMessage("An error occurred while trying to start the application. Please try again and/or reinstall."
                   + System.getProperty("line.separator")
                   + System.getProperty("line.separator")
-                  + "Error: " + errorMsgBrokenLib);
+                  + "Error: " + mErrorMsgBrokenLib);
             dlgAlert.setTitle("SDL Error");
             dlgAlert.setPositiveButton("Exit",
                 new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {