NDK - How to use a generated .so library in another project

I have used ndk successfully to build & use a .so file in one project. I need to use this library in another project. I would rather not copy the source there, but just use the library.

Trying to copy & paste the whole libs/armeabi/libcommon.so to the project root does not work, I think because libs/armeabi is an android generated path.

So what would be the best way to do it?