How to use SDL2 with .NET MAUI

I am trying to use SDL2 with .NET MAUI.

I have tried to build the native libraries using the androidbuildlibs.sh at the buildscriprs directory. it generated libSDL.so for different architectures. and then I added them to libs/ directory in the project and set there build action to AndroidNativeLibrary. when I try to Initialize SDL using:

[DllImport("libSDL2.so", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
public static extern int SDL_Init(uint flags);

the SDL_Init method returns -1.

I thought I should Initialize it somewhere in the MainActivity. so, I built the java library that contains SDLActivity to .jar file and I made a binding project to it. then I tried to make the MainActivity inherit from SDLActivity instead of MauiAppCompatActivity. and I overrided the LoadLibraries method like so:

[Activity(Theme = "@style/Maui.SplashTheme", MainLauncher = true, LaunchMode = LaunchMode.SingleTop, ConfigurationChanges = ConfigChanges.ScreenSize | ConfigChanges.Orientation | ConfigChanges.UiMode | ConfigChanges.ScreenLayout | ConfigChanges.SmallestScreenSize | ConfigChanges.Density)]
public class MainActivity : SDLActivity
{
    public override void LoadLibraries()
    {
        base.LoadLibraries();
        SDL2Helper.InitSDL();
    }
}

Now I get an error indicating that the libmain.so not found.

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