Thanks for the clarification.
I’d recommend you to also use as a reference the C++ examples available in the SDK. For instance, some of the eiq_examples are C++ projects (i.e. tflm_cifar10). Probably some setting is missing in the project that are causing this.
Also, please take a look to this thread, it might be helpful for you.
I’d also recommend you to take a look to the MCUXpresso IDE User Guide for more information about C++ projects and C++ libraries (i.e. try using NewlibNano (nohost)).
I hope this helps,
Daniel.