The Android Native Development Kit (NDK) provides a cross-compiling tool for compiling code written in C/C++ can be compiled to ARM, or x86 native code (or their 64-bit variants) for Android.[4][5] The NDK uses the Clang compiler to compile C/C++. GCC was included until NDK r17, but removed in r18 in 2018.
| Developer(s) | |
|---|---|
| Initial release | June 2009[1] |
| Stable release | r27c[2] 
/ 16 October 2024 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C and C++ |
| Operating system |
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| Platform | IA-32 (Windows only) or x86-64 (Windows,[3] macOS and Linux) |
| Available in | English |
| Type | SDK |
| Website | developer |
Overview
editNative libraries can be called from Java code running under the Android Runtime using System.loadLibrary, part of the standard Android Java classes.[6][7]
Command-line tools can be compiled with the NDK and installed using adb.[8]
Android uses Bionic as its C library, and the LLVM libc++ as its C++ Standard Library. The NDK also includes a variety of other APIs:[9] zlib compression, OpenGL ES or Vulkan graphics, OpenSL ES audio, and various Android-specific APIs for things like logging, access to cameras, or accelerating neural networks.
The NDK includes support for CMake and its own ndk-build (based on GNU Make). Android Studio supports running either of these from Gradle. Other third-party tools allow integrating the NDK into Eclipse[10] and Visual Studio.[11]
For CPU profiling, the NDK also includes simpleperf[12] which is similar to the Linux perf tool, but with better support for Android and specifically for mixed Java/C++ stacks.
References
edit- ^ "Android NDK | Android Developers". Developer.android.com. November 13, 2012. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
- ^ "Release NDK r27c · android/ndk · GitHub". Retrieved 26 October 2024.
- ^ "NDK Downloads | Android Developers". developer.android.com. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
- ^ Ratabouil, Sylvain (2015). Android NDK beginner's guide : discover the native side of Android and inject the power of C/C++ in your applications (2nd ed.). Birmingham. ISBN 978-1-78398-965-2. OCLC 910639612.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Kosarevsky, Sergey (2013). Android NDK game development cookbook : over 70 exciting recipes to help you develop mobile games for Android in C++. Viktor Latypov. Birmingham. ISBN 978-1-78216-779-2. OCLC 880639342.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Srinivas, Davanum (December 9, 2007). "Android — Invoke JNI based methods (Bridging C/C++ and Java)". Archived from the original on December 16, 2008. Retrieved December 13, 2008.
- ^ "java.lang.System". Android Developers. Retrieved September 3, 2009.
- ^ "Android Debug Bridge (adb)".
- ^ "Android NDK Native APIs | Android NDK".
- ^ "Using Eclipse for Android C/C++ Development". January 23, 2011.
- ^ "Using Visual Studio to Develop Native Android Code – VisualGDB Tutorials".
- ^ "Simpleperf | Android NDK".