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EMBEDDED SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING 2012-13 Application Basics for Android: the NDK WHAT IS THE NDK? The Android NDK is a set of cross-compilers, scripts and libraries that allows to embed native code into Android applications Native code is compiled from C/C++ sources Requires Android 1.5 (API level 3) or later NATIVE CODE: WHY? (1/2) Reason #1: you already have a native-code library, and wish to make it accessible to Java code without rewriting it NATIVE CODE: WHY? (2/2) Reason#2: native code might be faster than bytecode Bytecode recompiled by a fast JIT compiler; overheads in passing parameters From Google’s documentation: ...you should understand that the NDK will not benefit most apps. As a developer, you need to balance its benefits against its drawbacks. Notably, using native code on Android generally does not result in a noticeable performance improvement, but it always increases your app complexity. In general, you should only use the NDK if it is essential to your app—never because you simply prefer to program in C/C++ NDK: WHAT IS INCLUDED Cross-compilers for ARMv5TE, ARMv7-A, x86 and MIPS architectures Native libraries (with corresponding header files) that are “stable”, i.e., guaranteed to be supported in the future. Among the libraries: libc, libm, libz, OpenGL ES libs, ... A custom build system to ease the specification of how your C/C++ code should be compiled linked Documentation and examples (of course) APPROACHES TO NATIVE CODE With the Android NDK there are currently two approaches to native code development JNI: the application is mostly written in Java. The (few) methods written in C/C++ are accessed via the Java Native Interface Native activity: entire activities are implemented in C/C++. Supported in Android 2.3 (API Level 9) or later JNI (1/5) The Java