Android NDK

Android NDK

IN THIS DOCUMENT

1. Downloads

2. Revisions

3. System and Software Requirements

4. Installing the NDK

5. Getting Started with the NDK

   1. Using the NDK

6. Contents of the NDK

   1. Development tools

   2. Documentation

   3. Sample apps

The NDK is a toolset that allows you to implement parts of your app using native-code languages such as C and C++. For certain types of apps, this can be helpful so you can reuse existing code libraries written in these languages, but most apps do not need the Android NDK.

Before downloading the NDK, 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 noticable 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++.

Typical good candidates for the NDK are CPU-intensive workloads such as game engines, signal processing, physics simulation, and so on. When examining whether or not you should develop in native code, think about your requirements and see if the Android framework APIs provide the functionality that you need.

http://developer.android.com/tools/sdk/ndk/index.html

转载于:https://my.oschina.net/sitexa/blog/384211