Android NDK

Stay organized with collections Save and categorize content based on your preferences. The Android NDK is a toolset that lets you implement parts of your app in native code, using languages such as C and C++. For certain types of apps, this can help you reuse code libraries written in those languages.

The NDK allows Android application developers to include native code in their Android application packages, compiled as JNI shared libraries. This section lists any in-progress features with open discussion bugs. We're still working on these and want to hear from you, so please read the thread and join the discussion if you have anything to add! None right now :) Tutorial and API reference documentation is available on the Android Developer website: The NDK Guides help you get started with the NDK. Information about building or debugging and profiling. Tutorial information for High-Performance Audio, Vulkan, and Neural Networks. The NDK API Reference covers all Android-specific APIs. The documentation for Android's C library ("bionic") may be useful: Android bionic status talks about what APIs are available in what releases, and behaviors that have changed between API levels. Android changes for NDK developers details important dynamic linker changes in various Android releases. Invaluable if you're having trouble loading your .so files. 32-bit ABI bugs documents issues for 32-bit code. Other resources Discussions related to the Android NDK happen on the android-ndk Google Group. File bugs against the NDK at See our calendar for upcoming releases. The NDK and Android Studio support ndk-build and CMake out of the box, but we also have a Build System Maintainers Guide. If you want to work on the NDK itself rather than just use it, see the README.md in the NDK source.