Android NDK overview

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.

Look here for setup instructions.

What’s new in version R25

Updated on Jul 15 2022

Includes Android 13 APIs.
Updated LLVM to clang-r450784d, based on LLVM 14 development.
Issue 1455: Improved display of Android API levels in Clang diagnostics.
Issue 1710: Fixed compiler crash caused by invalid -march values.
Eliminate duplicate static libraries in API-versioned sysroot directories. This reduces the uncompressed size of the NDK by 500 MB.
Strip some binaries and libraries. This reduces the uncompressed size of the NDK by 300 MB.
Remove python2. All scripts now use python3.
Issue 933: Updated reference ASan wrap.sh to support attaching the Java debugger.
Issue 1334: Improved argument escaping for compile_commands.json files generated by ndk-build.
Issue 1634: Fixed the build rule for the libshaderc_combined target.
Issue 1693: The NDK's toolchain file for CMake (android.toolchain.cmake) defaults to the legacy toolchain file for all versions of CMake. The new toolchain file can still be enabled using -DANDROID_USE_LEGACY_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=OFF.
Issue 1717: Arranged for --gc-sections to be passed to the linker when building shared libraries.

Information

License

Free

Size

1.27 GB

Developer’s website

https://developer.android.com/ndk

Downloads

156

App requirements

Intel 64
Apple Silicon
Mac OS X OS X 10.10 or later

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