Workshop - Native Android Development with NDK

It is sometimes necessary to implement part of your application with a native language such as C or C++ for a variety of reasons. In this workshop, you'll learn about native Android applications, and how to develop one with the NDK.

Dmitri Gomon will be leading this workshop. He is a software engineer with seven years of experience in mobile development.

Note

This is an advanced level workshop. You should have working knowledge of Android in order to benefit from the workshop.

Bring your laptop. Prepare your laptop prior to the workshop by following these steps:

1. Install Android SDK and ADT:

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

2. Install Eclipse CDT:

http://www.eclipse.org/cdt/downloads.php

3. Install NDK:

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

4. Install NDK plugin:

http://tools.android.com/recent/usingthendkplugin

5. Set the path to SDK and NDK:

Eclipse -> Window -> Preferences -> Android -> set path to SDK

Eclipse -> Window -> Preferences -> Android -> NDK -> set path to the NDK