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Android NDK Beginner's Guide
Second Edition
Discover the native side of Android and inject the power
of C/C++ in your applications
Sylvain Ratabouil
BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI
Android NDK Beginner's Guide
Second Edition
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About the Author
Sylvain Ratabouil is an IT consultant, experienced in Android, Java, and C/C++. He has
contributed to the development of digital and mobile applications for large companies as
well as industrial projects for the space and aeronautics industries. As a technology lover,
he is passionate about mobile technologies and cannot live without his Android smartphone.
About the Reviewers
Guy Cole is a veteran Silicon Valley contractor with engagements in many well-known
companies such as Facebook, Cisco, Motorola, Cray Research, Hewlett-Packard, Wells Fargo
Bank, Barclays Global Investments, DHL Express, and many smaller, less-famous companies.
You can contact him via LinkedIn for your next project.
Krzysztof Fonał is passionate about computer science. He fell in love with this field when
he was eleven. He strongly believes that technology doesn't matter; problem solving skills
matters, as well as the passion to absorb knowledge. He currently works with Trapeze Group,
which is a world leader in providing IT solutions. He plans to work with machine learning
books and also on the Corona SDK.
Sergey Kosarevsky is a software engineer with experience in C++ and 3D graphics. He
worked for mobile industry companies and was involved in mobile projects at SPB Software,
Yandex, and Layar. He has more than 12 years of software development experience and more
than 6 years of Android NDK experience. Sergey earned his PhD in the field of mechanical
engineering from St.Petersburg Institute of Machine-Building in Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
He is a coauthor of Android NDK Game Development Cookbook. In his spare time, Sergey
maintains and develops an open source multiplatform gaming engine, Linderdaum Engine
(http://www.linderdaum.com), and a multi-platform open source file manager, WCM
Commander (http://wcm.linderdaum.com).
Raimon Ràfols has been developing for mobile devices since 2004. He has experience
in developing on several technologies, specializing in UI, build systems, and client-server
communications. He is currently working as a mobile software engineering manager
at Imagination Technologies near London. In his spare time, he enjoys programming,
photography, and giving talks at mobile conferences about Android performance
optimization and Android custom views.
I would like to express my gratitude to my beloved girlfriend, Laia, for her
support and understanding.
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Table of Contents
Preface vii
Chapter 1: Setting Up Your Environment 1
Getting started with Android development 2
Setting up Windows 2
Time for action – preparing Windows for Android development 3
Installing Android development kits on Windows 8
Time for action – installing Android SDK and NDK on Windows 8
Setting up OS X 13
Time for action – preparing OS X for Android development 13
Installing Android development kits on OS X 16
Time for action – installing Android SDK and NDK on OS X 17
Setting up Linux 22
Time for action – preparing Ubuntu for Android development 23
Installing Android development kits on Linux 25
Time for action – installing Android SDK and NDK on Ubuntu 25
Installing the Eclipse IDE 30
Time for action – installing Eclipse with ADT on your OS 30
Setting up the Android emulator 35
Time for action – creating an Android virtual device 35
Developing with an Android device 39
Time for action – setting up an Android device 39
More about ADB 42
Summary 43
Chapter 2: Starting a Native Android Project 45
Building NDK sample applications 46
Time for action – compiling and deploying San Angeles sample 46
Generating project files with Android manager 49
Compiling native code with NDK-Build 51
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