What is the Android Native Development Kit (NDK)?

Issue

What is the Android NDK (native development kit) ? How can one use it? Why should one use it?

Solution

The NDK (Native Development Kit) is a tool that allows you to program in C/C++ for Android devices. It's intended to integrate with the SDK (it's described as a "companion tool") and used only for performance-critical portions of a project. See here for more information.

Answered By - Ted Hopp