1 page.title=Getting Started with the NDK 2 @jd:body 3 4 <p>The Native Development Kit (NDK) is a set of tools that allow you to leverage C and 5 C++ code in your Android apps. You can use it either to build from your own source code, or to take 6 advantage of existing prebuilt libraries.</p> 7 8 <p>The NDK is not appropriate for most novice Android programmers, and has little value for many 9 types of Android apps. It is often not worth the additional complexity it inevitably brings to the 10 development process. However, it can be useful in cases in which you need to:</p> 11 12 <ul> 13 <li>Squeeze extra performance out of a device for computationally intensive applications like 14 games or physics simulations.</li> 15 <li>Reuse your own or other developers' C or C++ libraries.</li> 16 </ul> 17 18 <p>This guide gives you the information you need to get up and running with the NDK. It starts by 19 explaining the <a href="{@docRoot}ndk/guides/concepts.html">concepts</a> underpinning the NDK, and 20 how to <a href="{@docRoot}ndk/guides/setup.html">set it up</a>. Next, it continues with information 21 about targeting <a href="{@docRoot}ndk/guides/arch.html">different hardware platforms</a> in your 22 builds. Then, it explains how to use 23 the NDK to <a href="{@docRoot}ndk/guides/build.html">build</a> and 24 <a href="{@docRoot}ndk/guides/debug.html">debug</a> your app. Finally, it discusses how to use your 25 own and other prebuilt <a href="{@docRoot}ndk/guides/libs.html">libraries</a>.</p> 26
