Android is one of the major players in the mobile phone market. Android is a mobile platform that is built on the top of Linux operating system.
The native-code support on Android offers endless opportunities to application developers, not limited the functionality that is provided by Android framework.
Pro Android C++ with the NDK Native Development Kit) is an advanced tutorial and professional reference for today's more sophisticated app developers now porting, developing or employing C++ and other native code to integrate into the Android platform to run more graphically intense apps, more sophisticated game apps and better performing apps in general.
* Introduces the Android platform, and getting up to speed with the Android NDK, and exploring the APIs that are provided in native space.
* Gives an overview of Java Native Interface (JNI), native multithreading, the C++ Standard Template Library (STL), and NEON/SIMD optimization from an advanced perspective, with tips and recommendations.
* Using a native-code (C/C++) game app case study, this book explores tools for troubleshooting, debugging, analyzing memory issues, unit testing, unit test code coverage, performance measurement, on native applications, as well as integrating the Android NDK toolchain into existing Autoconf, Makefile, CMake, or JAM based build systems.