Android NDK Beginner`s Guide - Second Edition

Time for action – creating a basic native Activity

We are now going to see how to create a minimal native activity that runs an event loop.

1. Create a new hybrid Java/C++ project, as shown in Chapter 2, Starting a Native Android Project.
   • Name it DroidBlaster.
   • Turn the project into a native project, as already seen in the previous chapter. Name the native module droidblaster.
   • Remove the native source and header files that have been created by ADT.
   • Remove the reference to the Java src directory in Project Properties | Java Build Path | Source. Then, remove the directory itself on disk.
   • Get rid of all layouts in the res/layout directory.
   • Get rid of jni/droidblaster.cpp if it has been created.
2. In AndroidManifest.xml, use Theme.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen as the application ...