What Is In the NDK?

The NDK is a set of tools you use to develop native code for your application. Everything is in a single directory, which you download as an archive file from http://d.android.com/sdk/ndk. For example, the Windows version of the NDK revision 6b contains these directories:

  • build
  • docs
  • platforms
  • samples
  • sources
  • tests
  • toolchains

A few files are also located at the root of the NDK directory:

  • documentation.html
  • GNUmakefile
  • ndk-build
  • ndk-gdb
  • ndk-stack
  • README.txt
  • RELEASE.txt

The NDK documentation is nowhere near as thorough as the SDK on http://d.android.com, so start by opening documentation.html with your favorite web browser. The README text file is also begging you so go ahead and oblige.

The NDK is a collection of six components: ...

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