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Section 1 - Android NDK

• A big part of working with Tango C/C++ API is understanding the world of Andorid NDK which is not a common thing to find good documentation on the web sadly.

What This Section Is

• A set of tutorials to get you up on the basic of NDK.
• A way of teaching the difference between a "NDK Problem" and a "Tango Problem" as you start developing.
• All the NDK info to get a basic Tango project going and being capable of configuring it.
• How to layout a NDK project and all its different sections.

What This Section Is NOT

• A way to learn about the Tango API
  • That is Section 3

Android Studio

• The preferred way as shown in these tutorials is to use Android Studio.
  • Android Studio version 2.3.2 or higher please.
• However, we will still reference everything agnostic to your personal preference of work environment.
  • You are totally capable of using any other IDE.
    • Maybe you just want to do it all in emacs, be my guest.

Table Of Content

• Chapter 1 - Android 101
  • Everything about Android in general to know.
• Chapter 2 - What is NDK
  • What and why you are using NDK.
• Chapter 3 - Directory Layout
  • The overall layout of a project.
• Chapter 4 - The Java Source
  • The separate UI thread in Java.
• Chapter 5 - The Java Native
  • Telling Java to use native code.
• Chapter 6 - The JNI Header
  • Header file to link native and Java together.
• Chapter 7 - The Native Code
  • Writing native C code.
• Chapter 8 - Adding a GUI
  • How to add a button and other GUI elements.
• Chapter 9 - Native to Java
  • How to send data from Native layer to Java.
• Chapter 10 - The Makefiles
  • Using ndk-build to build the project.
• Chapter 11 - Adding a library
  • How to add libraries to your project.
• Chapter 12 - Debugging
  • How to use adb and logcat to debug.

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