You can program in C/C++ using the Android NDK . You’ll have to wrap your c++ codebase in a static library and load that through a Java wrapper & JNI. The standard NDK does not support RTTI and a lot of the functionality of standard c++ is also not available such as std::string, etc.
Read moreWhy is C++ not used for app development?
You can build android apps in C++ using Android NDK, but you will not be able to exploit vast android libraries that were developed and to be used through JAVA.Development in NDK is also time consuming and C++ code also needs to be compiled in each platform for distribution as it is not platform independent.
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You cannot directly run C++ applications in Android . Android can run only applications written using the Android SDK, but yes you can re-use your native(C/C++) libraries for Android.
Read moreWhat is the purpose of embedding C or C++ in Android Apps?
C and C++ allow developers direct access to low-level features of the underlying operating system , giving skilled programmers the opportunity to write highly optimized code. Since Java runs within a virtual machine, access to such low-level functions is abstracted.
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