Does Android Studio include NDK?

The Android NDK is a companion tool to the Android SDK that lets you build performance-critical portions of your apps in native code . It provides headers and libraries that allow you to build activities, handle user input, use hardware sensors, access application resources, and more, when programming in C or C++.

Open your Android Studio Preference (or “File->Settings”) > Appearance & Behavior > System Settings > Android SDK . You can find the path to your SDK and NDK, which is in the same directory.

The Android NDK is a toolset that lets you embed components that make use of native code in your Android applications . Android applications run in the Dalvik virtual machine. The NDK allows you to implement parts of your applications using native-code languages such as C and C++.

Android Studio installs all versions of the NDK in the android-sdk /ndk/ directory . To install CMake and the default NDK in Android Studio, do the following: With a project open, click Tools > SDK Manager.

The Native Development Kit (NDK) is a set of tools that allows you to use C and C++ code with Android , and provides platform libraries you can use to manage native activities and access physical device components, such as sensors and touch input.

Summary: As of 2019, Google introduced a new NDK “side-by-side” feature which allows you to install multiple NDK versions under the Android SDK directory . All new NDK versions are downloaded to the side-by-side directory and it replaces the old “ndk-bundle” directory.