Android App Development With C, C++?

I'm wondering if Google's just announced that developers will be able to develop Android Apps using C and C++ programming languages in addition to Java. Is this true or has C, C++ support always been there?

PS: Sorry, have no clue about android app development. Would love to know.

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  • Vishal Sharma
    Vishal Sharma
    Kaustubh Katdare
    I'm wondering if Google's just announced that developers will be able to develop Android Apps using C and C++ programming languages in addition to Java. Is this true or has C, C++ support always been there?

    PS: Sorry, have no clue about android app development. Would love to know.
    Its new!
    Till date everyone was doing it in java
  • Abhishek Rawal
    Abhishek Rawal
    Well AFAIK, you can (you were able to?) use Android NDK to code Performance critical apps & games,which are literally coded natively using NDK(some portions).

    Also not everything can be done using NDK, it was pretty much not possible to develop entire app with NDK.

    Maybe now as you say, Google introduced feature with which one can develop entire app with C/C++ which is uber cool.
  • Kaustubh Katdare
    Kaustubh Katdare
    Good to know that it's a new thing. Will try downloading the Android Studio and try developing soon. Time's actually running a lot faster these days 😉

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