Android Native Development Kit Cookbook

Setting up an Android NDK development environment in Ubuntu Linux

This recipe depicts how to set up an Android NDK development environment in Ubuntu Linux.

Getting ready

Check your Ubuntu version and make sure it is version 8.04 or later.

GNU C Library (glibc) 2.7 or above is required. It is usually installed with Linux by default. Two simple methods can check the version of glibc:

1. Start a terminal, and enter ldd --version. This will print the version of ldd and glibc:
   
2. We can execute the library as an application. Start a terminal, locate the library location, and then enter the following command:

   <glibc library location>/<glibc library>. 
   

   The following ...