And some cons: * Instead of writing for Linux, you write for Android. Forget about prototyping on your desktop with plethora of debugging tools (strace and ltr

And some cons: * Instead of writing for Linux, you write for Android. Forget about prototyping on your desktop with plethora of debugging tools (strace and ltrace being the most basic ones), you'll also need an emulator or the target device even for something that doesn't talk to hardware. * You're pretty much stuck with any brain-dead Android behaviour you hit. OS needlessly killing your service when network cable is disconnected? Fsck you, suck it up.