> you could probably use the NDK if you need to mostly escape the JVM Yes. The audio/synth app situation has improved significantly for Android (iirc Caustic s

> you could probably use the NDK if you need to mostly escape the JVM Yes. The audio/synth app situation has improved significantly for Android (iirc Caustic started on Android and was later ported to iOS, and Korg Kaossilator has been ported to Android), but it's still behind iOS/iPadOS, particularly the breadth and quality of iPad music apps. But if Korg ever ports the rest of their (excellent) music apps, Android musicians will be in for a treat. > ObjectiveC/Swift are also garbage collected Both use Automatic Reference Counting: https://docs.swift.org/swift-book/documentation/the-swift-programming-language/automaticreferencecounting/ https://docs.swift.org/swift-book/documentation/the-swift-pr...