Really? There is support for native code debugging if and only if you go through a boatload of non-obvious, unofficially documented steps. On Xcode I can fire

Really? There is support for native code debugging if and only if you go through a boatload of non-obvious, unofficially documented steps. On Xcode I can fire it up and instantly set breakpoints - without settings tons of non-default settings, recompiling magic gdb.setup files, and hacking the built-in build scripts. Then when you get to single stepping its ridiculously slow. Anyone that has used or attempted to use the NDK debugger cannot say with a straight face that it is up to par with modern tools. Oh...then there is the issue of ridiculously uninformative stack traces. Its generally easier to build your code in an x-plat fashion in C++ and then work out as many bugs on iOS as you can and then - as the parent said - leave printf turds everywhere. Stone knives and bear skins...