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Or you know you can use Apportable and write Objective-C which is entirely cross-platform. :-) Don't have to sell your soul to C++ if you don't want too and you

Or you know you can use Apportable and write Objective-C which is entirely cross-platform. :-) Don't have to sell your soul to C++ if you don't want too and you don't have to deal with the NDK. If really want to write C++, Apportable also is the only place you will get full C++11 support (using libc++) and the same clang as iOS to make your life easier with just a little bit of constancy. It will seriously make your life easier (the big thing is not having to maintain Makefiles for Android).

checker659 13y ago
If you can use libc++, what's stopping me from doing the same? Why should I use Apportable instead of just heading over to clang's website and downloading/building/linking it myself?
- zbowling 13y ago
  It won't work out of the box. There is actually a project in the AOSP world that attempted to get it working but it's labeled experimental and it fails half the tests. There are lot of missing features in Bionic (Android's libc) that libc++ needs that we provide in Apportable and doing so we are able to pass all the tests. Apportable is more than just C++ though. It's about building a better NDK or rather a platform that makes things consistent across the board with other native environments like iOS. Native in Android is an afterthought which we aim to change. We fix things like libc, C++, and provide you with a lot of low level libraries you expect would be included. Apportable also is the only place you are going to find a native profiler today (baring awful hacks) or will get the latest version of clang that run on Android either. The idea is to save you time with inconstancies and make it easier to deal with building native code for both (you can even use the same Xcode project and target both from there). We also support Objective-C and everything that you get from iOS so you can even bring that code over.
  - checker659 13y ago
    Thanks for the detailed response. I'll definitely give you guys a try.
pjmlp 13y ago
I am using C++11 with the NDK.
- jevinskie 13y ago
  What STL are you using?
  - pjmlp 13y ago
    gnustl_static, pretty ok for my needs.

checker659 13y ago

If you can use libc++, what's stopping me from doing the same? Why should I use Apportable instead of just heading over to clang's website and downloading/building/linking it myself?

zbowling 13y ago
It won't work out of the box. There is actually a project in the AOSP world that attempted to get it working but it's labeled experimental and it fails half the tests. There are lot of missing features in Bionic (Android's libc) that libc++ needs that we provide in Apportable and doing so we are able to pass all the tests. Apportable is more than just C++ though. It's about building a better NDK or rather a platform that makes things consistent across the board with other native environments like iOS. Native in Android is an afterthought which we aim to change. We fix things like libc, C++, and provide you with a lot of low level libraries you expect would be included. Apportable also is the only place you are going to find a native profiler today (baring awful hacks) or will get the latest version of clang that run on Android either. The idea is to save you time with inconstancies and make it easier to deal with building native code for both (you can even use the same Xcode project and target both from there). We also support Objective-C and everything that you get from iOS so you can even bring that code over.
- checker659 13y ago
  Thanks for the detailed response. I'll definitely give you guys a try.

pjmlp 13y ago

I am using C++11 with the NDK.

jevinskie 13y ago
What STL are you using?
- pjmlp 13y ago
  gnustl_static, pretty ok for my needs.