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> Writing a single shared library for different platforms makes sense i've always taken this approach... like since the 90s, although not necessarily a library
by jheriko 11y ago
> Writing a single shared library for different platforms makes sense
i've always taken this approach... like since the 90s, although not necessarily a library, but shared code. there has always been a way to do this thanks to the ubiquity of C - its just been that Google has been reluctant to allow 3rd parties to do on android what they do internally for reasons I really don't know...
- GeneralTspoon 11y agoHuh? You can use C libraries on Android with JNI & the NDK. In fact it's how most games do it.
- jheriko 11y agoi never said you can't. i just said you could...
- JustSomeNobody 11y agoReluctant how?
- jheriko 11y agothey held back a toolchain for android native development for ages, but yet quite obviously used one to build the OS itself. its still a 3rd class citizen, despite being the backbone of the platform.