There is no way to use C or any "native" programming language on android. There was success running a C program on the emulator, but that was NOT through the Android UI, meaning that it couldn't be started from within the interface and couldn't show anything on it. For info on that please see http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/thread/dffafba924e3a2e6/4f3dd11bdf1abd6f
If you're wanting to run something within the UI, then the only options are Java (through Dalvik) and any interpreted language running within that. Now, there *IS* a Java program that will "interpret" C code so that's a possibility. See http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_frm/thread/278ac1b47594c37a/8ab7b3d61fb6c504?#8ab7b3d61fb6c504 for info on that method. Now, there are some rumors of JNI support but I haven't seen any apps actually use that, and even if you reverse engineer it's use, it's HIGHLY discouraged as your app wont work on any devices with different processors or libraries. My suggestion: learn Java unless you *HAVE* to use something else, if you choose the latter then you're on your own. As they say, you can't build a sky scraper with rocks. Use the tools you need, trust me, Java is a cinch once you get rid of the cruft from Sun. I <3 Dalvik. On Oct 4, 12:07 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I read somewhere that it is possible to run Hello-World written in C, > on Android. > > Could anyone please tell me: > 1. how to start with native development for Android? > 2. What native libraries are supported? > > Thanks, > Roy --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
