Native code and Eclipse

Using the Android NDK we can leverage native code for sections of code that require high performance. I used a combination of the info in here and here to get the latest NDK integrated with Eclipse. Install necessary components: 1. Download NDK (I downloaded r5b) 2. Download cygwin (when installed cygwin you only need to [...]

Setup Development Environment

My android development is done using Eclipse as the development IDE. To install and setup Eclipse I followed the steps outlined here. It is important to note that the Eclipse version that should be downloaded is the “Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers”. This is a larger download but includes a lot of additional modules [...]