How to install android NDK?

Question

I have downloaded Android NDK from here: https://developer.android.com/ndk/downloads/index.html for Linux 64-bit (x86). It is a ZIP file that i can extract easly, but where should i extract/install to get Android NDK functioning?

Answer 1

Well, downloading manually NDK might be not good options for beginning.

I highly recommend you to follow these tutorial: https://developer.android.com/ndk/guides/index.html

If you still feel get stucked, check this topic: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7899740/android-ndk-tutorial-guide-for-beginners

Answer 2

Android NDK is available as a zip file here:

https://developer.android.com/ndk/downloads/index.html#stable-downloads

and after unzipping it, there are many sample program you can build within it.

In the past the way of using the NDK are documented here:

https://tthtlc.wordpress.com/2011/04/26/building-hello-gl2-sample-in-ndk-a-internal-view/

https://tthtlc.wordpress.com/2012/01/22/how-to-compile-the-android-ndk-examples-using-command-line-tools/

https://tthtlc.wordpress.com/2013/09/24/how-to-compile-android-ndk-samples-in-ubuntu-linux/

For the latest version I have extracted some samples here:

which you navigate and compile the samples yourself.

Answer 3

You should use this path:

/home/<usr>/Android/Sdk/

I extracted all my legacy NDK to that path