Android without Java

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The NDK (of doom)

C/C++

• Long established languages

• Very Common

• Reuse exisiting code

• Games, high processing

C/C++ With Android

• NDK

• JNI

• C/C++ can call Java

• Java can call C/C++

Demo

Go

• 2009, current 1.6.2

• Clean, Readable

• A ‘simpler’ C/C++

Why Go?

• Increasingly popular

• Networking, Multiprocessing, Concurrency

• Performant

Go with Androidgo get golang.org/x/mobile/cmd/gomobile gomobile init * go-review.googlesource.com/#/c/24724/

Demo

Dart.js

• 2011, current 1.16

• General Purpose

• OOP, C-Style

Why Dart.js

• Cross-platform

• Performant

• Familiar Syntax

• Good Tooling

Dart.js with Android

• Using Flutter

• Dart VM

• C/C++, uses NDK

Demo

Thank You!Chris Ward gregariousmammal.com @chrischinch Developer Relations & Technical Writer

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