What is NDK?

NDK stands for Native Development Kit. By using NDK, you can develop a part of an app using native language such as C/C++ to boost the performance.

The NDK (Native Development Kit) for Android is a set of tools that allows developers to integrate native code, written in languages like C and C++, into their Android applications. While Android applications are primarily written in Java or Kotlin using the Android SDK (Software Development Kit), there are cases where developers may need to use native code for performance-critical tasks or to reuse existing C/C++ libraries.

The NDK provides a way to build native libraries that can be called from Android applications using Java Native Interface (JNI). This allows developers to leverage existing native code or write performance-critical parts of their application in languages like C or C++.

In summary, the NDK is a toolset that enables the development of Android applications with a combination of both native code and the more common Java/Kotlin code.