Android NDK Beginner's Guide -- Table of Contents -- Android NDK Beginner's Guide -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more -- Why Subscribe? -- Free Access for Packt account holders -- Preface -- The mobile challenge -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Time for action - heading -- What just happened? -- Pop quiz - heading -- Have a go hero - heading -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Downloading the example code -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Setting Up your Environment -- Getting started with Android development -- Setting up Windows -- Time for action - preparing Windows for Android development -- What just happened? -- Installing Android development kits on Windows -- Time for action - installing Android SDK and NDK on Windows -- What just happened? -- Setting up Mac OS X -- Time for action - preparing Mac OS X for Android development -- What just happened? -- Installing Android development kits on Mac OS X -- Time for action - installing Android SDK and NDK on Mac OS X -- What just happened? -- Setting up Linux -- Time for action - preparing Ubuntu Linux for Android development -- What just happened? -- Installing Android development kits on Linux -- Time for action - installing Android SDK and NDK on Ubuntu -- What just happened? -- Setting up the Eclipse development environment -- Time for action - installing Eclipse -- What just happened? -- Emulating Android -- Time for action - creating an Android virtual device -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero -- Developing with an Android device on Windows and Mac OS X -- Time for action - setting up your Android device on Windows and Mac OS X -- What just happened? -- Developing with an Android device on Linux.

Time for action - setting up your Android device on Ubuntu -- What just happened? -- Troubleshooting a development device -- Summary -- 2. Creating, Compiling, and Deploying Native Projects -- Compiling and deploying NDK sample applications -- Time for action - compiling and deploying the hellojni sample -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - compiling san angeles OpenGL demo -- Exploring Android SDK tools -- Android debug bridge -- Have a go hero - transferring a file to SD card from command line -- Project configuration tool -- Have a go hero - towards continuous integration -- Creating your first Android project using eclipse -- Time for action - initiating a Java project -- What just happened? -- Introducing Dalvik -- Interfacing Java with C/C++ -- Time for action - calling C code from Java -- What just happened? -- More on Makefiles -- Compiling native code from Eclipse -- Time for action - creating a hybrid Java/C/C++ project -- What just happened? -- Summary -- 3. Interfacing Java and C/C++ with JNI -- Working with Java primitives -- Time for action - building a native key/value store -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - passing and returning other primitive types -- Referencing Java objects from native code -- Time for action - saving a reference to an object in the Store -- What just happened? -- Local and global JNI references -- Throwing exceptions from native code -- Time for action - raising exceptions from the Store -- What just happened? -- JNI in C++ -- Handling Java arrays -- Time for action - saving a reference to an object in the Store -- What just happened? -- Checking JNI exceptions -- Have a go hero - handling other array types -- Summary -- 4. Calling Java Back from Native Code -- Synchronizing Java and native threads -- Time for action - running a background thread -- What just happened?.

Attaching and detaching threads -- More on Java and native code lifecycles -- Calling Java back from native code -- Time for action - invoking Java code from a native thread -- What just happened? -- More on callbacks -- JNI method definitions -- Processing bitmaps natively -- Time for action - decoding camera feed from native code -- What just happened? -- Summary -- 5. Writing a Fully-native Application -- Creating a native activity -- Time for action - creating a basic native activity -- What just happened? -- Handling activity events -- Time for action - handling activity events -- What just happened? -- More on Native App Glue -- UI thread -- Native thread -- Android_app structure -- Have a go hero - saving activity state -- Accessing window and time natively -- Time for action - displaying raw graphics and implementing a timer -- What just happened? -- More on time primitives -- Summary -- 6. Rendering Graphics with OpenGL ES -- Initializing OpenGL ES -- Time for action - initializing OpenGL ES -- What just happened? -- Reading PNG textures with the asset manager -- Time for action - loading a texture in OpenGL ES -- What just happened? -- Drawing a sprite -- Time for action - drawing a Ship sprite -- What just happened? -- Rendering a tile map with vertex buffer objects -- Time for action - drawing a tile-based background -- What just happened? -- Summary -- 7. Playing Sound with OpenSL ES -- Initializing OpenSL ES -- Time for action - creating OpenSL ES engine and output -- What just happened? -- More on OpenSL ES philosophy -- Playing music files -- Time for action - playing background music -- What just happened? -- Playing sounds -- Time for action - creating and playing a sound buffer queue -- What just happened? -- Event callback -- Recording sounds -- Have a go hero - recording and playing a sound -- Summary.

8. Handling Input Devices and Sensors -- Interacting with Android -- Time for action - handling touch events -- What just happened? -- Detecting keyboard, D-Pad, and Trackball events -- Time for action - handling keyboard, D-Pad, and trackball, natively -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - displaying software keyboard -- Probing device sensors -- Time for action - turning your device into a joypad -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - Handling screen rotation -- Summary -- 9. Porting Existing Libraries to Android -- Developing with the Standard Template Library -- Time for action - embedding GNU STL in DroidBlaster -- What just happened? -- Static versus shared -- STL performances -- Compiling Boost on Android -- Time for action - embedding Boost in DroidBlaster -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - threading with Boost -- Porting third-party libraries to Android -- Time for action - compiling Box2D and Irrlicht with the NDK -- What just happened? -- GCC optimization levels -- Mastering Makefiles -- Makefile variables -- Makefile Instructions -- Have a go hero - mastering Makefiles -- Summary -- 10. Towards Professional Gaming -- Simulating physics with Box2D -- Time for action - simulating physics with Box2D -- What just happened? -- More on collision detection -- Collision modes -- Collision filtering -- More resources about Box2D -- Running a 3D engine on Android -- Time for action - rendring 3D graphics with Irrlicht -- What just happened? -- More on Irrlicht scene management -- Summary -- 11. Debugging and Troubleshooting -- Debugging with GDB -- Time for action - debugging DroidBlaster -- What just happened? -- Stack trace analysis -- Time for action - analysing a crash dump -- What just happened? -- More on crash dumps -- Performance analysis -- Time for action - running GProf -- What just happened? -- How it works.

ARM, thumb, and NEON -- Summary -- A. Afterword -- Where we have been -- Where you can go -- Where to find help -- This is just the beginning -- Index.