Utilities for C/C++ Android Developers: fplutil 1.0
November 10th, 2014 | Published in Google Open Source
(cross-posted with the Android Developers Blog)
Today we're announcing the 1.0 release of fplutil, a set of small libraries and tools by Fun Propulsion Labs at Google* (the FPL in fplutil) that is useful when developing C/C++ applications for Android.
fplutil introduces the following:
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build_all_android.py, an all-in-one build script that allows you to build (with the Android NDK), install and run native (C/C++) Android apps from the command line. This is ideal for build automation, but is also useful in a developer’s compile/run loop.
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buildutil performs the configuration, build and archive steps of Android and Linux C/C++ applications using a suite of Python modules. This suite of modules can automate builds in a continuous integration environment. This framework uses legacy tools in the Android Development Toolkit.
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libfplutil enables C/C++ developers to write traditional applications (like Hello World) using "main()" and "printf()" on Android.
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android_ndk_perf.py is a desktop tool that enables native (C/C++) developers to measure the CPU utilization of their applications on Android, guiding their optimization efforts. An example report is shown below:
android_ndk_perf.py example HTML report
You can download the latest open source release from our github page. We invite you to contribute to the project and join our discussion list!
By Stewart Miles, Fun Propulsion Labs at Google*
*Fun Propulsion Labs is a team within Google that's dedicated to advancing gaming on Android and other platforms.