Need a simple Linux C++ IDE (Android NDK) [closed]

Answer 1

I configured Code::Blocks for Android NDK/JNI development, but there's a trick. Codeblocks believes that it can know what compiler you use, and wants to stop you from using something it does not know. You have to trick it.

1. Create an empty codeblocks project
2. Add your source and header files (manually)
3. Click the right mouse button on your project in the workspace (the left pane). You will see a menu:
   (EDIT: First go to Properties and specify it's a custom Makefile, then to Build options)
4. Go to "Properties" and tell CB it has a custom Makefile. Do not tell it anything close to the truth about the platform: it will tell you that you don't have the required compiler and will not even attempt to build something.
5. Finally, in the Build options, select the GNU GCC Compiler, go to the "Make commands", and write your custom commands. (Personally I created a Makefile that invokes ndk-build -- I prefer to keep scripts in the text files rather than in GUI dialogs. The item that you might want to change is -j 4)

And one final note: if your configuration does not work, you get no meaningful diagnostics.

PS Here's my Makefile:

all:
    @echo '====all===='
    pwd;~/android-ndk-r7/ndk-build -j 4
clean:
    @echo '====clean===='
    pwd;~/android-ndk-r7/ndk-build clean

.PHONY: clean
.PHONY: all

Answer 2

Emacs is what you're looking for. To compile in emacs, simply open a source file, then select 'Tools->Compile'. You can change the default compile command from "gmake -k" to whatever you want. In your case, the specific build script. After it is done compiling, you can click on errors and it will open the appropriate source file and line.

Emacs is a complete IDE and there are many plugins to add capabilities. Best of which EDE (Emacs Dev Env). Not sure which distribution you're using, but Emacs is certainly a standard package in all of them.

Answer 3

Take a look at ARM Development Studio 5 (DS-5). The Community Edition is free for non-commercial use and offers integration with the NDK in Eclipse.

Further, I believe if you dig around a bit you'll find non-official instructions from various sources on how to integrate the NDK in Elipse. For example, look at some of this:

• Using Eclipse for Android C/C++ Development
• Using Eclipse for Android C/C++ Debugging