Can I run a C/C++ program on Android?

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Hi I know C/C++ is a cross-platform language, and Android is an OS. So I should be able to run a C/C++ console program that wrote in Windows or Linux on Android or other OSes like iOS, Blackberry, etc.

Is it true or not?
Thanks in advance!

Posted 20-Jan-15 22:03pm

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Updated 20-Jan-15 22:04pm

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Peter Leow · Answer 1 · 2015-01-20T22:06:00

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Check out Android NDK[^]

Posted 20-Jan-15 22:06pm

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Orjan Westin · Answer 2 · 2015-01-20T23:23:00

It's a little more complicated than that, but yes. A program written in C/C++ can be compiled and linked for any OS/processor configuration there is a compiler/linker support for. What the program can do depends on what libraries are available on the platform it's built for.

In other words, you can't take a program built for Windows or Linux and run it on Android, you need to build it specifically for Android.

To do this, you use the Android Native Development Kit[^].