Android NDK

E284624

native development toolkit software development kit

Android NDK is a toolset that enables Android app developers to implement parts of their apps in native C and C++ for improved performance and access to low-level system features.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Android NDK canonical	4
Android (via NDK/Clang)	1
Android NDK toolchains	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2629668 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Android NDK
Context triple: [Clang, usedBy, Android NDK]

A. Android SDK
Android SDK is a collection of development tools, libraries, and APIs that enables developers to build, test, and debug applications for the Android operating system.
B. Android Dalvik VM
Android Dalvik VM is the original process-virtual-machine-based runtime used by early versions of the Android operating system to execute applications compiled to Dalvik bytecode.
C. Android Runtime (ART)
Android Runtime (ART) is the managed runtime environment for Android that executes apps’ bytecode, replacing the older Dalvik VM to improve performance and efficiency.
D. Android
Android is a mobile operating system developed by Google, widely used on smartphones, tablets, and other smart devices around the world.
E. Android Studio
Android Studio is Google's official integrated development environment (IDE) for building Android applications, offering tools for coding, debugging, and testing mobile apps.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Android NDK
Target entity description: Android NDK is a toolset that enables Android app developers to implement parts of their apps in native C and C++ for improved performance and access to low-level system features.

A. Android SDK
Android SDK is a collection of development tools, libraries, and APIs that enables developers to build, test, and debug applications for the Android operating system.
B. Android Dalvik VM
Android Dalvik VM is the original process-virtual-machine-based runtime used by early versions of the Android operating system to execute applications compiled to Dalvik bytecode.
C. Android Runtime (ART)
Android Runtime (ART) is the managed runtime environment for Android that executes apps’ bytecode, replacing the older Dalvik VM to improve performance and efficiency.
D. Android
Android is a mobile operating system developed by Google, widely used on smartphones, tablets, and other smart devices around the world.
E. Android Studio
Android Studio is Google's official integrated development environment (IDE) for building Android applications, offering tools for coding, debugging, and testing mobile apps.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	native development toolkit ⓘ software development kit ⓘ
category	mobile software development kit ⓘ
developedBy	Google ⓘ
distribution	downloadable as a separate package ⓘ part of Android Studio SDK Manager ⓘ
documentationURL	https://developer.android.com/ndk ⓘ
enables	building shared libraries (.so) for Android ⓘ calling C and C++ code from Java or Kotlin ⓘ use of existing C and C++ libraries on Android ⓘ
firstParty	true ⓘ
includes	build scripts and configuration files ⓘ headers and libraries for Android platform APIs ⓘ toolchains for compiling C and C++ code ⓘ
integratesWith	Android SDK ⓘ Android Studio ⓘ
license	Apache License 2.0 ⓘ surface form: Apache License 2.0 (for most components)
maintainedBy	Android team at Google ⓘ surface form: Android development team at Google
platform	Android ⓘ
primaryUse	developing native code for Android applications ⓘ
programmingLanguageSupport	C ⓘ C++ ⓘ
provides	debugging tools for native code ⓘ native libraries for Android ⓘ profiling tools for native code ⓘ
purpose	improve performance of Android apps using native code ⓘ provide access to low-level system features on Android ⓘ
relatedTo	Android SDK ⓘ Android Studio ⓘ Java Native Interface (JNI) ⓘ surface form: Java Native Interface
requires	Android SDK ⓘ supported C or C++ compiler toolchain ⓘ
supportsABI	arm64-v8a ⓘ armeabi-v7a ⓘ x86 ⓘ x86_64 ⓘ
supportsBuildSystem	CMake ⓘ Gradle (via CMake or ndk-build) ⓘ ndk-build ⓘ
supportsLanguageFeature	Java Native Interface (JNI) ⓘ surface form: JNI (Java Native Interface)
supportsOSHost	Linux ⓘ Windows ⓘ macOS ⓘ
targetOS	Android ⓘ
typicalUseCase	game development on Android ⓘ image and video processing on Android ⓘ performance-critical components of Android apps ⓘ signal processing on Android ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Clang → usedBy → Android NDK ⓘ

LLVM → usedIn → Android NDK ⓘ

compiler-rt → usedBy → Android NDK ⓘ

this entity surface form: Android NDK toolchains

AddressSanitizer → supportsPlatform → Android NDK ⓘ

this entity surface form: Android (via NDK/Clang)

Kotlin/Native → supportsPlatform → Android NDK ⓘ

Android Open Source Project → relatedTo → Android NDK ⓘ

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