Java Application Development using JNI on Android

Abstract

In this paper, we sharing experience on Java Android development by using JNI which is a Java interface to converge with non-Java code. Nowadays, the Android platform widely used for mobile devices can be applied to embedded systems. Therefore, Android developers around the world are creating and compiling Android application by using Java language which provided by Android SDK for embedded systems operated via Android platforms. However, many Android developers still interested to implement their application by using library from other programming language such as C/C++. It is the reason JNI comes in to the picture and plays an important role to provide an interface which enables the Java able to interact with libraries of others platform. This paper describes the difficulties faced and solutions when doing implementation of Android application development by using Java JNI.