Developing Android apps using assembly language

Question

How do I develop Android apps using assembly language, either in Windows or Linux?

Answer 1

I don't personally know, but I found examples on the net (Android ARM inline assembly, Motivation for hand-optimized Assembly code), so I assume you can. Looking at it, it is clear they are coding in C or C++ using Android's NDK and inserting there the assembly code, so I can only suggest you should start looking there.

You can enormously increase efficiency by writing your code in assembly language, but you should try to find a middle point between efficiency and maintainability, that's the reason we have object oriented languages (such as Java). So, as a personal tip, I would use Java for everything except for a really specific task that needs maximum performance (like rendering video or images).

Note also some other problems of assembly like using specific methods that may not be present on all ARM processors.

Answer 2

Try this: http://peterdn.com/post/e28098Hello-World!e28099-in-ARM-assembly.aspx

Generally, all you need is a cross compiler for android linux.