Android is a Java-centric mobile operating system built on top of Linux. For those times when the Android API doesn't do what you want, or doesn't do it fast enough, you can always get down-and-dirty with C/C++. The author discusses the hows and whys of so-called "native" programming in Android and shows some examples. Recorded 2010-11-11 at Øredev - www.oredev.org