What is CppDroid?
CppDroid is a free and open-source integrated development environment (IDE) designed specifically for C++ development on Android. It provides a full-featured environment for writing, compiling, running, and debugging native C++ code on Android devices.
Some key features of CppDroid include:
- Intelligent code editor with syntax highlighting, autocompletion, and other productivity features
- Integrated GDB debugger for setting breakpoints and inspecting variables during execution
- Support for building and deploying Android APKs with native code bundled via Android NDK
- Real-time monitoring of CPU, memory, network, and other system resources
- Easy integration with hardware like sensors, camera, GPS, etc. using the Android NDK and SDK
By using CppDroid, developers can build high-performance Android apps and games completely in C++ without needing to write Java code. The IDE streamlines the edit-build-run-debug cycle allowing rapid C++ development directly on an Android device. Key advantages over traditional cross-compiling is the faster iteration time and ability to access hardware in real-time.
Apache NetBeans, PyCharm, Code::Blocks, Eclipse, Bloodshed Dev-C++, Anjuta, Qt Creator, NOMone Desktop - Linux and VR, Orwell Dev-C++, KDevelop, Terminal IDE, CodeLite, Cxxdroid, Programming Hub are some alternatives to CppDroid.