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Write an Android Game in C for Free (in 5 minutes)

Submitted Aug 9, 2016

Section: Crisp talk (15 minutes) Technical level: Beginner

Wanna make a Tool/Game for your Android phone/tablet?

But…

Java = Meh ?
NDK = Too complex ?
No time to “learn Android” ?

Fret not. Turbo-C to the rescue! :D

Outline

[ 5mins ] Setting-up the IDE, compiling game.c, and playing the game. ALL on the Android device itself.
[ 5mins ] Automation / Integration with Android-OS.
[ 5mins ] Caveats Emptor.

Requirements

An attention span of atleast 15minutes.
[Optional] Be born in the 80s/90s for bonus nostalgia!

Speaker bio

More than a decade of hacking embedded systems with BASIC, VB, C, Android and the Linux-kernel.

ATARI2600
SNES
Nexus One
Galaxy S2 ← Sensors drivers/HAL.
Mi 2S
Shield K1

Currently - System Software Engineering @ NVIDIA.

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09 Aug 2016