← Back to context Comment by danhor 3 years ago Since termux just uses regular unix applications, adapting them to use JNI sounds like a world of pain. 10 comments danhor Reply pjmlp 3 years ago That is what they refuse to accept, Android isn't UNIX, it just happens to use Linux kernel.The official APIs are Java based, ISO C and ISO C++ standard libraries, and the NDK libraries that ship on device. nyanpasu64 3 years ago Google is killing Android as a general-purpose computing platform. pjmlp 3 years ago Phones were never a general-purpose computing platform to start with. 6 replies → danhor 3 years ago That may be the case, but that's the reason why termux exists. If termux accepts that, the only logical consequence is to cease development.
pjmlp 3 years ago That is what they refuse to accept, Android isn't UNIX, it just happens to use Linux kernel.The official APIs are Java based, ISO C and ISO C++ standard libraries, and the NDK libraries that ship on device. nyanpasu64 3 years ago Google is killing Android as a general-purpose computing platform. pjmlp 3 years ago Phones were never a general-purpose computing platform to start with. 6 replies → danhor 3 years ago That may be the case, but that's the reason why termux exists. If termux accepts that, the only logical consequence is to cease development.
nyanpasu64 3 years ago Google is killing Android as a general-purpose computing platform. pjmlp 3 years ago Phones were never a general-purpose computing platform to start with. 6 replies →
danhor 3 years ago That may be the case, but that's the reason why termux exists. If termux accepts that, the only logical consequence is to cease development.
That is what they refuse to accept, Android isn't UNIX, it just happens to use Linux kernel.
The official APIs are Java based, ISO C and ISO C++ standard libraries, and the NDK libraries that ship on device.
Google is killing Android as a general-purpose computing platform.
Phones were never a general-purpose computing platform to start with.
6 replies →
That may be the case, but that's the reason why termux exists. If termux accepts that, the only logical consequence is to cease development.