Cygwin for Android-NDK programming

Question

I read about the requirements of NDK programming on Windows which said we require Cygwin.Read about Cygwin which said we require it coz it is a way to mak

Answer 1

1. At least NDK-r8b, if you want to build your .so, you don't need Cygwin.
2. However, if you want to use ndk-gdb to debug your native code,you have to use Cygwin.
3. And, in my experiment, if you ndk-gdb your native under Cygwin to debug native code which is built from windows cmd, ndk-gdb seems cannot recognize the debug info. So, for debug purpose, I build native Cygwin.