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rawdrawandroid
C2020–2026
cnlohr / rawdrawandroid

rawdrawandroid

Build android apps without any java, entirely in C and Make

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What it is

Build android apps without any java, entirely in C and Make

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Where it is used

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 3:03:16 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by year12 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2020-05-09 16:02:37 UTC to 2026-09-25 20:51:00 UTC.

012342020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments20202021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments20232024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 1 submissions, 3 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 0 submissions, 3 comments2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments. Incomplete calendar period.2026*

* An incomplete calendar period is marked with an outlined bar. Its count is not directly comparable with a full period.

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC110
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC110
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC413
20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC303
2026 (partial)2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202

What Hacker News says

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1vuio0pswjnm7·Sep 25, 2026
1569888000 | Build android apps without any java, entirely in C and Make | https://github.com/cnlohr/rawdrawandroid 1752624000 | Compiling C/C++ code with ndk-build | https://nyxfault.github.io/posts/Android-NDK/ 1785024000 | Lightweight, self-contained APK builder for Termux, no Gradle | https://github.com/CrimsonCurious/vexel ........^1 | Building Android applications in Termux using Gradle | https://grokipedia.com/page/Building_Android_applications_in... 1. Where is the date for articles on this wiki
In F-Droid 2.0
cnity·Apr 19, 2024
> A little bit of this also has to do to stick it to all those Luddites on the internet who post "that's impossible" or "you're doing it wrong" to Stack Overflow questions... Requesting permissions in the JNI "oh you have to do that in Java" or other dumb stuff like that. I am completely uninterested in your opinions of what is or is not possible. This is computer science. There aren't restrictions. I can do anything I want. It's just bits. You don't own me. From the wonderful CNLohr's rawdraw justification[0]. I always enjoy these kinds of efforts because they embody the true hacker spirit. This is Hacker News after all! 0: https://github.com/cnlohr/rawdrawandroid?tab=readme-ov-file#...
In C-Macs – a pure C macOS application

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