[pjmlp]

What?!

C++ might be a 2nd class citizen in SDK tooling, but it is supported since Android 1.5 and C++14 is fully supported.

How is that very recent?

EDIT: The NDK was actually released with v1.5 (2009), the v2.3 was when STL and exceptions support were added hence my error.

[_pmf_]

Maybe the OP meant using C++ without at least a Application dispatcher/container object written in Java. This has only been possible with the introduction of NativeActivity (which you don't need to derive from, but only refer to via the Manifest).

[pjmlp]

The NativeActivity class was introduced in Android 2.3, released in December 2010, almost 7 years ago!

[krona]

Historically the Android platform provided only a very minimal C++ runtime support library, with no RTTI or C++ exceptions.

[pjmlp]

STL and exceptions are available since Android NDK Revision 5, released in December 2010, alongside Android 2.3.

https://developer.android.com/ndk/downloads/revision_history...

How can it be historically, when the features are available since almost 7 years?

[krona]

Um, but the STLport in r5 wasn't compatible with exceptions or RTTI. It says so in CPLUSPLUS-SUPPORT.html

[pjmlp]

There were other ones to choose from.