[throwaway613834]

> Android doesn't expose a proper Linux to userspace and Google has been clapping down what we are allowed to do with the NDK since Android 6.0.

Would you have a link to more details/reading on this? I wasn't aware.

[pjmlp]

Here are the official NDK APIs.

https://developer.android.com/ndk/guides/stable_apis.html

Here are the documentation entries related to clamping down unauthorized use of other on-device libraries or Linux Syscalls.

https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2016/06/android-ch...

https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2016/06/improving-...

https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2017/07/seccomp-fi...

https://developer.android.com/about/versions/nougat/android-...

https://developer.android.com/about/versions/oreo/android-8....

Small correction, it is actually Android 7.0, not 6.0

[throwaway613834]

Great, thanks!