2.3. Native Libraries

The native libraries are C/C++ libraries, often taken from the open source community in order to provide necessary services to the Android application layer. Among others, they include:

Webkit

A fast web-rendering engine used by Safari, Chrome, and other browsers

SQLite

A full-featured SQL database

Apache Harmony

An open source implementation of Java

OpenGL

3D graphics libraries

OpenSSL

The secure socket layer