Oboe

Oboe is a C++ library which makes it easy to build high-performance audio apps on Android. It was created primarily to allow developers to target a simplified API that works across multiple API levels back to API level 16 (Jelly Bean).

Features

• Compatible with API 16 onwards - runs on 99% of Android devices
• Chooses the audio API (OpenSL ES on API 16+ or AAudio on API 27+) which will give the best audio performance on the target Android device
• Automatic latency tuning
• Modern C++ allowing you to write clean, elegant code
• Workarounds for some known issues
• Used by popular apps and frameworks

Requirements

To build Oboe you'll need a compiler which supports C++14 and the Android header files. The easiest way to obtain these is by downloading the Android NDK r17 or above. It can be installed using Android Studio's SDK manager, or via direct download.

API Documentation

• Getting Started Guide
• Full Guide to Oboe
• API reference
• Tech Notes
• History of Audio features/bugs by Android version
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
• Our roadmap - Vote on a feature/issue by adding a thumbs up to the first comment.

Testing

• OboeTester app for measuring latency, glitches, etc.
• Oboe unit tests

Videos

• Getting started with Oboe
• Low Latency Audio - Because Your Ears Are Worth It (Android Dev Summit '18)
• Real-time audio with the 100 oscillator synthesizer (DroidCon Berlin '18)
• Winning on Android - How to optimize an Android audio app. (ADC '18)
• Real-Time Processing on Android (ADC '19)

Sample code and apps

• Sample apps can be found in the samples directory.
• A complete "effects processor" app called FXLab can be found in the apps/fxlab folder.
• Also check out the Rhythm Game codelab.

Third party sample code

• Ableton Link integration demo (author: jbloit)

Contributing

We would love to receive your pull requests. Before we can though, please read the contributing guidelines.

Version history

View the releases page.

License

LICENSE