1*05767d91SRobert Wu# Oboe [](https://github.com/google/oboe/actions) 2*05767d91SRobert Wu 3*05767d91SRobert Wu[](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csfHAbr5ilI&list=PLWz5rJ2EKKc_duWv9IPNvx9YBudNMmLSa) 4*05767d91SRobert Wu 5*05767d91SRobert WuOboe 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). 6*05767d91SRobert Wu 7*05767d91SRobert Wu## Features 8*05767d91SRobert Wu- Compatible with API 16 onwards - runs on 99% of Android devices 9*05767d91SRobert Wu- 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 10*05767d91SRobert Wu- Automatic latency tuning 11*05767d91SRobert Wu- Modern C++ allowing you to write clean, elegant code 12*05767d91SRobert Wu- Workarounds for some known issues 13*05767d91SRobert Wu- [Used by popular apps and frameworks](https://github.com/google/oboe/wiki/AppsUsingOboe) 14*05767d91SRobert Wu 15*05767d91SRobert Wu## Documentation 16*05767d91SRobert Wu- [Getting Started Guide](docs/GettingStarted.md) 17*05767d91SRobert Wu- [Full Guide to Oboe](docs/FullGuide.md) 18*05767d91SRobert Wu- [API reference](https://google.github.io/oboe) 19*05767d91SRobert Wu- [History of Audio features/bugs by Android version](docs/AndroidAudioHistory.md) 20*05767d91SRobert Wu- [Migration guide for apps using OpenSL ES](docs/OpenSLESMigration.md) 21*05767d91SRobert Wu- [Frequently Asked Questions](docs/FAQ.md) (FAQ) 22*05767d91SRobert Wu- [Wiki](https://github.com/google/oboe/wiki) 23*05767d91SRobert Wu- [Our roadmap](https://github.com/google/oboe/milestones) - Vote on a feature/issue by adding a thumbs up to the first comment. 24*05767d91SRobert Wu 25*05767d91SRobert Wu### Community 26*05767d91SRobert Wu- Reddit: [r/androidaudiodev](https://www.reddit.com/r/androidaudiodev/) 27*05767d91SRobert Wu- StackOverflow: [#oboe](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/oboe) 28*05767d91SRobert Wu 29*05767d91SRobert Wu## Testing 30*05767d91SRobert Wu- [**OboeTester** app for measuring latency, glitches, etc.](apps/OboeTester/docs) 31*05767d91SRobert Wu- [Oboe unit tests](tests) 32*05767d91SRobert Wu 33*05767d91SRobert Wu## Videos 34*05767d91SRobert Wu- [Getting started with Oboe](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWz5rJ2EKKc_duWv9IPNvx9YBudNMmLSa) 35*05767d91SRobert Wu- [Low Latency Audio - Because Your Ears Are Worth It](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vOf_fDtur4) (Android Dev Summit '18) 36*05767d91SRobert Wu- [Winning on Android](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWBojmBpS74) - How to optimize an Android audio app. (ADC '18) 37*05767d91SRobert Wu 38*05767d91SRobert Wu## Sample code and apps 39*05767d91SRobert Wu- Sample apps can be found in the [samples directory](samples). 40*05767d91SRobert Wu- A complete "effects processor" app called FXLab can be found in the [apps/fxlab folder](apps/fxlab). 41*05767d91SRobert Wu- Also check out the [Rhythm Game codelab](https://developer.android.com/codelabs/musicalgame-using-oboe?hl=en#0). 42*05767d91SRobert Wu 43*05767d91SRobert Wu### Third party sample code 44*05767d91SRobert Wu- [Ableton Link integration demo](https://github.com/jbloit/AndroidLinkAudio) (author: jbloit) 45*05767d91SRobert Wu 46*05767d91SRobert Wu## Contributing 47*05767d91SRobert WuWe would love to receive your pull requests. Before we can though, please read the [contributing](CONTRIBUTING.md) guidelines. 48*05767d91SRobert Wu 49*05767d91SRobert Wu## Version history 50*05767d91SRobert WuView the [releases page](../../releases). 51*05767d91SRobert Wu 52*05767d91SRobert Wu## License 53*05767d91SRobert Wu[LICENSE](LICENSE) 54*05767d91SRobert Wu 55
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