Add explicit advice for how to handle non-text strings.
PiperOrigin-RevId: 607101289
Change-Id: I09210fc433d0a37a9c08dabc7d2561adca412b96
diff --git a/api-guidelines/ndk.md b/api-guidelines/ndk.md
index 4c46609..00f7815 100644
--- a/api-guidelines/ndk.md
+++ b/api-guidelines/ndk.md
@@ -297,6 +297,9 @@
strongly preferred and any other choice should come with significant
justification.
+ If there is no encoding because the data is a string of arbitrary bytes, use
+ `uint8_t*` instead of `char*`. `char*` should only be used for text.
+
6. For NDK APIs, **documentation must be in Doxygen syntax.** To appear on DAC,
all documentation (including `@file`) must be contained by a `@defgroup` or
`@addtogroup` block.
