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

Documentation

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

Community

• Reddit: r/androidaudiodev
• StackOverflow: #oboe

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)
• Winning on Android - How to optimize an Android audio app. (ADC '18)

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