NVIDIA SHIELD

Get the best Android development tools for NVIDIA SHIELD: the ultimate Android gaming family.

The NVIDIA® SHIELD™ family of devices provide the most immersive Android gaming and media experience. They are built on the Android operating system - the most popular mobile OS in the world. Powered by the advanced NVIDIA Tegra® mobile processor, console quality game controllers and stunning 4K & HD video and high fidelity audio, NVIDIA SHIELD redefines what gaming can be.

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Vulkan on Android

Khronos recently announced the public specification for the latest cutting edge 3D API, "Vulkan". NVIDIA provides Vulkan support on Android with its family of SHIELD devices. Through Vulkan, developers have direct low level access to the GPU for ultimate control over 3D games and apps. With a simpler, thinner driver, Vulkan has less latency and overhead than traditional OpenGL, OpenGL ES or Direct3D. Vulkan also has efficient multi-threading capabilities so that multi-core CPUs can keep the graphics pipeline loaded, enabling a new level of performance.

For the latest on how you can take advantage of Vulkan on Android devices, check out NVIDIA's Vulkan on Android page.

Android TV

Android TV Developer Guide - Learn best practices for developing on SHIELD and Android TV including preparing games and apps for game controllers, design considerations and Android TV store requirements.

NVIDIA is the world leader in visual computing and provides a suite of free graphics programming samples demonstrating a host of modern rendering techniques for OpenGL, OpenGL ES and the Android Extension Pack (AEP).