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 Hello JNI
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-This sample show how to call Native C++ code from a Android Java activity using JNI. Note this require a preview build of Android Studio and the experimental version Android Gradle plugin, see the [Pre-requisites](#pre-requisites) and [Getting Started](#getting-started) instructions.
+This sample shows how to call Native C++ code from a Android Java Activity using JNI. Note this requires a preview build of Android Studio and the experimental version Android Gradle plugin, see the [Pre-requisites](#pre-requisites) and [Getting Started](#getting-started) instructions.
 
 Pre-requisites
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