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>which although based on the Linux kernel, don't expose a POSIX userspace to regular app developers as public API

No, Android apps can contain native code that uses Linux syscalls.

>>garaet+(OP)
Do so at your own peril, they aren't part of the public API.

"NDK C library"

https://developer.android.com/ndk/guides/stable_apis#c_libra...

"Improving Stability with Private C/C++ Symbol Restrictions in Android N"

https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2016/06/improving-...

"Android changes for NDK developers"

https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2016/06/android-ch...

Termux developers also think they could do whatever they felt like on Android, guess what, they can't.