Embedded Android /
Karim Yaghmour
- 1st edi.
- USA O'Reilly 2013
- XX, 385 p. figure 23.2 cm
Preface. Learning How to Embed Android -- Audience for This Book -- Organization of the Material -- Software Versions -- Conventions Used in This Book -- Using Code Examples -- How to Contact Us -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction. History -- Features and Characteristics -- Development Model -- Ecosystem -- Getting "Android" -- Legal Framework -- Hardware and Compliance Requirements -- Development Setup and Tools -- 2. Internals Primer. App Developer's View -- Overall Architecture -- Linux Kernel -- Hardware Support -- Native User-Space -- Dalvik and Android's Java -- System Services -- Stock AOSP Packages -- System Startup -- 3. AOSP Jump-Start. Development Host Setup -- Getting the AOSP -- Inside the AOSP -- Build Basics -- Running Android -- Using the Android Debug Bridge (ADB) -- Mastering the Emulator -- 4. The Build System. Comparison with Other Build Systems -- Architecture -- Build Recipes -- Basic AOSP Hacks -- 5. Hardware Primer. Typical System Architecture -- What's in a System-on-Chip (SoC)? -- Memory Layout and Mapping -- Development Setup -- Evaluation Boards -- 6. Native User-Space. Filesystem -- adb -- Android's Command Line -- Init -- 7. Android Framework. Kick-Starting the Framework -- Utilities and Commands -- Support Daemons -- Hardware Abstraction Layer -- Appendix A : Legacy User-Space. Basics -- Theory of Operation -- Merging with the AOSP -- Using the Combined Stacks -- Caveats and Pending Issues -- Moving Forward -- Appendix B : Adding Support for New Hardware. The Basics -- The System Service -- The HAL and Its Extension -- The HAL Module -- Calling the System Service -- Starting the System Service -- Caveats and Recommendations -- Appendix C : Customizing the Default Lists of Packages. Overall Dependencies -- Assembling the Final Product Packages -- Trimming Packages -- Appendix D : Default init.rc Files. 2.3/Gingerbread's default init.rc -- 4.2/Jelly Bean's Default init Files -- Appendix E. Resources. Websites and Communities -- Books -- Conferences and Events -- About the Author.