On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 12:49 PM, Daniel Carrion <dcarrio...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Managed to get this working with POGS using anonymous platform, as the > project currently doesn't support ARM natively. Few things I had to do: > > - Gain root access using modded boot - this is just something I do when > working in restricted locations. I revert back later. > - Add /data/data/edu.berkeley.boinc/client/remote_hosts.cfg so I can send > project attach commands using remote UI. > - Dump POGS project files into > > /data/data/edu.berkeley.boinc/client/projects/ec2-23-23-126-96.compute-1.amazonaws.com_pogs > - Send attach command remotely for project (no built in option at present). > - Modified computing preferences to always allow network activity and run > whilst on batteries etc... Some reason this didn't set for newly attach > project. > > Some things that I noticed: > > - When the screen dims it sets all tasks to "waiting" except one that runs > in high priority. > Interesting. We might need to use a CPU mode lock as provided by android.os.PowerManager class. I will investigate this... > - When force closing the app, the BOINC client hangs around in the > background. This I noticed from running a ps inside my SSH shell to my > phone. > That is true. Force closing kills the VM process. BOINC client is not inside the VM. If Android closes an app, it calls its onDestroy() method and one could close the Client in code, this does not happen if you force kill it. Anyway, re-opening the BOINC application, it connects to the previously started Client. So the process does not get abandoned or uncontrollable. > > Overall seems very promising. Great work! I'm guessing we'll be seeing > project command features and further computing/network tweaking > capabilities in the future? Is there any chance of modifying the default > manifest to include android:debuggable="true" so we can use adb shell > run-as edu.berkeley.boinc? I don't use this feature, but there might be > some out there that don't want to compile their own apk and want to debug > this way using your version. > I will include the debugable flag in the next commit. > Here are a couple screenshots of POGS crunching on your test version: > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/zfzi2uydh30sc59/pogs_berkeley_android1.png > https://www.dropbox.com/s/lz019q27f7orjj0/pogs_berkeley_android2.png > > If you need a hand doing further testing or whatever let me know. I'm very > keen on ARM related projects. > > Cheers > > Daniel > > > On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 8:25 PM, Daniel Carrion <dcarrio...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > Thanks for the response. Sounds great. > > > > I've loaded it up on my Samsung Galaxy S3 and managed to run some work > > units from the test site just fine - > > http://isaac.ssl.berkeley.edu/test/results.php?hostid=674 > > > > I'm going to see if I can get some theSkyNet POGS WUs running under this > > version. I'll post back. > > > > I'd also like to take a look at the VM used for development when it gets > > posted up, as I'm currently running a mix of different SDK/NDKs - mainly > > because of the gfortran toolchain requirement for POGS main app. > > > > Cheers > > > > Daniel > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 3:35 AM, David Anderson <da...@ssl.berkeley.edu > >wrote: > > > >> Daniel: > >> > >> The software described in Rom's email (which I'll call "BOINC on > Android") > >> is a version of BOINC for Android developed and supported by > >> the BOINC project. This means that: > >> > >> - It's part of the BOINC software distribution. > >> - It's released under the same license as the rest of BOINC. > >> - It will be maintained by the BOINC project (as long as we exist). > >> > >> BOINC on Android has the same architecture as on other platforms: > >> a client and a GUI that communicate over TCP. > >> The client is standard; it's built from the same source as other > >> platforms. > >> As we extend and debug the BOINC client, > >> these changes will automatically appear in the Android version. > >> The GUI is new, and uses the Android GUI toolkit. > >> It's a work in progress, and may change a lot in the future. > >> > >> BOINC on Android was developed by Joachim Fritzsch as a Google > >> Summer of Code project in 2012. > >> He's continuing to work on it (supported by Einstein@home) > >> and Rom will also be working on it. > >> We hope to get other contributors as well. > >> > >> Functionally, BOINC on Android is similar to Mateusz Szpakowski's > >> NativeBOINC. > >> Mateusz chose to work independently of us, > >> and he made some architectural decisions different from ours. > >> > >> From a project point of view, there should be no difference between > >> NativeBOINC and BOINC on Android; > >> if a project provides applications for platform "arm-android-linux-gnu", > >> they should work with either client. > >> > >> --------- > >> > >> App stores: yes, we hope to get BOINC on Android in Google Play > >> and other Android app stores. > >> > >> -- David > >> > >> On 17-Jan-2013 8:25 AM, Daniel Carrion wrote: > >> > ... > >> > I'm very curious about this new version and if it ties in at all with > >> what > >> > NativeBOINC has been doing. Would be a bit of a pain having two > >> different > >> > clients that essentially do the same thing with their own separate > bugs, > >> > quirks and features. > >> > > >> > Very curious if there's intentions to get this released to the > Google's > >> > Play store and if so how it's going to be approved with project > binaries > >> > running a muck. :) > >> > > >> > Cheers > >> > > >> > Daniel > >> _______________________________________________ > >> boinc_dev mailing list > >> boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu > >> http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev > >> To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and > >> (near bottom of page) enter your email address. > >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > boinc_dev mailing list > boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu > http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev > To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and > (near bottom of page) enter your email address. > _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
