Something I'd suggest is a method for one app to address both displays. This could be as a vendor specific library as opposed to modifications to the existing framework, but I can see a number of apps being able to make use of two screens in a nintendo-DS style manner (e.g. city guides with a map on one display and details of a selected attraction on the other).
Al. ====== Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company number 6741909. The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's subsidiaries. On 30 Nov 2010, at 08:51, Mikkel Christensen wrote: > Hi, > > On Nov 22, 12:25 pm, Deva R <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Has any one been able to do this? Is there some official doc from >> Android on how to achieve this? > > In the company that I work for, we have been working on an Android 2.2 > dual display solution. > > The basic idea is: > - Applications will via a framework extension indicate the display ID > where the application should run > - The WindowManagerService will at application start time get the > requested display ID from the starting application > - WindowManagerService provides the display ID to the SurfaceFlinger > which will create a new surface on the requested display > - The SurfaceFlinger has been modified to handle compositions using > OpenGL on multiple displays > - The ActivityManager has been modified to allow the top applications > to run simultaneously on two displays > - The event system has been extended to handle a secondary touch > device operating in parallel. This has been integrated with the > WindowManagerService which takes care of dispatching events to the > proper applications > > We have uploaded a video to YouTube showing our prototype: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CWl4bTRKuw > > Hope this will help you. > > Best regards, > Mikkel Christensen > Ixonos Plc. > > -- > unsubscribe: [email protected] > website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting -- unsubscribe: [email protected] website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting
