On 02/25/2011 08:59 PM, Stefano D'Angelo wrote: >> The thing about Android is that third-party plugins should be rather >> feasible. >> There are simple mechanisms which could easily allow a host to discover which >> plugins are installed on the system. Such plugins could be distributed as >> standalone packages (APK) on the Android Market. > > Yes, I don't know the details of those mechanisms, but after seeing > how Flash is distributed as an APK and integrates into the browser, I > was thinking something along those lines too.
The keywords are Intent filters, Content Providers, Services. These can be used for dynamic plugin discovery. >> There are a couple of security issues with linking about a third-party .so >> though. > > True. > > However, my question about this Android/LV2 possibility is: what for? Any > ideas? In my case, it's intended to provide effects for my app, TapeMachine: http://tapemachine.samalyse.com/ Users are requesting effects. Also, I think that Android is quite unique (amongst popular mobile platforms) when it comes to providing a high-level of inter-operability between apps, such as here in the case of plugins. And now I need to go, I'm late and a friend of mine is giving a concert. Cheers, -- Olivier _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev
