[android-porting] launching apps from native code

Wanted to know what is the best practice to launch apps from native code? Is using 'am' forbidden? It has to be via the system call though, like system(am start ...); Will 'am' support be discontinued going forward? Is there any alternative method? Thanks much HV -- unsubscribe:

Re: [android-porting] Adding a new driver to HAL

So you want to have a new HAL loaded for an existing driver Or you would like both a new driver written and its matching HAL? I think we could install .so's and call dlopen's from NDK but all of that requires the device to be 'rooted' I couldnt think of a way where what you say is possible on a

[android-porting] Re: [rowboat] Camera has stopped unexpectedly

Dear all, camera application was failing while lunching the camera application please check the bellow logcat message regarding the camera application. Application is not responding: AppWindowToken{406c9680 token=HistoryRecord{40864db8 com.android.camera/.Camera}} - Window{4064b660

[android-porting] Video is not playing in Latest android 4.0.4

Hi, I am using i.Mx6x processor with android ICS 4.0.4. While I am trying to play video in gallery from my SD card, I am getting below message. Sorry, this video cannot be played. Can any body suggest me that any solution to solve this. Thanks in advance, Salih -- unsubscribe:

RE: [android-porting] Adding a new driver to HAL

Thanks for all the help with this! If I understand correctly, any new HAL module needs to follow the defined interfaces between it and the Android services. I was thinking of cases where a new HAL for a new kernel driver would provide functions outside of what is expected usually in the

Re: [android-porting] Re: eGalax with usbtouchscreen driver

Hi Kiran, Use usbhid, it will detect your device as generic usb device as show in below mail. then find out the right driver in hid e.g. if device is dual touch, then driver/hid/hid-cando.c can be modified for your device. Regards, Goutam On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 2:23 PM, kiran nayak

Re: [android-porting] eGalax and zytronic usbtouchscreen

Hi Luccio, As I have mentioned in another thread of your query. Please use usbhid. this will register your device as generic hid usb device. Then enable drivers/hid/hid-egalax.c and compile. Confirm your idVendor=14c8, idProduct=0005 in hid-egalax.c. I hope this will resolve this issue.

Re: [android-porting] Android 4.1 supports multichannel audio. Compressed or PCM?

Hi Kevin, PCM provide two channel audio outputs. Multi-channel audio means two and more than two channels audio outputs. e.g 5.1 : 6 channels, 7.1: 8 channels, 13.1: 14 channels audio output. Using HDMI port, you can send compress audio at other end, the receiver will decode and play the audio.

[android-porting] Developing Android for Vodafone Smart Tab tablets

We are developing an experimental project that we need to run on Vodafone Smart Tab tablets ( http://www.gsmarena.com/vodafone_smart_tab_10-4527.php ) that uses Android OS 3.2. For that we actually need to replace the UI with our code and make own Android build. Our knowledge is based on

[android-porting] KeyError: '/recovery' While Compliing Android ICS for lenovo ideapad

Hi techies, I downloaded the Android ICS source code from google repositories. I am able to compile the source code It is working fine on emulator. Now I wanted to build for Lenovo Ideapad. But when I execute the command make -j4 otapackage I get the following error. File

[android-porting] Android flickering between two display buffers

Hello, I am porting android to a custom platform, however when I boot the board the screen flickers between the bootanim, which becomes the android user interface, and the console output A N D R O I D _. This isn't something I have seen using an emulator so I assume it must be hardware

[android-porting] ACER A200 Android 'servicemanager' keeps dying

I have an ICS tree that I've used to successfully build Android for the Motorola XOOM and the Samsung Galaxy Tab 1. I've recently been trying to prepare a build for the Acer A200 and haven't been able to get the device to boot. When I do some debugging through adb, I can see that none of the

[android-porting] KeyError: 'ext3' While Compliing Android ICS for lenovo ideapad

Hi techies, I downloaded the Android ICS source code from google repositories. I am able to compile the source code It is working fine on emulator. Now I wanted to build for Lenovo Ideapad. But when I execute the command make -j4 otapackage I get the following error. File

[android-porting] Re: Porting android On Huawei U8818

hey what happened there is no one to have a clue on this issue. On Tuesday, 3 July 2012 17:22:20 UTC+5:30, Bhanushali Ashwin N wrote: Hi All, I downloaded the source code for android ICS from google repository and successfully compiled it. The code I compiled is working fine on Emulator.So

Re: [android-porting] eGalax and zytronic usbtouchscreen

Hi Lotfi, Which kernel version are you using and from where did you get kernel source? Regards, GOutam On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 7:34 PM, Mohamed Lotfi Moukneche moukne...@gmail.com wrote: Goutam, i didn't find hid-egalax.c in my sources files ??? from where can i get it ? Warm regards,

[android-porting] Android flcikers between two display buffers

Hello, I am working on a custom platform and when I boot Andoird it appears to flicker between two display buffers. One with the bootanim, which then changes into the user interface and the second appears to stay on the A N D R O I D _ screen, from /dev/tty0. I am building with ICS and I'm

[android-porting] Re: Driver registration

Hi, finally i had a problem with my driver, it was conceived to a board with single processor ARM Cortex A8, and the mine is using an omap4460 SMP (ARM Cortex A9). Best Regards. Le lundi 2 juillet 2012 12:49:17 UTC+2, Luccio a écrit : Hi, i have build my touchscreen driver which i

[android-porting] Re: Boot on power: power on when plug in USB

I am having the same problem/question. Did you find out how to turn a specific device on? +1 Am Donnerstag, 3. Februar 2011 01:20:40 UTC+1 schrieb Martin: Hello! I do not have a question about a specific platform... rather I have a question about a feature that only one phone I've played