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G1 Android Installation

Android installation on a hardware platform

Objectives

Understanding the specifics of the Android system.
How to configure and compile the Android sources to get a working system.
Control the operation of the Android emulator.
Understand how to test an Android image before flashing the system.
Detail the different flash file system image generation procedures.

	Labs are conducted on i.MX6 or i.MX8 boards
	We use the last open source version of Android, as available on the board.
	For on-site trainings, if suitable Linux workstations are not available, we provide virtual machine images for VirtualBox; in all cases the requisite is a recent 64bit PC (at least 4 cores) with at least 32Gb of RAM (16Gb may work but will be slow) and 400Gb of free disk space.

Course Environment

Theoretical course

PDF course material (in English) supplemented by a printed version.
The trainer answers trainees' questions during the training and provide technical and pedagogical assistance.

Practical activities

Practical activities represent from 40% to 50% of course duration.
Code examples, exercises and solutions
One PC (Linux ou Windows) for the practical activities with, if appropriate, a target board.

One PC for two trainees when there are more than 6 trainees.

For onsite trainings:

An installation and test manual is provided to allow preinstallation of the needed software.
The trainer come with target boards if needed during the practical activities (and bring them back at the end of the course).

Downloadable preconfigured virtual machine for post-course practical activities
At the start of each session the trainer will interact with the trainees to ensure the course fits their expectations and correct if needed

Prerequisite

Embedded Linux installation and kernel usage

Target Audience

Any embedded systems engineer or technician with the above prerequisites.

Evaluation modalities

The prerequisites indicated above are assessed before the training by the technical supervision of the traineein his company, or by the trainee himself in the exceptional case of an individual trainee.
Trainee progress is assessed in two different ways, depending on the course:

For courses lending themselves to practical exercises, the results of the exercises are checked by the trainer while, if necessary, helping trainees to carry them out by providing additional details.
Quizzes are offered at the end of sections that do not include practical exercises to verifythat the trainees have assimilated the points presented

At the end of the training, each trainee receives a certificate attesting that they have successfully completed the course.

In the event of a problem, discovered during the course, due to a lack of prerequisites by the trainee a different or additional training is offered to them, generally to reinforce their prerequisites,in agreement with their company manager if applicable.

First Day

Android overview

Android

History
The Open Handset Alliance
Existing ports (HTC Dream, Magic...)

The various licenses used by Android (GPL, LGPL, etc.)

The GIT distributed source management system

Installation and general usage.

Creating and using a local repository
Connecting to a remote repository

Exercise:

Managing several versions of a program with GIT

Working with branches

Creation of a new branch
Merging branches

Exercise:

Working with vendor branches

Team functions

Creating configuring and managing a public repository
Working with patches

Exercise:

Creating a shared project repository

The Android Linux kernel

Downloading source code
Configuring the Android-specific drivers

Binder
Logger
Low_memory_killer
Timed_output
Timed_gpio

Configuring an Android Linux kernel
Building the kernel

Exercise:	Configuration and build of the Android kernel for the target board
Exercise:	Checking the first phases of kernel boot

Second Day

Booting Android

The various kinds of boot
U-Boot

Configuration and build
Porting U-Boot

RedBoot
Le Linux boot process
The Android boot sequence

The Android System

Downloading sources
Exploring the Android system
The Android source tree

The Bionic library
The Dalvik Java virtual machine
The basic packages

Building the Android system

Exercise:

Compiling the full Android system

The Android initialisation language

Exercise:

Modifying the Android init sequence

The Android BSP

The Android build system

The Android.mk files

Creating a new Android platform

Declaring a new vendor
Creation of platform-specific parameter files
Choosing platform-dependent compilation options

Exercise:

Compiling a new Android platform

Adding native components

Defining Java methods in C++
The Android NDK
JNI for Android
Using SWIG

The Android binder

Writing services in C++
The binder's C++ interface

Exercise:

Recompiling a single component

Third Day

The Android SDK

Overview and installation of the Software Development Kit (SDK)
The Android Virtual Devices

Creation
Configuration
Basic Use

The Eclipse Android Development Toolset (ADT)

Developping and testing and Android application
Deploying Android Applications

The Android Debug Bridge (adb) tool

Basic use
Connecting to a remote Android target (real or virtual)

Exercise:

Building and testing a simple Android application

Finalization of the Android platform

Testing the kernel and the system :

Using an NFS-mounted root file system
Updating the initailisation script for NFS use

Flash memory partitionning
Flashing the system

Flashing through u-boot
Flashing from Linux

_ Updating the initailisation script when booting in flash
Starting and using the platform in standalone mode

Exercise:

Deploying a finalized Android system

This course, designed for face-to-face delivery, can be provided either in our Paris training center or, worldwide, on your premises.

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