Re: How to use linux driver in android app

[Kristopher Micinski]

You will need to make source modifications to the Android platform to
do this: you can't write it as an app.

Kris

On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 1:35 AM, Duresh Asanka <dure...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I have linux drivers written in C, which is for CAN communication. I am
> developing the Android app, using ADT, which is java.
> Could anyone please tell me how can I include these files to my project and
> use them.
>
> Thanks in Advance
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[Ashwin Bihari]

You cannot access the CAN interface directly from your application. You will need to do a couple of things.

Add an SDK Add-on that will implement a Java class that you can use in your application and a JNI portion that will interface to the hardware. In case of CAN, usually this is doing through sockets.

You can structure this add-on to be as simple or as complex as you wish with exception handling, intent broadcasting and whatever else you think you'll need while interfacing to CAN.

~ Ashwin

On Monday, May 13, 2013 6:01:05 AM UTC-4, Duresh Asanka wrote:

Thank you for replying me.

I have a Android development platform which is running Android 4.0. 

I have the Linux image which runs in that platform. In the linux image, there is the drivers for interfacing CAN. And also I have the source code for both images.

Could you please tell me, whether can I use these drivers to communicate via CAN, in my app writing in java.

Thank you