The functions of the PackageManager and PackageManagerSrvice were discussed in section I. Additionally highlighted was the significance of starting PackageManagerService as a critical system service during boot. We'll now review…
One of the critical elements of Android offering some key functionalities is PackageManager. Several classes being part of the android.content.pm and com.android.server.pm package names serv to deliver such features. The lengthy list of its duties gives a comprehension of how it contributes to the stability and safety of Android. It is important to keep in…
Inter-process communication (IPC) is essential for sharing data or invoking methods between separate processes in Android. Android provides various mechanisms for IPC, including AIDL, Intent, and Messenger. Each method has…
When it comes to native development, it's important to have a proper toolset to debug. In 2012 Google introduces a class of tools called code sanitizer to detect program bugs.…
There are some IPC mechanisms in Android such as AIDL, Messanger, etc and each one has its own pros and cons. based on the requirements, you need to choose the…
There're lots of websites, books, videos and articles to read and start Android development. But to work on AOSP (Android Open Source Project) you can't find that much information except…
From Android 11 Google has introduced some improvements in kernel such as the GKI kernel, Bazel build system, etc. But what we're going to consider is only the Android GKI…
system_server, the first System Process The first process that will be forked by Zygote is system_server. Speaking about Zygote needs another article but in a word, it enables shared code…