Why should Intent’s security be concerned?
Using the Android IPC mechanism leads to the possibility of identifying and verifying who is trying to connect. The Intent as an IPC mechanism is one of the best options…
How to start AOSP development
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…
Android GKI Kernel is a new approach
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…
How does the very first Android system process (system_server) work?
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…
Bazel is available now to build the Android kernel
Finally, you can build the Android kernel by Bazel and the old build system is going to be replaced with it. That's excellent news. Because Bazel provides a better and…
Have a look into Android Build System
From Android 7.0 Google started using a new approach/solution as a build system to make it easier to test and get rid of error-prone. To understand and have a big…
An introduction to Android Automotive System UI
(The interesting picture above belongs to Polestar 2) Google has provided the Automotive Android variant to fulfil the automotive requirements for the infotainment systems. HMI & user interface components added…
How Performance & Battery are improved in Android 13
Google has improved Android features over the years and every new version came with some improvement. Android 13 introduced some new features that have enhanced performance and battery usage. The…