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| First Day |
| Android overview |
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Linux |
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History |
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Version management |
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Android |
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History |
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The Open Handset Alliance |
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Existing ports (HTC Dream, Magic...) |
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The various licenses used by Android (GPL, LGPL, etc.) |
| Cross-development |
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The EABI specification |
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Differences between the EABI and OABI |
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Standard toolchains or specific toolchains |
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Building a standard toolchain (crosstool-ng or buildroot) |
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The Android toolchain |
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Building an EABI toolchain |
| The GIT distributed source management system |
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Installation aud general usage. |
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Creating and using a local repository |
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Connecting to a remote repository |
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Managing several versions of a program with GIT |
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Working with branches |
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Creation of a new branch |
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Merging branches |
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Working with vendor branches |
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Team functions |
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Creating configuring and managing a public repository |
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Working with patches |
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Creating a shared project repository |
| Second Day |
| The Android Linux kernel |
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Downloading source code |
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The Android-specific drivers for kernels 2.6.29 and beyond |
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Binder |
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Logger |
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Low_memory_killer |
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Timer_gpio |
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Timed_output |
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Configuring an Android Linux kernel |
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Building the kernel |
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Configuration and build of the Android kernel for the target board |
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Checking the first phases of kernel boot |
| The Linux BSP |
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Linux BSP architecture |
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Overall structure |
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The ARM BSP |
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The Linux build system |
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Defining and initializing the board |
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Android specifics |
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Standard Android button management |
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The Linux driver model |
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Kernel objects |
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Devices |
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Hotplug events |
| Embedded file systems |
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Flash memories and Linux MTDs |
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The various filesystem formats |
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JFFS2, UBIFS, YAFFS2 |
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Differences between JFFS2 and YAFFS2 |
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Patching the Linux kernel |
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The unyaffs tool |
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Building JFFS2 and YAFFS2 filesystems |
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Ramdisks and initrd |
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Building an Android initrd |
| Third Day |
| Booting Android |
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The various kinds of boot |
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U-Boot |
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Configuration and build |
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Porting U-Boot |
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RedBoot |
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Le Linux boot process |
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The Android boot sequence |
| The Android System |
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Downloading sources |
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Exploring the Android system |
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The Android source tree |
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The Bionic library |
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The Dalvik Jave virtual machine |
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The basic packages |
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Building the Android system |
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Compiling the full Android system |
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The Android initialisation language |
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Modifying the Android init sequence |
| Fourth Day |
| The Android BSP |
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The Android build system |
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The Android.mk files |
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Creating a new Android platform |
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Declaring a new vendor |
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Creation of platform-specific parameter files |
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Choosing platform-dependent compilation options |
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Compiling a new Android platform |
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Adding native components |
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Defining Java methods in C++ |
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The Android NDK |
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JNI for Android |
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Using SWIG |
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The Android binder |
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Writing services in C++ |
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The binder's C++ interface |
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Recompiling a single component |
| The Android SDK |
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Overview and installation of the Software Development Kit (SDK) |
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The Android Virtual Devices |
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Creation |
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Configuration |
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Basic Use |
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The Eclipse Android Development Toolset (ADT) |
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Developping and testing and Android application |
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Deploying Android Applications |
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The Android Debug Bridge (adb) tool |
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Basic use |
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Connecting to a remote Android target (real or virtual) |
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Building and testing a simple Android application |
| Finalization of the Android platform |
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Testing the kernel and the system : |
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Using an NFS-mounted root file system |
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Updating the initailisation script for NFS use |
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Flash memory partitionning |
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Flashing the system |
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Flashing through u-boot |
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Flashing from Linux |
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_ Updating the initailisation script when booting in flash |
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Starting and using the platform in standalone mode |
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Deploying a finalized Android system |
