Android Question Android on Embedded Hardware

SAM ShamsulBahrim

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Now is the blooming time when manufacturers starts giving out embedded hardware having Android OS in it. So, I guess as good as B4A running on mobile platform... the B4A apps will also run perfectly on those embedded hardware.... true?

What about peripherals like LEDs, UART/RS232 ports , CAN ports and alike... how would those peripherals get controls by the B4A apps?
 

Erel

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If the device is running Android then it should be supported by B4A.

There is no standard APIs in Android to access such ports. In many cases the ports are mapped to virtual files and you can use the standard files streams to work with them.

If the manufacturer provides a custom SDK then this SDK will need to be wrapped.
 
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SAM ShamsulBahrim

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If the device is running Android then it should be supported by B4A.

There is no standard APIs in Android to access such ports. In many cases the ports are mapped to virtual files and you can use the standard files streams to work with them.

If the manufacturer provides a custom SDK then this SDK will need to be wrapped.


Thanks Erel....life made very interesting with B4A!
 
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