Adding Proprietary Frameworks to Android

Adding Proprietary Frameworks to Android 2011-04-052011-04-05

Peter AnderssonAndroid Architect HiQ Göteborg

Differentiation

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Minimizing Time-to-market and Cost

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Constructing an Android Add-on

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Android stack

Linux Kernel

Libraries

Framework

Applications

Hardware

Device

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Android stack

Linux Kernel

Libraries

Framework

Applications

Hardware

New Android stack

Linux Kernel

Libraries

Framework

Applications

?

How do I differentiate with Android while keeping time-to-market and maintenance

costs low?

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Upstream changes to delegate responsibility

Relevant

Standard

Atomic

http://source.android.com/community

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Irc.freenode.net, #android, #android-dev

20 patches

10 merges

1 year

mastergingerbreadgingerbread-release master

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Doing Less to get More

”Code is a cost, not an asset”

Image: Johan Cedmar-Brandstedt

Minimize dependencies by vertical additions

Android stack

Linux Kernel

Libraries

Framework

Applications

Vertic

al A

dd

-on

Setup

CreateAndroidAdd-on

CreateAdd-on

Repository

Use withAndroid

SDK

Compilewith

platform

Image: Johan Cedmar-Brandstedt

device/hiq

frameworks/

products/

sdk_addon/

apps/

Android stack

Linux Kernel

Libraries

Framework

Applications

Hardware

Vertic

al A

dd

-on

Vertic

al A

dd

-on

Android stack

Linux Kernel

Libraries

Framework

Applications

Hardware

New Android stack

Linux Kernel

Libraries

Framework

Applications

!

You can differentiate your Android offering while keeping time-to-market and

maintenance costs low by…

Image: Greg_S / flickr.com

Upstream changes to delegate responsibility

Image: Antanask / flickr.com

Doing Less to get More

Minimize dependencies by vertical additions

Thank you for listening !

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Thoughts ? Questions ?