Jetpack Compose: Material Catalog and Compose Integration DemosThere are many sample projects available for Jetpack Compose, but some often-overlooked gems reside in the Compose source code itself. In…Dec 23, 20242Dec 23, 20242
Published inProAndroidDevDecomposing Jetpack ComposeJetpack Compose is Android’s recommended modern toolkit for building native UI. It simplifies and accelerates UI development on Android…Dec 22, 2024422Dec 22, 2024422
Binder file descriptor usagesThe RPC mechanism provided by Binder is not a good fit for certain use cases. As we know, Android framework allocates about 1 MB of…Feb 4, 20215Feb 4, 20215
Binder securityMost of the world’s authentication and authorization (auth) techniques in computer science or even in real life are either based on “who…Feb 4, 20212Feb 4, 20212
Smart pointersThe native IBinder and BpRefBase classes inherit from a base class RefBase. In the article "Binder architecture and core components" I…Feb 4, 202126Feb 4, 202126
Binder Service ManagerService Manager is a first class component in Binder that is responsible for managing all system services. A system service is a special…Feb 4, 202114Feb 4, 202114
Binder transactionThe ultimate reason of using Binder is to transfer data between processes. The action of sending data to a remote Binder for processing…Feb 4, 202159Feb 4, 202159
Binder Data ModelSimply speaking, the only thing you use Binder for is transferring data between processes. During a Binder transaction, the source process…Feb 4, 202172Feb 4, 202172
Published inThe StartupBinder: Android Interface Definition LanguageAndroid interface definition language (AIDL) is used to define the contract that a Binder service object provides. With the help of AIDL…Feb 3, 2021105Feb 3, 2021105
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Published inThe StartupBinder IntroductionBinder is an inter-process communication (IPC) mechanism implemented and used extensively by Android. However, if you are an Android…Feb 3, 2021511Feb 3, 2021511
