topic How to Acees device driver API's from Android app in i.MX Processors https://community.nxp.com/t5/i-MX-Processors/How-to-Acees-device-driver-API-s-from-Android-app/m-p/974457#M145037 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Sir,<BR /> For one of my project i am using NXP iMX8M Mini EVK Board with pre-built Android 9.0 Running on it. <BR /> I am writing some device driver to access some external device which i will interface with board. <BR /> <BR /> NOTE - The hardware and its interfacing are irrelevant here.<BR /> <BR /> Now as per the Android platform Architecture <BR /> <A href="https://developer.android.com/guide/platform">developer.android.com/.../platform</A><BR /> &nbsp; &nbsp;<BR /> Now if i have some device driver code ( Kernel level + user space level ) which i am running at Linux layer<BR /> My Linux layer user space code talk to my device driver and my device driver talk to my hardware.. <BR /> it can be any hardware..</P><P></P><P>NOTE : The functionality of the Application and device driver, is irrelevant.<BR /> <BR /> Now what i want is that -<BR /> I want to call some API’s of my user space code from my android application ??<BR /> so what is the best way, in detail to access my user space and device drivers code via Java in Android?<BR /> <BR /> I know one way to do this is using Android NDK ... <BR /> <BR /> but in android ndk we need to create new projects and then add all the source files and then compile the code using android ndk software..<BR /> But since i have device driver and user layer code which uses various linux layer api’s so cannot add all the source code in ndk and compile it so I think i cannot use android ndk approach.. please confirm..<BR /> <BR /> Also I’m just accessing device drivers and linux user space code &amp; not actually writing any native code? <BR /> <BR /> <STRONG>So now my question is what is the other possible way through which i can access api’s of device drivers and linux user space code from my android app...</STRONG></P><P></P><P></P><P><STRONG>Thanks,</STRONG></P><P><STRONG>Maneesh </STRONG></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 26 Jun 2019 10:15:36 GMT msingh1920 2019-06-26T10:15:36Z How to Acees device driver API's from Android app https://community.nxp.com/t5/i-MX-Processors/How-to-Acees-device-driver-API-s-from-Android-app/m-p/974457#M145037 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Sir,<BR /> For one of my project i am using NXP iMX8M Mini EVK Board with pre-built Android 9.0 Running on it. <BR /> I am writing some device driver to access some external device which i will interface with board. <BR /> <BR /> NOTE - The hardware and its interfacing are irrelevant here.<BR /> <BR /> Now as per the Android platform Architecture <BR /> <A href="https://developer.android.com/guide/platform">developer.android.com/.../platform</A><BR /> &nbsp; &nbsp;<BR /> Now if i have some device driver code ( Kernel level + user space level ) which i am running at Linux layer<BR /> My Linux layer user space code talk to my device driver and my device driver talk to my hardware.. <BR /> it can be any hardware..</P><P></P><P>NOTE : The functionality of the Application and device driver, is irrelevant.<BR /> <BR /> Now what i want is that -<BR /> I want to call some API’s of my user space code from my android application ??<BR /> so what is the best way, in detail to access my user space and device drivers code via Java in Android?<BR /> <BR /> I know one way to do this is using Android NDK ... <BR /> <BR /> but in android ndk we need to create new projects and then add all the source files and then compile the code using android ndk software..<BR /> But since i have device driver and user layer code which uses various linux layer api’s so cannot add all the source code in ndk and compile it so I think i cannot use android ndk approach.. please confirm..<BR /> <BR /> Also I’m just accessing device drivers and linux user space code &amp; not actually writing any native code? <BR /> <BR /> <STRONG>So now my question is what is the other possible way through which i can access api’s of device drivers and linux user space code from my android app...</STRONG></P><P></P><P></P><P><STRONG>Thanks,</STRONG></P><P><STRONG>Maneesh </STRONG></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 26 Jun 2019 10:15:36 GMT https://community.nxp.com/t5/i-MX-Processors/How-to-Acees-device-driver-API-s-from-Android-app/m-p/974457#M145037 msingh1920 2019-06-26T10:15:36Z Re: How to Acees device driver API's from Android app https://community.nxp.com/t5/i-MX-Processors/How-to-Acees-device-driver-API-s-from-Android-app/m-p/974458#M145038 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Hello,</P><P style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">&nbsp;</P><P style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Please take a look to professional service here:</P><P style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;"><A href="https://www.nxp.com/support/support/nxp-professional-services:PROFESSIONAL-SERVICE">https://www.nxp.com/support/support/nxp-professional-services:PROFESSIONAL-SERVICE</A></P><P style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">They may be able to help you with your development.</P><P style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">&nbsp;</P><P style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Hope this helps,</P><P style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Best regards, <BR /> Aldo.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 01 Jul 2019 23:14:02 GMT https://community.nxp.com/t5/i-MX-Processors/How-to-Acees-device-driver-API-s-from-Android-app/m-p/974458#M145038 AldoG 2019-07-01T23:14:02Z