[motorhead1991]

Alright.... I guess now is a good a time as ever to announce the project I've been working on...

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Since most of us do things on the go, why not disassemble binaries on the device in your pocket?

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Combining my two growing skillsets, I created a simple Java interface for Android devices (currently works on 8.0+), and it's nearly ready for release.

Things left to do:
- fix the "about" button behaviour
- fix the "sad" binary for Android (unexpected behaviour)
- push a toast message when a file doesn't exist
- auto-create a dir file from "msg"
- clean up the UI to make it more appealing (and theme friendly)

[motorhead1991]

No real news except that it builds with Android Studio now, and should also build with the AOSP source. It also works on Android P, but I need to work on legacy compatibility.

[tvrfan]

Good stuff !!

Does it still use my 'C' code (compiled) with a Java front end ??

I ask as I'm completely ignorant of Android and 'smart device' type OSes, being one of those ex-tech types that has a phone for actually *talking* to people and nothing else. But I do know Android is based on Linux.

I did wonder about other languages which are more portable for/from desktops, like Python or Java.... or something else?

I know Java is very C++ like. so shouldn't be all that hard for me to change/learn.

[motorhead1991]

Good stuff !!

Does it still use my 'C' code (compiled) with a Java front end ??

I ask as I'm completely ignorant of Android and 'smart device' type OSes, being one of those ex-tech types that has a phone for actually *talking* to people and nothing else. But I do know Android is based on Linux.

I did wonder about other languages which are more portable for/from desktops, like Python or Java.... or something else?

I know Java is very C++ like. so shouldn't be all that hard for me to change/learn.

It does, actually. If you look at the open "Pull request" you'll see all the modifications I made to the code (It wasn't much). It actually cross compiled pretty cleanly, I just need to figure out why it doesn't accept a direct command (vs doing it in two steps).

[caish]

THis is the sort of thing I joined the forum for.
I don't use Windows. (Linux) but was thinking of putting an android based stereo in my Focus,
would be great to have a complete tuning suite, I know this is not that but shows basis it could be done/ built...
Thanks

[motorhead1991]

THis is the sort of thing I joined the forum for.
I don't use Windows. (Linux) but was thinking of putting an android based stereo in my Focus,
would be great to have a complete tuning suite, I know this is not that but shows basis it could be done/ built...
Thanks

I'm working on communicating with tuning hardware currently. Most apps that can cost money currently.

[caish]

I wouldn't grip paying $20 for an actual working app, not one that is basically an alpha stage of development, a stable beta with upgrade to version 1.0 when finished, sure...

[motorhead1991]

TVRfan's code compiles perfectly fine as a library, meaning I should be able to merge it into the Android system easily, as soon as I figure out how

I would make more progress on this, but my server puts out a ton of heat, so I'm restricted to wintertime and nighttime use.

[motorhead1991]

I think it works finally! Sweet! Now time to Integrate it...

[motorhead1991]

I think it works finally! Sweet! Now time to Integrate it...

False hope I'm afraid. What I constructed appears to be an executable binary and not a library like I intended. It does work the way I want it to though, finally, but Android is moving away from app-specific executables.

[cgrey8]

...Android is moving away from app-specific executables.

What are they moving to?

[motorhead1991]

...Android is moving away from app-specific executables.

What are they moving to?

Upon further reading, it still looks like executables are fine provided they're not loaded to "/data/data/". If they're native to the app ("/data/app") newer ROMs will allow it for now.

Personally, I'd sooner finish converting it to a library so it can be integrated in Java apps and the like.

[motorhead1991]

All right so, I've managed to make the app work on devices as new as Android P, but I have not figured out how to make it specific to the processor type since the binary used is compiled for most common devices. There's some java tricks you have to do in order to get in the binary you need to the top level in order to access it, and it's not well documented.

I am insanely close to the first release though.