Android on x86

Book Description

Android on x86: an Introduction to Optimizing for Intel® Architecture serves two main purposes.  First, it makes the case for adapting your applications onto Intel’s x86 architecture, including discussions of the business potential, the changing landscape of the Android marketplace, and the unique challenges and opportunities that arise from x86 devices.  The fundamental idea is that extending your applications to support x86 or creating new ones is not difficult, but it is imperative to know all of the technicalities. This book is dedicated to providing you with an awareness of these nuances and an understanding of how to tackle them.

Second, and most importantly, this book provides a one-stop detailed resource for best practices and procedures associated with the installation issues, hardware optimization issues, software requirements, programming tasks, and performance optimizations that emerge when developers consider the x86 Android devices. Optimization discussions dive into native code, hardware acceleration, and advanced profiling of multimedia applications. The authors have collected this information so that you can use the book as a guide for the specific requirements of each application project.

This book is not dedicated solely to code; instead it is filled with the information you need in order to take advantage of x86 architecture.  It will guide you through installing the Android SDK for Intel Architecture, help you understand the differences and similarities between processor architectures available in Android devices, teach you to create and port applications, debug existing x86 applications, offer solutions for NDK and C++ optimizations, and introduce the Intel Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager. This book provides the most useful information to help you get the job done quickly while utilizing best practices.

What you’ll learn

• The development-relevant differences between Android on ARM and Android on Intel x86
• How to set up the SDK for an emulated Intel Android device
• How to build the Android OS for the Intel Mobile Processor
• How to create new x86 based Android applications, set up testing and performance tuning, and port existing Android applications to work with the x86 processor
• How to debug problems they encounter when working on the x86 Android test platform
• Intricacies of the Intel Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager. The reader will also gain significant insight into the OpenGL Android support.

Who this book is for

• Android developers
• Hardware designers who need to understand how Android will work on their processors
• CIOs and CEOs of technology-based companies
• IT staff who may encounter or need to understand the issues
• New startup founders and entrepreneurs
• Computer science students

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: History and Evolution of the Android OS
Chapter 2: The Mobile Device and Operating System Landscape
Chapter 3: Beyond the Mobile App—A Technology Foundation
Chapter 4: Android Development— Business Overview and Considerations
Chapter 5: The Intel Mobile Processor
Chapter 6: Installing the Android SDK for Intel Application Development
Chapter 7: Creating and Porting NDK-Based Android Applications
Chapter 8: Debugging Android
Chapter 9: Performance Optimizations for Android Applications on x86
Chapter 10: x86 NDK and C/C++ Optimizations
Chapter 11: Using Intel Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager on Windows, Mac OS, and Linux to Speed Up Android on x86 Emu…
Chapter 12: Performance Testing and Profiling Apps with Platform Tuning

中文：

书名：Android on x86

基于x86的安卓系统：英特尔®架构优化简介 主要有两个目的。首先，它提出了使您的应用程序适应英特尔x86架构的理由，包括讨论业务潜力、不断变化的Android市场格局以及x86设备带来的独特挑战和机遇。其基本思想是，扩展您的应用程序以支持x86或创建新的应用程序并不困难，但必须了解所有的技术细节。这本书致力于为您提供对这些细微差别的认识和如何处理它们的理解。

其次，也是最重要的是，本书提供了一站式的详细资源，提供了与开发人员考虑x86 Android设备时出现的安装问题、硬件优化问题、软件要求、编程任务和性能优化相关的最佳实践和过程。优化讨论深入到多媒体应用程序的本机代码、硬件加速和高级性能分析。作者已经收集了这些信息，以便您可以使用这本书作为每个应用程序项目的特定要求的指南。

本书不仅专门介绍代码，还提供了充分利用x86架构所需的信息。它将指导您安装适用于英特尔架构的Android SDK，帮助您了解Android设备中可用的处理器架构之间的差异和相似之处，教您创建和移植应用程序，调试现有的x86应用程序，提供NDK和C++优化解决方案，并介绍英特尔硬件加速执行管理器。本书提供了最有用的信息，帮助您在利用最佳实践的同时快速完成工作。

What you’ll learn

• 基于ARM的Android和基于Intel x86的Android与开发相关的差异
• 如何为模拟的英特尔Android设备设置SDK
• 如何为英特尔移动处理器构建Android操作系统
• 如何创建新的基于x86的安卓应用程序、设置测试和性能调整以及移植现有的安卓应用程序以与x86处理器配合使用
• 如何调试他们在x86 Android测试平台上遇到的问题
• 错综复杂的英特尔硬件加速执行管理器。读者还将深入了解OpenGL对Android的支持。

Who this book is for

• Android developers
• 需要了解Android将如何在其处理器上工作的硬件设计人员
• 科技公司的首席信息官和首席执行官
• 可能遇到或需要了解问题的IT员工
• 新的创业公司创始人和创业者
• Computer science students

Table of Contents

第1章：Android操作系统的历史和演变
第2章：移动设备和操作系统环境
第3章：超越移动应用–技术基础
第4章：Android开发-业务概述和考虑事项
第5章：英特尔移动处理器
第6章：为英特尔应用程序开发安装Android SDK
第7章：创建和移植基于NDK的Android应用程序
第8章：调试Android
第9章：x86上Android应用程序的性能优化
第10章：x86 NDK和C/C++优化
第11章：在Windows、Mac OS和Linux上使用Intel Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager在x86 Emu和#8230上加速Android
第12章：使用平台调优进行性能测试和性能分析应用程序