Embedded Server for Android

To Minh Hoang

September 14, 2015

Agenda

Problem

Solution

Demo

ProblemSolution

DemoQ&A

SSHDroid

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ProblemSolution

DemoQ&A

Problem

Agent running on one device receives requestsand returns responses to other devicesfollowing a set of rules

4 / 11

ProblemSolution

DemoQ&A

Component Architecture

Service runs on its own threads.

Service Lifecycle Manager adapted to Android Component Lifecycle.

Service Resource Manager bridged to Android Resource Manager.

5 / 11

ProblemSolution

DemoQ&A

Sample Code

HttpServer Sample:

new HttpServer.Builder().port(8080).worker(Executors.newFixedThreadPool(5)).build().start();

Starting Service Sample:

startButton.setOnClickListener(...public void onClick(View v){//Post code starting service to non-UI thread}...);

Resource Manager Sample:

public class VirtualFS{//Entry to Android device resourcesprivate final Context ctx;//File handling methods}

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ProblemSolution

DemoQ&A

Netty Framework

Best event-driven networking framework in Java

Eligible to use in Android (Netty 3.x)

Protocol-independent core design

Out-of-the-box support for common protocols

7 / 11

ProblemSolution

DemoQ&A

Netty Pipeline

8 / 11

ProblemSolution

DemoQ&A

Netty-based Service

9 / 11

ProblemSolution

DemoQ&A

Demo

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ProblemSolution

DemoQ&A

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