Formation Android AOSP

Describing how the Android OS works (AOSP)

Explaining Treble and HIDL projects

Explaining development methods for the system’s low level layers (NDK, C/C++)

Describing AOSP customization for a new platform

Introducing Android security

Introducing Android Automotive OS (AAOS)

Introducing certification procedures (CDD/*TS)

A practical work is available for each item with a “star” (*).

Introduction to Android

History

Market share

Android “fragmentation”

Android vs Linux

Android for the industry (pros and cons)

Using AOSP

What is AOSP ?

Licensing

The “repo” tool

Downloading the sources *

Compiling an AOSP image (for the emulator) *

Describing source content

Customizing / defining a target

Adding BusyBox *

Updating the boot animation *

Adding an application to the AOSP build *

Using a real board (fastboot)

The Android kernel

History and introduction

Linux kernel cross-compilation

Linux kernel “androidism”

Compiling the kernel for Android with GKI (Generic Kernel Image) *

Using a real board (BSP)

Android architecture

Android layers

• The Android framework

• Native libraries

• HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer)

• The Linux kernel

Binder

System server

Booting Android

Android graphic system

Focus on Treble / HIDL *

Focus on Android Auto Automotive OS (AAOS) *

Testing the Vehicle HAL *

Development

Android SDK

ADB *

User space development with the NDK (C/C++) *

Remote debugging *

JNI (Java Native Interface with C/C++) *

Example of hardware device access (Java → kernel) *

Security

UID/GID

Capabilities

Permissions

Verity (dm-verity)

Secure boot (AVB)

Encryption (dm-crypt)

SELinux *

Seccomp

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