Android on x86: An Introduction to Optimizing for Intel Architecture (Paperback)

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 2: Mobile Device Applications – Uses and Trends

Chapter 3: Why x86 on Android?

Chapter 4: Android Development – Business Overview andConsiderations

Chapter 5: Android Devices with Intel Processors

Chapter 6: Installing the Android SDK for IntelApplication Development

Chapter 7: The Intel Mobile Processor

Chapter 8: Creating and Porting NDK-based AndroidApplications

Chapter 9: Debugging Android

Chapter 10: Performance Optimization for AndroidApplications on x86

Chapter 11: x86 NDK and C++ Optimizations

Chapter 12: Intel Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager

Appendix: References

《Android on x86: an Introduction to Optimizing for Intel® Architecture》有兩個主要目的。首先，它提出了將應用程式適應Intel x86架構的理由，包括商業潛力、Android市場的變化趨勢，以及x86設備帶來的獨特挑戰和機會。基本觀念是，擴展應用程式以支援x86或創建新的應用程式並不困難，但了解所有技術細節是必要的。本書致力於提供這些細微差別的認識，以及如何應對這些差別的理解。

其次，這本書是一個一站式詳細資源，提供與安裝問題、硬體優化問題、軟體需求、程式設計任務和效能優化相關的最佳實踐和程序。當開發人員考慮x86 Android設備時，優化討論涉及本機程式碼、硬體加速和多媒體應用程式的高級分析。作者們收集了這些資訊，讓您可以將本書用作每個應用程式專案的特定需求指南。

本書並非僅專注於程式碼，而是充滿了您在利用x86架構的優勢時所需的資訊。它將引導您安裝用於Intel架構的Android SDK，幫助您了解Android設備中可用處理器架構之間的差異和相似之處，教您創建和移植應用程式，除錯現有的x86應用程式，提供NDK和C++優化的解決方案，並介紹Intel硬體加速執行管理員。本書提供了最有用的資訊，以幫助您快速完成工作並遵循最佳實踐。

本書的學習內容包括：
- Android在ARM和Intel x86上的開發相關差異
- 如何為模擬的Intel Android設備設置SDK
- 如何為Intel移動處理器構建Android作業系統
- 如何創建基於x86的Android應用程式，設置測試和性能調優，以及將現有的Android應用程式移植到x86處理器上
- 在x86 Android測試平台上工作時遇到的問題的調試方法
- Intel硬體加速執行管理員的細節。讀者還將深入了解OpenGL Android支援。

本書的目標讀者包括：
- Android開發人員
- 需要了解Android在其處理器上運作方式的硬體設計師
- 科技公司的CIO和CEO
- 可能會遇到或需要了解這些問題的IT人員
- 新創公司的創辦人和企業家
- 電腦科學學生

目錄：
第1章：Android作業系統的歷史和演進
第2章：移動設備應用程式-用途和趨勢
第3章：為什麼要在Android上使用x86？
第4章：Android開發-商業概述和考慮事項
第5章：搭載Intel處理器的Android設備
第6章：為Intel應用程式開發安裝Android SDK
第7章：Intel移動處理器
第8章：創建和移植基於NDK的Android應用程式
第9章：Android的除錯
第10章：在x86上優化Android應用程式的效能
第11章：x86 NDK和C++優化
第12章：Intel硬體加速執行管理員
附錄：參考資料