December 2018
Beginner to intermediate
328 pages
8h 29m
English
As discussed in the previous sections, sandboxing of the apps is achieved by running apps in different processes with different Linux identities. System services run in separate processes and have more privileges. Hence, in order to organize data and signals between these processes, an Inter-Process Communication (IPC) framework is needed. In Android, this is achieved with the use of the Binder mechanism.
The Binder framework in Android provides the capabilities required to organize all types of communication between various processes. Android application components such as Intents and content providers are also built on top of this Binder framework. Using this framework, it is possible to perform a variety ...
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