POLARIS App Player Introduction

Polaris® App Player

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1. Overview

2. Polaris® App Player

3. Available Devices

4. Compatibility & Limitation

5. Automated Verification of Apps

6. Expected Effects

7. Service Scenario

8. Demo.

Table Of Contents

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Native

Apps

Overview

Polaris® App Player is a middleware solution to play Android application on non-

android devices.

Any Device & OS

(RTOS, Brew, Linux, Android, TIZEN, WebOS, Windows, bada, Symbian …)

Polaris® App Player (Portable Android Framework)

Android Applications

★ Stable and lower cost devices, based on any OS and already-developed legacy S/W.

★ Easy to gather applications and developers using Android Eco-system

★ Portable, High-performance, Well defined UI Framework based on Android. J2

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★ Polaris® App Player is also downloadable application, so you can make any type of services.


Features/Specifications of PAP

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Middleware/Player

− Direct App Launch The user can launch an android application directly through not only Android Home, but also native platform’s application manager.

Android Compliant

− Compatible with Android Version 2.3 Gingerbread (Software level compatibility)

− Android applications from both android SDK and NDK (with some restriction)

− 2D/3D Graphics, Networks, Database (same as android)

− H/W acceleration of OpenGL ES ( depends on target device specifications.)

− Connectivity (WIFI, BT), Sensors (Gyro, GPS, etc) depends on target device specifications.

− Media player supported codecs depends on target device specifications.

All Android Tools for developers can be used.

− Most of APK from Android SDK and NDK could be working on Polaris® App Player without modification.

Downloadable Applications available in Application Store

− Download and install a lot of applications, which are available on the specific application store , public site, or SD card.


Smart phone IPTV settop box Windows Tablet Brew MP

•App player for Linux (TIZEN and LIMO)

•Settop box to support pre-integrated Android apps.

•Android Player (alpha) is ready for Windows 7 PC & Tablet.

•Android Apps can be played on Brew MP. (MSM6270, QSC6075)

Planned

•Ubuntu • Firefox

•Windows phone 8

Ported Platform

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Available devices for Polaris® App Player

TIZEN


Compatibility & Limitation

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Polaris® App Player can support about 80~90% of original android applications without re-compiling

or modification. About 10% of applications need to be re-compiled. And there might be an

application which needs to rewrite the source codes to be run on Polaris® App Player .

Restrictions

- A few of apps should be re-compiled with Polaris® App Player NDK to executed on Polaris® App

Player , because the native binary code from gcc (compiler for Android) is not 100% compatible with

each other compiler. We have tools to detect whether the apk needs to re-compile or not.

- Do not support Apps using the native API related to some Linux kernel functions, such as, fork, exec,

and so on.

- Widgets are not supported (Apps that are only meant to be widgets are not supported. Apps that

include widget functionality as a secondary feature are allowed.)

- Launcher Intent is not supported, Because there is no Launcher.

(for example, startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN).addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_LAUNCHER));)

- Do not support Apps using the Android API level Bluetooth, Call, and SMS functions

- NFC related features are not supported


Automated Verification of Apps for Polaris® App Player

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Polaris® App Verifier will generate the report which shows the compatibility with Polaris® App Player.

To verify the compatibility, Polaris® App Verifier will process both STATIC and DYNAMIC verification

automatically.

To check • Size of apps • Use permission • Use device • API (including

native lib) • And some patterns

not allowed in Polaris® App Player

Dynamic Verifier

To check (in real device) • Install/Uninstall • Execution with

some proper input (so, applications may be run automatically)

• Unexpected exceptions.

• Failed access to resource.

One of followings

• PASS – Executable, Compatible with Polaris® App Player

• CHECK - Need to check manually

• FAIL – NOT compatible with SELVAS

APK

Static Verifier Reporting


Expected Effect

• A lot of applications can be serviced in early stage of new

platform (device)

• They do not need to develop the default applications for each

platform.

Platform

&

Manufacturer

• One Source Multi Use. Only one Android version of application

can be serviced to the other platforms. (lower development cost)

• Time to market for minor platforms.

Application

Developer

• They can have experience to new platform (device) with legacy

services and applications without delay. User


Service Scenario for TIZEN (A)

■ Using PAG (Polaris® App Generator), A large number of TIZEN Phone

applications, which are migrated from Android, can be published in the short

period.

■ The converted applications can be played with PAP (Polaris® App Player), which

should be downloaded at once.

APK

TIZEN (.tpk)

TIZEN Appstore

PAG

TIZEN

• PAP will be installed once

before the one of converted

applications is run.

PAP

• Application (APK) is developed using Android SDK. • Application (APK) will be converted to TIZEN TPK using

PAG. • Converted APK (that is, TPK) will be played using PAP

which maybe already installed in TIZEN device.


Service Scenario for TIZEN (B)

A large number of downloadable applications make the smart phone more

competitive. Applications can be supplied with very low effort, because they are

already available in Android Eco-system.

Call Messages Phonebook Photo Video Camera Bluetooth Alarm Memo Music Player Settings

Polaris® Store

Native S/W of phone

A large number of Android Apps downloadable from application store.

More applications using the Polaris® App Player


Demo.

• Demonstration of Polaris® App Player for TIZEN is available on YouTube Infraware Channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/infrawareinc)

– POLARIS App Player (for Embedded Devices ) (http://youtu.be/iv_St5vnsU4)

http://youtu.be/iv_St5vnsU4



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