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Unboxing Android USB

A hands on approach with real world examples

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  • © 2014

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  1. Rajaram Regupathy
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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxviii
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  2. Getting Started: The Android USB Framework

    • Rajaram Regupathy
    Pages 1-16

  3. Discovering and Managing USB Within Android

    • Rajaram Regupathy
    Pages 17-36

  4. USB Storage

    • Rajaram Regupathy
    Pages 37-68

  5. USB Tethering

    • Rajaram Regupathy
    Pages 69-78

  6. USB Accessory

    • Rajaram Regupathy
    Pages 79-100

  7. USB Audio

    • Rajaram Regupathy
    Pages 101-124

  8. Android Debug Bridge (ADB)

    • Rajaram Regupathy
    Pages 125-138

  9. Battery Charging Using USB

    • Rajaram Regupathy
    Pages 139-156

  10. Using libusb in Android

    • Rajaram Regupathy
    Pages 157-166

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 1-7
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About this book

Unboxing Android USB focuses on apps that use USB. This book covers everything starting from simple tasks like managing media with USB to complex tasks like Android ADB and developing application which exploit the potential of USB framework.

With use cases that help developers build real world apps in real-time utilizing the advanced features of USB framework Unboxing Android USB tries to cover every single aspect of the app development cycle in totality.

Unboxing Android USB helps you learn newly introduced android open accessory protocol with unique examples such as using USB Keyboard with Android device without USB host mode enabled and switching from MTP to MSC.

The book is organized based on the USB functions, with each chapter explaining different USB classes available in Android. The functionalities are explained by starting from the USB specification followed by block diagrams that explain different blocks available in that USB class, followed by sequence diagram that elucidates flow of control and data. Each chapter has a unique sample Android application that uses the particular USB function.

About the author

Rajaram Regupathy has more than 15 years of professional experience in developing firmware and system software embedded products. He enjoys designing and developing new technology products from scratch. He has patents in embedded domain and is also a senior ACM member and Linux and open source enthusiast. He has published books on Linux USB stack programming andnother open source articles.

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