[Spice-devel] Try to port spicec into Android

Shuxiang Lim shohyanglim at gmail.com
Fri Mar 18 03:26:09 PDT 2011


Hi,
  I have to say I cannot solve the glib bugs on Android 'cause it's too
arcane and too huge for me now. e.g such a statement will cause a segfault:
gobject/gtype.c :
      return static_fundamental_type_nodes[utype >>
G_TYPE_FUNDAMENTAL_SHIFT];
when utype==0; for why, I never know and can get no help..
  So I shall face the decision again, return to C++? No! STL and class
hierarchies etc. is even more horrible! I have only one choice: remove the
glib from the spice-gtk now.
  Anybody can give some suggestions on this?
  Good weekend.
On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 5:15 PM, Alon Levy <alevy at redhat.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 02:09:38PM +0800, Shuxiang Lim wrote:
> > Ok,my prediction is right, this segfault is solved by disabling NLS (the
> use
> > of gettext(). etc..)in glib.
> > Yet then Bus Error comes: I know,it's mainly caused by the typecast for
> ARM
> > has no same alignment style as x86.The question is: is there a way to fix
> > this in the arm-gcc option other than rewrite the typecast statements
> into
> > memcpy()?(There are huge amount of such statements in glib.). The -O0
> option
> > doesnot work.
> >   Rgrds.
>
> This is strange, as I know glib is used by maemo, running on n900, which is
> an arm.
>
> No idea, sorry.
>
> > On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 11:52 AM, Shuxiang Lim <shohyanglim at gmail.com
> >wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,all,caution of the radioactive rays!
> > >   I feel rather frustrated though...Now I have ported libglib2.0 and
> its
> > > deps(libintl,libiconv...) onto android as well as libspicec-glib.so and
> > > snappy.
> > > But when run,the snappy  got only SEGFAULT and killed.
> > > *#LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/data/local/lib ./snappy -h 192.168.1.31 -p 5900 -o
> > > ahoo.ppm*
> > > *[1] + Stopped (signal)        LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/data/local/lib ./snappy
> -h
> > > 192.168.1.31 -p 5900 -o ahoo.ppm
> > > [1]   Segmentation fault      LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/data/local/lib ./snappy
> -h
> > > 192.168.1.31 -p 5900 -o ahoo.ppm*
> > >
> > > Tracing the process,I found the SEGFAULT came from the
> > > glib:g_object_new()!:
> > > gtk/spice-session.c:
> > > addr = g_object_new (G_TYPE_NETWORK_ADDRESS, "hostname", s->host,
> "port",
> > > port, NULL);
> > > -->libgobject:gobject/gtype.c
> > > g_object_new()-->g_type_class_ref()-->type_class_init_Wm()
> > > -->libgio:gio/gnetworkaddress.c
> > > g_network_address_class_init()-->CRASSSSHHHH.
> > >
> > > Now I'm still tracing the bug... It may come from the i18n string ops,
> but
> > > if other bug occurs in glib,the future is dim... For I really has no
> time
> > > and energy to hack the arcane and exotic glib(or it's caused by the
> > > incorrect use of glib method in spicec?).(forgive such adjectives,to
> me,it's
> > > true)
> > >  I really yearn for the spicec in PURE C and Modularized:
> > > 1.Offer the switch to disable (do not POSIX-likedly depend on) locale,
> > > libiconv, libintl, sys/shm.h, pwd.h, pthread,i18n,
> wchar_t,regex,gettext,...
> > > for none of them can be found in android!
> > > 2. Be as far away as we can from the other libs like the
> > > glib/gtk,pulseaudio/alsalib...
> > > 3. Completely modularize spicec into libspicec and  spicec (this is
> what I
> > > am working for)
> > > as the data layer and the UI layer to ease the porting.
> > >
> > >   Is there any plan about these now? Can anybody help to do the step 1
> or
> > > step 2 above?
> > >   Or, the simplest: the way to safely turn off locale and i18n in glib?
> > >     Pardon my whining and wish me Goodluck!
> > >     And again I shall desperately curse Android and bless Meego!
> > >   Regards.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 9:07 AM, Shuxiang Lim <shohyanglim at gmail.com
> >wrote:
> > >
> > >>
> > >> That's true. But the audio output as well as the image output is
> unexposed
> > >> or disabled for C/C++ apps in Android.So I plan to dwindle the work to
> > >> implement the image first,if success, the audio work will be easy to
> follow.
> > >>
> > >> Regards.
> > >>
> > >> On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 6:22 PM, Attila Sukosd <
> attila.sukosd at gmail.com>wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Could you maybe give access to other devs to aid the development?
> > >>>
> > >>> Rgrds,
> > >>>
> > >>> Attila
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 11:18 AM, Shuxiang Lim <shohyanglim at gmail.com
> >wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> Yep, I walked around this but to face more chored and nasty troubles
> in
> > >>>> porting Pulseaudio lib, time limited, so I decided to DISABLE the
> > >>>> audio(playback/record) channels first. Thus the porting of
> libspicec_glib.so
> > >>>> is finished(along with all its dependences) and
> androidVNCViewer(whose UI
> > >>>> will be peeled to become spicec's) proj. has been built:
> > >>>> *#file libspicec_glib.so *
> > >>>> libspicec_glib.so: ELF 32-bit LSB shared object, ARM, version 1
> (SYSV),
> > >>>> dynamically linked, not stripped
> > >>>> *#arm-eabi-readelf -d libspicec_glib.so *
> > >>>> Dynamic section at offset 0x774a4 contains 27 entries:
> > >>>>   Tag        Type                         Name/Value
> > >>>>  0x00000001 (NEEDED)                     Shared library: [libc.so]
> > >>>>  0x00000001 (NEEDED)                     Shared library: [libm.so]
> > >>>>  0x00000001 (NEEDED)                     Shared library:
> > >>>> [libpixman-1.so.0]
> > >>>>  0x00000001 (NEEDED)                     Shared library:
> > >>>> [libssl.so.1.0.0]
> > >>>>  0x00000001 (NEEDED)                     Shared library:
> > >>>> [libcrypto.so.1.0.0]
> > >>>>  0x00000001 (NEEDED)                     Shared library:
> [libjpeg.so.62]
> > >>>>  0x00000001 (NEEDED)                     Shared library: [libz.so]
> > >>>>  0x00000001 (NEEDED)                     Shared library:
> > >>>> [libglib-2.0.so.0]
> > >>>>  0x00000001 (NEEDED)                     Shared library:
> > >>>> [libgio-2.0.so.0]
> > >>>>  0x00000001 (NEEDED)                     Shared library:
> > >>>> [libgobject-2.0.so.0]
> > >>>>  0x00000001 (NEEDED)                     Shared library:
> > >>>> [libgmodule-2.0.so.0]
> > >>>>  0x00000001 (NEEDED)                     Shared library:
> > >>>> [libgthread-2.0.so.0]
> > >>>>  0x00000010 (SYMBOLIC)                   0x0
> > >>>>  ....
> > >>>> Now comes the last adventure of Native interfaces exposing and UI
> > >>>> building!
> > >>>>  Regards.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 3:57 PM, Shuxiang Lim <shohyanglim at gmail.com
> >wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> Well, I think I may try the "--with-coroutine=gthread" in spice-gtk
> > >>>>> configuring to walk around that...
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Shuxiang Lim <
> shohyanglim at gmail.com>wrote:
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>> Hi,I need help!
> > >>>>>>   Now I've managed to divided spicec-gtk into two parts
> > >>>>>> libspicec.so(based on libpixman.so,libglib-2.0.so...No relation to
> X11 at
> > >>>>>> all) and spicec(based on libspicec.so and libgtk.so...). And the
> glib2.0
> > >>>>>> porting to Android is also completed. But I'm blocked in compiling
> libspicec
> > >>>>>> onto Android at the begining for the continuation.c uses the
> functions in
> > >>>>>> <ucontext.h> :setcontext(),getcontext()..., which are some
> thread-related
> > >>>>>> funcs as I know,and, definitely unsuprisingly, Android libc
> doesn't have
> > >>>>>> them! Is there a way to drop or replace the use of such funcs? Or
> should I
> > >>>>>> manually write setcontext from scratch?
> > >>>>>>   RGRDs.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Alon Levy <alevy at redhat.com>
> wrote:
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> On Mon, Mar 07, 2011 at 09:08:28AM +0800, Shuxiang Lim wrote:
> > >>>>>>> > Option 1: use spice-gtk with a gtk android backend
> > >>>>>>> > a) compiling gtk for it would be possible.
> > >>>>>>> > b) write a partial gtk backend, good enough for spice-gtk.
> > >>>>>>> > c) no changes to spice-gtk.
> > >>>>>>> >    Yep,that's really a good hope,but it's another project(too
> huge
> > >>>>>>> and far
> > >>>>>>> > away for me now):
> > >>>>>>> > Project:"GTK for Android.". So now I can use only the Android
> SDK
> > >>>>>>> to finish
> > >>>>>>> > the UI(the new native UI APIs in NDK is not reliable in
> versions).
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> Yeah, I think you're right, I can't find anyone already working
> on
> > >>>>>>> this by
> > >>>>>>> simple web search. Maybe spice-gtk's non ui objects are dependent
> > >>>>>>> only on
> > >>>>>>> gobject / stuff that is easy to just drop in (ugly, but still
> more
> > >>>>>>> maintainable
> > >>>>>>> then basing your work on spicec, long term).
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> >    And also you've referred that "spicec is already platform
> > >>>>>>> independent",
> > >>>>>>> > that's true to Linux and Windows,but not to Android,for such
> > >>>>>>> independence is
> > >>>>>>> > based on the C++ independence over the os which cannot stand
> > >>>>>>> through the
> > >>>>>>> > JAVA UIed android.So there is no way to just add a subdir
> ./android
> > >>>>>>> under
> > >>>>>>> > spice/client along with ./x11 and ./windows. It should be a
> > >>>>>>> combined proj.
> > >>>>>>> > of C/C++ and Java. (That's why I hate Android and yearn for
> > >>>>>>> Maemo/Meego.)
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> Definitely easier to port to Maemo :)
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> >    Regards.
> > >>>>>>> >
> > >>>>>>> > On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 7:04 PM, Alon Levy <alevy at redhat.com>
> > >>>>>>> wrote:
> > >>>>>>> >
> > >>>>>>> > > On Fri, Mar 04, 2011 at 06:21:19PM +0800, Shuxiang Lim wrote:
> > >>>>>>> > > >  Hi, friends,
> > >>>>>>> > > >     Thanks for your replies. It's definitely right till now
> > >>>>>>> I've been
> > >>>>>>> > > > working a tougher way compared to spice-gtk.And actually
> I've
> > >>>>>>> considered
> > >>>>>>> > > to
> > >>>>>>> > > > steer my way to the latter in fear of the troublesome and
> > >>>>>>> crippled C++
> > >>>>>>> > > > support in Android NDK:C is more "simple and safe" in
> Android
> > >>>>>>> than C++.
> > >>>>>>> > > > But,AFAIK,there is no gtk port for Android yet. And the
> biggest
> > >>>>>>> obstacle
> > >>>>>>> > > is
> > >>>>>>> > > > the framework of Android:in its design,all UI should be
> done in
> > >>>>>>> JAVA
> > >>>>>>> > > powered
> > >>>>>>> > > > by SKIA libs.Therefore the port of UI libs(GTK,etc) will be
> > >>>>>>> choked by the
> > >>>>>>> > > > I/O level because Android don't completely expose them  at
> > >>>>>>> all!(I once
> > >>>>>>> > > > managed to port Xfbdev onto it,but that's not commercially
> > >>>>>>> practical at
> > >>>>>>> > > all,
> > >>>>>>> > > > it's just a geeky trick maybe,an app in Android SHOULD NOT
> do
> > >>>>>>> this.) Only
> > >>>>>>> > > > the algorithm/data computing-related C/C++ libs are
> welcomed to
> > >>>>>>> be the
> > >>>>>>> > > JNI
> > >>>>>>> > > > servants to JAVA UI apps in Android.
> > >>>>>>> > > >    You see, in such aspect, there is not too much diff
> between
> > >>>>>>> the C++
> > >>>>>>> > > way
> > >>>>>>> > > > and gtk way in the porting of UI part.
> > >>>>>>> > >
> > >>>>>>> > > I'm going to try to prove that wrong by grepping hoping it
> makes
> > >>>>>>> sense, I
> > >>>>>>> > > never
> > >>>>>>> > > actually coded in gtk:
> > >>>>>>> > >
> > >>>>>>> > > $ git grep GObjectClass
> > >>>>>>> > > gtk/channel-cursor.c:    GObjectClass *gobject_class =
> > >>>>>>> > > G_OBJECT_CLASS(klass);
> > >>>>>>> > > gtk/channel-display.c:    GObjectClass *gobject_class =
> > >>>>>>> > > G_OBJECT_CLASS(klass);
> > >>>>>>> > > gtk/channel-inputs.c:    GObjectClass *gobject_class =
> > >>>>>>> > > G_OBJECT_CLASS(klass);
> > >>>>>>> > > gtk/channel-main.c:    GObjectClass *gobject_class =
> > >>>>>>> G_OBJECT_CLASS(klass);
> > >>>>>>> > > gtk/channel-playback.c:    GObjectClass *gobject_class =
> > >>>>>>> > > G_OBJECT_CLASS(klass);
> > >>>>>>> > > gtk/channel-record.c:    GObjectClass *gobject_class =
> > >>>>>>> > > G_OBJECT_CLASS(klass);
> > >>>>>>> > > gtk/spice-audio.h:    GObjectClass parent_class;
> > >>>>>>> > > gtk/spice-channel.c:    GObjectClass *gobject_class =
> > >>>>>>> G_OBJECT_CLASS
> > >>>>>>> > > (klass);
> > >>>>>>> > > gtk/spice-channel.h:    GObjectClass parent_class;
> > >>>>>>> > > gtk/spice-gstaudio.c:    GObjectClass *gobject_class =
> > >>>>>>> > > G_OBJECT_CLASS(klass);
> > >>>>>>> > > gtk/spice-pulse.c:    GObjectClass *gobject_class =
> > >>>>>>> G_OBJECT_CLASS(klass);
> > >>>>>>> > > gtk/spice-session.c:    GObjectClass *gobject_class =
> > >>>>>>> > > G_OBJECT_CLASS(klass);
> > >>>>>>> > > gtk/spice-session.h:    GObjectClass parent_class;
> > >>>>>>> > > gtk/spice-widget.c:    GObjectClass *gobject_class =
> > >>>>>>> G_OBJECT_CLASS(klass);
> > >>>>>>> > >
> > >>>>>>> > > otoh:
> > >>>>>>> > > U playa:spice-gtk alon (master)$ git grep --name-only
> GdkWindow
> > >>>>>>> > > gtk/spice-widget-cairo.c
> > >>>>>>> > > gtk/spice-widget.c
> > >>>>>>> > >
> > >>>>>>> > > (if you grep Window you get false negatives because of the
> > >>>>>>> compression
> > >>>>>>> > > window).
> > >>>>>>> > >
> > >>>>>>> > > Anyway, this is a lame attempt to prove the gtk stuff that
> does
> > >>>>>>> ui (read:
> > >>>>>>> > > uses X)
> > >>>>>>> > > is separated in the code/architecture level :)
> > >>>>>>> > >
> > >>>>>>> > > >    So for me the shining light of spicec-gtk is not in
> "GTK"
> > >>>>>>> but in "C".
> > >>>>>>> > >  I
> > >>>>>>> > > > dare not to say I'm clear about every nook in spicec at
> all. My
> > >>>>>>> best hope
> > >>>>>>> > > is
> > >>>>>>> > > > that the IO in spicec shall be straight and succinct ,the
> inner
> > >>>>>>> > > > graphic/sound computing(decompress,etc) shall have NO
> relation
> > >>>>>>> with upper
> > >>>>>>> > > UI
> > >>>>>>> > > > libs at all, so I can pipe the Finished image flow into UI
> > >>>>>>> through JNI
> > >>>>>>> > > > interfaces and direct the user input backward.  (That's why
> I
> > >>>>>>> can borrow
> > >>>>>>> > > the
> > >>>>>>> > > > UI from AndroidVNCViewer)
> > >>>>>>> > >
> > >>>>>>> > > Yeah, I think it is generally so, but again, it's so in
> spice-gtk
> > >>>>>>> too, and
> > >>>>>>> > > that's
> > >>>>>>> > > our only future supported client (*).
> > >>>>>>> > >
> > >>>>>>> > > (*) plans do change.
> > >>>>>>> > > >
> > >>>>>>> > > >  libspicec.so(do most jobs)
> > >>>>>>> > > > <==finishedimages/audio>>===<<inputs==>spicec.java.ui(only
> UI)
> > >>>>>>> > > >
> > >>>>>>> > > > Am I right? Is there any design that will frustrate this in
> > >>>>>>> spicec or
> > >>>>>>> > > > spice-gtk?
> > >>>>>>> > >
> > >>>>>>> > > spicec is already separated at the platform level, since it
> uses
> > >>>>>>> low level
> > >>>>>>> > > libraries directly, unlike spice-gtk (X and GDI). So you
> would
> > >>>>>>> basically
> > >>>>>>> > > be adding a platform/android.
> > >>>>>>> > >
> > >>>>>>> > > In gtk I really haven't done android development, ever, at
> least
> > >>>>>>> not in the
> > >>>>>>> > > C level, but I was hoping:
> > >>>>>>> > > Option 1: use spice-gtk with a gtk android backend
> > >>>>>>> > > a) compiling gtk for it would be possible.
> > >>>>>>> > > b) write a partial gtk backend, good enough for spice-gtk.
> > >>>>>>> > > c) no changes to spice-gtk.
> > >>>>>>> > >
> > >>>>>>> > > Option 2 is of course to make spice-gtk also have platform
> > >>>>>>> separation,
> > >>>>>>> > > while
> > >>>>>>> > > still using gtk/gobject for all stuff that would Just Work
> when
> > >>>>>>> doing 1.a
> > >>>>>>> > > (the
> > >>>>>>> > > data structures, the signals, the macros, the
> introspection?).
> > >>>>>>> > >
> > >>>>>>> > > >   Regards.
> > >>>>>>> > > >
> > >>>>>>> > > >
> > >>>>>>> > > > On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 4:36 PM, Alon Levy <
> alevy at redhat.com>
> > >>>>>>> wrote:
> > >>>>>>> > > >
> > >>>>>>> > > > > On Fri, Mar 04, 2011 at 03:38:51PM +0800, Shuxiang Lim
> wrote:
> > >>>>>>> > > > > > Hi all,
> > >>>>>>> > > > > >    I'm trying these days to port spicec into
> Android.But
> > >>>>>>> it's a
> > >>>>>>> > > rather
> > >>>>>>> > > > > TOUGH
> > >>>>>>> > > > > > way to go because the structure of spicec and android
> are
> > >>>>>>> desperately
> > >>>>>>> > > > > > inappropriate:the linux version of spicec is based on
> the
> > >>>>>>> X11,which
> > >>>>>>> > > is
> > >>>>>>> > > > > not
> > >>>>>>> > > > > > available in Android,thus the UI of spicec should be
> > >>>>>>> rewritten from
> > >>>>>>> > > > > > scratch...More troublesome is that the UI part and data
> > >>>>>>> part in
> > >>>>>>> > > current
> > >>>>>>> > > > >
> > >>>>>>> > > > > Haven't looked at your proposal below yet, but did you
> check
> > >>>>>>> the
> > >>>>>>> > > spice-gtk
> > >>>>>>> > > > > work? maybe it is easier to start from that? are gtk
> > >>>>>>> libraries
> > >>>>>>> > > available on
> > >>>>>>> > > > > android? not talking about X. spice-gtk has objects for
> > >>>>>>> connection and
> > >>>>>>> > > > > channels
> > >>>>>>> > > > > that afaik don't do any output, that's separate from the
> > >>>>>>> actual widget
> > >>>>>>> > > that
> > >>>>>>> > > > > uses X. Also, gtk 3 has backends - did anyone do a
> backend
> > >>>>>>> for android?
> > >>>>>>> > > > >
> > >>>>>>> > > > > Since going forward we plan to ditch the spicec client,
> that
> > >>>>>>> would be
> > >>>>>>> > > > > really
> > >>>>>>> > > > > preffered. Now that I see what you have planned it sounds
> > >>>>>>> good, but
> > >>>>>>> > > better
> > >>>>>>> > > > > to use spice-gtk.
> > >>>>>>> > > > >
> > >>>>>>> > > > > of course that's not to say we won't love to see this
> working
> > >>>>>>> anyway :)
> > >>>>>>> > > > >
> > >>>>>>> > > > > > spicec is entangled in the hierarchical system in C++!
> So
> > >>>>>>> my plan is
> > >>>>>>> > > > > this:
> > >>>>>>> > > > > > first split the spicec into two parts,data and
> UI,transform
> > >>>>>>> the data
> > >>>>>>> > > part
> > >>>>>>> > > > > > into libspicec.so;then rewrite the UI part in JAVA.
> > >>>>>>> Besides, I should
> > >>>>>>> > > > > also
> > >>>>>>> > > > > > tinker some problems caused by the Crippled NDK C++
> support
> > >>>>>>> and the
> > >>>>>>> > > Lamed
> > >>>>>>> > > > > > bionic c lib in android .
> > >>>>>>> > > > > >    And now the first step is roughly done,hence the
> change
> > >>>>>>> of the
> > >>>>>>> > > spicec
> > >>>>>>> > > > > > structure:
> > >>>>>>> > > > > >    From
> > >>>>>>> > > > > >
> > >>>>>>> > > |-->playback
> > >>>>>>> > > > > > thread
> > >>>>>>> > > > > >
> > >>>>>>> > > |-->cursor
> > >>>>>>> > > > > > thread
> > >>>>>>> > > > > > spicec:spicec process(application process)-->main
> > >>>>>>> thread->|-->*record
> > >>>>>>> > > > > thread
> > >>>>>>> > > > > > *
> > >>>>>>> > > > > >
> > >>>>>>> > > |-->inputs
> > >>>>>>> > > > > > thread
> > >>>>>>> > > > > >
> > >>>>>>> > > |-->display
> > >>>>>>> > > > > > thread
> > >>>>>>> > > > > > To:
> > >>>>>>> > > > > > ===========================>
> > >>>>>>> > > > > >                          |-->libspicec.so:application
> > >>>>>>> thread-->main
> > >>>>>>> > > > > > thread------>|
> > >>>>>>> > > > > >                          |
> > >>>>>>> > > > > > |
> > >>>>>>> > > > > >                          |              |<--display
> > >>>>>>> thread<--|
> > >>>>>>> > > > > >      |
> > >>>>>>> > > > > >                          |         |--->|<--cursor
> > >>>>>>> > > > > > thread<---|<------------------|
> > >>>>>>> > > > > >                          |         |    |<--inputs
> > >>>>>>> thread<---|
> > >>>>>>> > > > > > spicec:spicec process--->|         |    |<--playback
> > >>>>>>> thread<-|
> > >>>>>>> > > > > >                          |         |
> > >>>>>>> > > > > >                          |         |
> > >>>>>>> > > > > >                          |         |
> > >>>>>>> > > > > > <---------------------------------------------|
> > >>>>>>> > > > > >                          |
> > >>>>>>> > > > > >       |
> > >>>>>>> > > > > >                          |
> > >>>>>>> > > > > >       |
> > >>>>>>> > > > > >                          |-->spicec:platform
> > >>>>>>> > > > > > thread------------------------------>|
> > >>>>>>> > > > > >
> > >>>>>>> > > > > > The hierarchical relationship has been unleashed with
> one
> > >>>>>>> > > thread(record
> > >>>>>>> > > > > > channel) deleted and two new threads (app and platform)
> > >>>>>>>  created. The
> > >>>>>>> > > > > first
> > >>>>>>> > > > > > as the "data thread",the other as the "work thread"
> which
> > >>>>>>> is driven
> > >>>>>>> > > by
> > >>>>>>> > > > > the
> > >>>>>>> > > > > > signals from the first thread as well as its sub
> threads
> > >>>>>>> and
> > >>>>>>> > > requested to
> > >>>>>>> > > > > do
> > >>>>>>> > > > > > the UI-related work:
> > >>>>>>> > > > > >
> > >>>>>>> > > > > > platform thread:------------>blocked and waiting:-->job
> > >>>>>>> > > > > > request-<--------------|
> > >>>>>>> > > > > >                                           |           |
> > >>>>>>> > > > > >                         |
> > >>>>>>> > > > > >                                           ^           |
> > >>>>>>> > > > > >                         |
> > >>>>>>> > > > > >                                           |
> > >>>>>>> > > > > > |                         |
> > >>>>>>> > > > > >
> |<----------|-<-|
> > >>>>>>> > > > > >                     |
> > >>>>>>> > > > > >                                                       |
>   |
> > >>>>>>> > > > > >                 |
> > >>>>>>> > > > > >         platform thread over<----------if(job==die)<--|
> > >>>>>>> send req.
> > >>>>>>> > > blocked
> > >>>>>>> > > > > > and waiting
> > >>>>>>> > > > > >                                               |
>   ^
> > >>>>>>> |
> > >>>>>>> > > > > >     |
> > >>>>>>> > > > > >                                               |
>   |
> > >>>>>>> |
> > >>>>>>> > > > > >        ^
> > >>>>>>> > > > > >                                               |
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> > >>>>>>> > > > > >                                               |
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> back-->|
> > >>>>>>> > > > > >
> > >>>>>>> > > > > >
> > >>>>>>> > > > > > So the next work is to expose the native JNI interface
> in
> > >>>>>>> platform
> > >>>>>>> > > thread
> > >>>>>>> > > > > to
> > >>>>>>> > > > > > the UI written in Android SDK. I try to use the UI
> > >>>>>>> > > > > > frame of AndroidVNCViewer in
> > >>>>>>> > > > > > code.google.com/p/*android*-*vnc*-viewer/,then the
> work of
> > >>>>>>> platform
> > >>>>>>> > > > > > thread will be replaced by UI but the msg
> > >>>>>>> > > > > > communication to libspicec will be remained. That's the
> > >>>>>>> easiest way I
> > >>>>>>> > > can
> > >>>>>>> > > > > > envisage except rewriting all parts in spicec from
> scratch.
> > >>>>>>> > > > > > It's tough too, for I have poor experiance in Java...
> > >>>>>>> > > > > >    Anyway, is there any other guy working on this? Is
> my
> > >>>>>>> way
> > >>>>>>> > > > > feasible??Any
> > >>>>>>> > > > > > Ideas or help is appreciated.
> > >>>>>>> > > > >
> > >>>>>>> > > > > See above for ideas, don't read them as a criticism, I
> think
> > >>>>>>> this is
> > >>>>>>> > > > > fantastic
> > >>>>>>> > > > > what you've done so far. I remember someone posting "we
> are
> > >>>>>>> working on
> > >>>>>>> > > > > andriod
> > >>>>>>> > > > > in our spare time" post to spice-devel, please grep the
> > >>>>>>> archive.
> > >>>>>>> > > > >
> > >>>>>>> > > > > Alon
> > >>>>>>> > > > >
> > >>>>>>> > > > > >    Best regards.
> > >>>>>>> > > > >
> > >>>>>>> > > > > > _______________________________________________
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> > >>>>>>> > > > > > Spice-devel at lists.freedesktop.org
> > >>>>>>> > > > > >
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> > >>>>>>> > > > >
> > >>>>>>> > > > >
> > >>>>>>> > >
> > >>>>>>> > > > _______________________________________________
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> > >>>>>>> > >
> > >>>>>>>
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