aidl
What is ” Stub ” and “AIDL” for in java?
‘Stub’ is a class that implements the remote interface in a way that you can use it as if it were a local one. It handles data marashalling/unmarshalling and sending/receiving to/from the remote service. The term ‘stub’ is generally used to describe this functionality in other RPC methods (COM, Java remoting, etc.), but it can … Read more
Android RemoteExceptions and Services
These exceptions do indeed get thrown and you should write appropriate try/catch logic to handle the situation where a remote method you invoked on a service did not complete. As far as your investigation, you were on the right track looking through the native sources. What you may have overlooked is that android.os.RemoteException is a … Read more
“In/out/inout” in a AIDL interface parameter value?
In AIDL, the out tag specifies an output-only parameter. In other words, it’s a parameter that contains no interesting data on input, but will be filled with data during the method. For example, a method that copies an array of bytes might be specified like this: void copyArray(in byte[] source, out byte[] dest); The inout … Read more
aidl is missing android studio
In my case I downloaded version 22 of Android M and Android 5.1.1 using Android Studio 1.2.1.1 but when I try to do a Hello World this same error showed me So the solution was go to do right click in app like the image below and choose “Open Module Settings”….. then there you have … Read more
Example of AIDL use
AIDL is used for Binder. Binder is a mechanism to do RPC calls on/from an Android Service. When to use AIDL? When you need a Service. When do you need a Service? If you want to share data and control something in another application, you need a service using AIDL as an interface. (A Content … Read more
Execution failed for task ‘:app:compileDebugAidl’: aidl is missing
In my case I downloaded version 22 of Android M and Android 5.1.1 using Android Studio 1.2.1.1 but when I try to do a Hello World this same error showed me So the solution for me was doing right click in app like the image below and choose “Open Module Settings” then there you have … Read more
how can I add the aidl file to Android studio (from the in-app billing example)
Adding this as an answer since it seemed to help quite a few people. Create a new directory named ‘aidl’ under ‘src/main/’. It should look like ‘src/main/aidl‘. Add a new package name ‘com.android.vending.billing‘ to the directory ‘src/main/aidl‘ Locate your sdk location and go to “sdk\extras\google\play_billing”. Default location for the sdk is “C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk”. If … Read more