Course

Unit 1

iOS: Top down view of iOS – System Start-up Procedure iBoot – Processes – Threads – virtual memory – File Systems – Security Architecture – Internal API used by the system – BSD and Mach- Dissecting the kernel, XNU, into its sub components: Mach, the BSD Layer, and I/o kit – Inner workings of device drivers. Objective C – Swift Programming – Xcode, Cocoa Touch API, memory management, user input and gesture recognition, data persistence including Core Data, SQLite, NSUser Defaults and Plists. Working with audio, video and the accelerometer. Simple Applications development.

Unit 2

Android: Introduction – Introduction to the Linux kernel – Compiling and booting the Linux kernel – Understanding the Android Internals – Understanding the Android Build System – Customizing Android for a specific hardware – Building and booting Android.

Android changes to the Linux kernel – Android boot-loaders – Booting Android – Using ADB – Android file-system. Android build system – Adding a new module and product. Android native layer – Bionic, Toolbox, init, various daemons, Dalvik, hardware abstraction, JNI

Unit 3

• Karim Yaghmour, “Embedded Android: Porting, Extending and Customizing”, O’Reily Publications, 2013.
• Earlence Fernandes, “Instant Android Systems Development How To”, PACKT Publishing, 2013.