Unboxing Android USB

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.

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.

All design diagrams in source code section of site for reuse by developers and Architects.

Chapter 01: Getting Started
Chapter 02: Discovering and Managing USB devices
Chapter 03: USB Storage
Chapter 04: USB tethering
Chapter 05: Android Accessory
Chapter 06: Android USB Audio
Chapter 07: Android ADB
Appendix A: Battery Management
Appendix B: Using Libusb on Android