Everywhere I can find tons of books related to Android Application development – but I am really surprised that I have not been able to find a book which deals with middleware development. For example – I would really like to know how is the Multimedia Framework or RIL implemented or how does the Android Binder works.
I want to modify something in the middleware but sadly I can’t find any comprehensive material on the same for example – add a service which interacts with the Multimedia Service. Yes there are articles on the web dealing with individual topics in some detail but no books covering anything below the Application Framework.
I can do this through Code browsing but it takes a lot of time just to gain a basic understanding.
Is there any link/book where this is covered in some details?
I am not aware of any books available on it at this time. I believe the fine folk behind this training course on Android internals are working on a book on this topic, but AFAIK it is not yet ready as of the time of this writing.