Android User application as System Application or as a prebuilt application

In many scenario's with the customized android ROM's, we want some of the android applications to be a part of the android image. i.e we want the apk's as a prebuilt apk.

Follow these instructions, to prepare an apk as a prebuilt apk.

Adding a prebuilt APK (Android.mk)

  LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)

  include $(CLEAR_VARS)
   
  # Module name should match apk name to be installed.
  LOCAL_MODULE := LocalModuleName
  LOCAL_SRC_FILES := $(LOCAL_MODULE).apk
  LOCAL_MODULE_CLASS := APPS
  LOCAL_MODULE_SUFFIX := $(COMMON_ANDROID_PACKAGE_SUFFIX)
   
  include $(BUILD_PREBUILT)

Enable LCD Brightness control feature for Generic DPI Panels

By default, the 'LCD brightness control' feature has not been added in the Generic DPI panel drivers.

Follow these steps , which will enable the brightness control for the Generic DPI panel drivers.

Kernel version : 3.0.21
Processor         : OMAP4460
Android O.S    : Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0.3)

List of files which requires modifications are.
1) LCD Driver File - panel-generic-dpi.c
2) Board file      - board-4430dsp.c
3) Kernel Config File.

Changes to the LCD Driver File
(/drivers/video/omap2/displays/panel-generic-dpi.c)

1)  #include <linux/backlight.h>

2) //brightness start
static int generic_bl_get_intensity(struct backlight_device *dev)
{
if (dev->props.fb_blank == FB_BLANK_UNBLANK &&
dev->props.power == FB_BLANK_UNBLANK)
return dev->props.brightness;

return 0;
}

static int generic_bl_update_status(struct backlight_device *bl)
{
struct omap_dss_device *dssdev = dev_get_drvdata(&bl->dev);

int level;

if (!dssdev->set_backlight)
return -EINVAL;

if (bl->props.fb_blank == FB_BLANK_UNBLANK &&
bl->props.power == FB_BLANK_UNBLANK)
level = bl->props.brightness;
else
level = 0;


return dssdev->set_backlight(dssdev, level);

}

static const struct backlight_ops generic_bl_ops = {
.get_brightness = generic_bl_get_intensity,
.update_status  = generic_bl_update_status,
};


3) struct panel_drv_data {

struct omap_dss_device *dssdev;

struct panel_config *panel_config;

//brightness start
struct backlight_device *bldev;
//brightness end
};

4) static int generic_dpi_panel_probe(struct omap_dss_device *dssdev)
{
struct panel_generic_dpi_data *panel_data = get_panel_data(dssdev);
struct panel_config *panel_config = NULL;
struct panel_drv_data *drv_data = NULL;

//brightness start
struct backlight_device *bldev = NULL ;
struct backlight_properties props ;
int iTemp = 0;

//brightness end

int i;

dev_dbg(&dssdev->dev, "probe\n");

if (!panel_data || !panel_data->name)
return -EINVAL;

for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(generic_dpi_panels); i++) {
if (strcmp(panel_data->name, generic_dpi_panels[i].name) == 0) {
panel_config = &generic_dpi_panels[i];
break;
}
}

if (!panel_config)
return -EINVAL;

dssdev->panel.config = panel_config->config;
dssdev->panel.timings = panel_config->timings;
dssdev->panel.acb = panel_config->acb;
dssdev->panel.acbi = panel_config->acbi;

drv_data = kzalloc(sizeof(*drv_data), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!drv_data)
return -ENOMEM;

drv_data->dssdev = dssdev;
drv_data->panel_config = panel_config;

dev_set_drvdata(&dssdev->dev, drv_data);

//brightness start
/* if no platform set_backlight() defined, presume DSI backlight
* control */
memset(&props, 0, sizeof(struct backlight_properties));

       props.max_brightness = 255; //the brightness values have been in the range from 0 - 255
       props.type = BACKLIGHT_RAW;

//The sysfs entries will be created after the registration

bldev = backlight_device_register(dev_name(&dssdev->dev), &dssdev->dev,
dssdev, &generic_bl_ops, &props);

if (IS_ERR(bldev))
{
int r = PTR_ERR(bldev);

printk("SANDEEP:generic_dpi_panel_probe() backlight device register didn't happenned \n");

}

bldev->props.fb_blank = FB_BLANK_UNBLANK;
bldev->props.power = FB_BLANK_UNBLANK;
bldev->props.brightness = dssdev->max_backlight_level;

iTemp = generic_bl_update_status(bldev);

if (iTemp < 0)
{
dev_err(&dssdev->dev, "failed to set lcd brightness\n");

printk("SANDEEP:generic_dpi_panel_probe() Failed to set the LCD brightness \n");

}
drv_data->bldev = bldev ; //Copying the backlight data to the driver data. So, that in the later stages this data can be used.

//brightness end

return 0;
}

5)
static void __exit generic_dpi_panel_remove(struct omap_dss_device *dssdev)
{
struct panel_drv_data *drv_data = dev_get_drvdata(&dssdev->dev);
//brightness start
struct backlight_device *bldev;
//brightness end
dev_dbg(&dssdev->dev, "remove\n");

//brightness start
if(NULL != drv_data->bldev)
{
bldev = drv_data->bldev ; //getting the backlight data back again.

bldev->props.power = FB_BLANK_POWERDOWN;

backlight_device_unregister(bldev);
}
//brightness end

kfree(drv_data);

dev_set_drvdata(&dssdev->dev, NULL);
}

Changes to the Board File

//brightness start

static int generic_set_backlight(struct omap_dss_device *dssdev, int level)
{
int r;

r = twl_i2c_write_u8(TWL_MODULE_PWM, 0x7F, LED_PWM2OFF);

if (r)
return r;

if (level > 1 && level >=20 && level < 255)
{
  if (level == 255)
                     level = 0x7F;
                else
//                         level = (~(level/2)) & 0x7F;
level = level /2 ; //dummy statement. Needs to check the side effect of this.

                r = twl_i2c_write_u8(TWL_MODULE_PWM, level, LED_PWM2ON);
                if (r)
                        return r;
                r = twl_i2c_write_u8(TWL6030_MODULE_ID1, 0x30, TWL6030_TOGGLE3);
                if (r)
                        return r;
}
else if (level <= 1)
{
                  r = twl_i2c_write_u8(TWL6030_MODULE_ID1, 0x08, TWL6030_TOGGLE3);
                if (r)
                        return r;
                r = twl_i2c_write_u8(TWL6030_MODULE_ID1, 0x28, TWL6030_TOGGLE3);
                if (r)
                        return r;
                r = twl_i2c_write_u8(TWL6030_MODULE_ID1, 0x00, TWL6030_TOGGLE3);
                if (r)
                        return r;
        }
         return 0;
 }

//brightness end

2) struct omap_dss_device omap4_spanda_dvi_device = {
        .type                   = OMAP_DISPLAY_TYPE_DPI,
        .name                   = "generic",
        .driver_name            = "generic_dpi_panel",
        .data                   = &omap4_dvi_panel,
        .phy.dpi.data_lines     = 24,
        .reset_gpio             = PANDA_DVI_TFP410_POWER_DOWN_GPIO,
        .channel                = OMAP_DSS_CHANNEL_LCD2,
 //brightness  start
.set_backlight = generic_set_backlight,
//brightness end
};

Changes to Kernel Config File
CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_GENERIC = y