Unwrapping Android SDK Add-On

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Explains how SDK add-ons are actual packaged stub libraries that compile apps against tiny wrappers while the device supplies the real implementation at runtime the distribution is an addon.xml plus source dot properties consumed by the SDK manager and Android Studio the build uses android mk and sdk_addon packaging rules the talk shows package sizes (tens of KB versus hundreds of MB), a 96boards i2c gpio prototype that reads registers, and the exact steps to generate and host the zip and XML so installation works end to end

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1. 0:00Android SDK add-ons intro
2. 1:04Why OEMs use add-ons
3. 5:26SDK add-ons structure
4. 8:17SDK add-ons in Android Studio
5. 12:31Creating SDK add-ons
6. 22:18Live demo: install add-on
7. 25:36I2C and GPIO use case
8. 30:54Summary and future

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