1 This library (com.android.media.tv.remoteprovider.jar) is a shared java library 2 containing classes required by unbundled atv remote providers. 3 4 --- Rules of this library --- 5 o This library is effectively a System API for unbundled emote service provider 6 that may be distributed outside the system image. So it MUST BE API STABLE. 7 You can add but not remove. The rules are the same as for the 8 public platform SDK API. 9 o This library can see and instantiate internal platform classes, but it must not 10 expose them in any public method (or by extending them via inheritance). This would 11 break clients of the library because they cannot see the internal platform classes. 12 13 This library is distributed in the system image, and loaded as 14 a shared library. So you can change the implementation, but not 15 the interface. In this way it is like framework.jar. 16 17 --- Why does this library exist? --- 18 19 Unbundled atv remote providers (such as Emote app) cannot use internal 20 platform classes. 21 22 This library will eventually be replaced when the inputmanager 23 infrastructure is ready with APIs allowing unbundled system apps to 24 inject events into uhid. 25 That API isn't ready yet so this library is a compromise to 26 make new capabilities available to the system.
