MetaService: an object transfer platform between Android applications

Authors:
Hwayoung Choe;Jihun Baek;Hoeheon Jeong;Sangwon Park
Affiliations:
Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Yongin, Gyeonggido, South Korea;Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Yongin, Gyeonggido, South Korea;Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Yongin, Gyeonggido, South Korea;Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Yongin, Gyeonggido, South Korea
Venue:
Proceedings of the 2011 ACM Symposium on Research in Applied Computation
Year:
2011

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Abstract

Currently, Android-based smartphones are popular, and related applications are under development. Data generated in one application frequently need to be transferred to another application. Therefore, a solution for transferring or sharing the metadata in one application to or with another application is required. The metadata generated by the applications in Android are generated with Java Object. The conventional means of transferring data in Android are Clipboard, Intent, and Content Provider. However, these methods are all designed for data transfer in the form of records. This requires the developers to directly implement the process of marshalling and unmarshalling data for the transfer of the object. In this paper, we introduce MetaService, which enables the transfer of any type of object generated in an application. MetaService reduces the complicated processes that Clipboard and Content Provider must implement to transfer an object, and thus reduces bugs, simplifies code, and has the advantage of enhancing productivity.