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