What is AIDL

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Devrath edited this page Feb 14, 2024 · 4 revisions

`About AIDL`

AIDL is called Android Interface Definition Language.
It acts as an interface between the server and the client.
Both server and client agree to communicate using this interface.

`Why AIDL is necessary`

In Android normally processes do not communicate with each other.
If we want the processes to communicate with each other, We need to convert the data to primitives that the operating system can understand and then communicate, It is complex --> The AIDL makes this process simple to achieve.

`When to use AIDL`

Any method defined in your service to be accessed simultaneously by more than one applications.
If you want to share the data from your application so that other applications access it.

`The data types supported by AIDL`

All the primitive types like int, char, boolean, long, and so on...
String
CharSequence
List<Supported data type>
Map<Supported data type>
Generic maps, such as Map<String,Integer> are not supported.

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