A low-latency input method for Android applications on the Linux platform

Abstract

The invention discloses a low-latency input method for an Android application on a Linux platform. By creating a Linux edit box control with the same appearance and the same position as a proxy edit box for the Android application edit box that currently obtains the input focus in the Linux system, the user can The proxy edit box is used to complete the input of the Android application, and the interaction between the user input operation and the Android compatible environment is realized by the proxy edit box, which effectively reduces the data communication between the Android application display unit and the Android application compatible service, thereby reducing the system resource overhead. , which further solves the problem of Android application's response delay to user input and improves user experience.

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technical field [0001] The invention belongs to the technical field of development of mobile applications running on desktop operating systems, and particularly relates to a low-latency input method for Android applications on a Linux platform. Background technique [0002] The Android-compatible environment of the Linux system (hereinafter referred to as the Android-compatible environment) is a technology for running Android applications (Apps) on the Linux system, which is of great significance to enriching the application ecosystem of the Linux system. The Android compatible environment is generally composed of the Host and the Guest. The Host runs on the Linux system, mainly including the Android container and user interaction window. The role of the Android container is to isolate some kernel resources from the Linux system to support the running of the Guest. The client mainly includes specially customized Android application framework and Android runtime library, etc....

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At this point, the user can use the input method that comes with the Android system to input content. However, because the Android input method can only receive English letters entered by the keyboard, and cannot use the keyboard to input Chinese, when the user wants to input Chinese content, only Can use the mouse to click on the input interface, which brings inconvenience to the user's operation

[0004] In order to solve the above problems, the prior art proposes to use the Linux input method as the input method of the Android application. However, the process of using the Linux input method to input the content into the Android compatible environment requires multiple inter-process data communications in the Linux system. Complete, this will bring a large system resource overhead, resulting in delays from user input content operation to content display, in addition, there may also be a problem of asynchronous refresh between the Android compatible environment and the Android application display unit, which will reduce the user experience. The experience of using Android applications on Linux system

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