HMI Toolsuite for Android

Abstract

As the number of computers and their performance continues to increases in cars, so too do the demands and possibilities to present information in an attractive and relevant way for both drivers and passengers. To face these demands Mecel has developed Populus, a toolsuite to design, develop and run HMIs (Human-Machine Interface) for embedded systems. To increase the availability of Populus this master thesis will explore the possibility of running user interfaces developed with Populus on an Android platform, using resources published by both Android and third party applications developed for Android. The method contains an examination of the possibilities and difficulties of porting a C/C++ application to Android, and designing an interface that presents the ported functionality as well as possible.