Development Using EE as "external monitor"

Regiomontanus · 09-03-2010, 11:12 AM

I would like to use EE as a sort of external monitor. To be precise, I would like to have it connected to my desktop, and when I have some longer PDF to read, I would like to be able to send it to EE to be displayed on e-ink screen.

I have almost zero knowledge of Android, so I would be very grateful if somebody could suggest how to do it.

Here is what I have now: Having EE connected via adb, if I need to read foo.pdf, I type from my Debian desktop the following:

Code:

adb push foo.pdf /sdcard/
adb shell am start -n com.entouragesys.android.readerapp/com.entouragesys.android.readerapp.ReaderActivity

This opens reader's file selector, and I have to navigate with the cursor to /sdcard/foo.pdf. For this, LCD screen must be turned on - not very convenient.

Is there a way to display a given file in e-ink reader directly, without opening any windows on LCD first? I am sure there is some android "activity" for this, but my knowledge of android does not allow me to find it :-(
I used android-apktool to extract AndroidManifest.xml from EsiReader.apk and
EsiLibrarian.apk, hoping to find some clues there, but no luck so far.

If anybody has suggestions, I would appreciate them very much.

D4N14L · 09-03-2010, 11:44 AM

This would be something that is probably proprietary to enTourage. Their SDK should solve it, but for now, I think you're out of luck.

drsteve · 09-03-2010, 01:20 PM

robot is the e-ink screen interaction expert. I'm sure he could push you in the right direction

jcase · 09-03-2010, 01:32 PM

If I were to try and find out, I would use something like dex2jar on one of their apps using the eInk side.

09-03-2010, 11:12 AM	#1
Regiomontanus Edge User	Using EE as "external monitor" I would like to use EE as a sort of external monitor. To be precise, I would like to have it connected to my desktop, and when I have some longer PDF to read, I would like to be able to send it to EE to be displayed on e-ink screen. I have almost zero knowledge of Android, so I would be very grateful if somebody could suggest how to do it. Here is what I have now: Having EE connected via adb, if I need to read foo.pdf, I type from my Debian desktop the following: Code: adb push foo.pdf /sdcard/ adb shell am start -n com.entouragesys.android.readerapp/com.entouragesys.android.readerapp.ReaderActivity This opens reader's file selector, and I have to navigate with the cursor to /sdcard/foo.pdf. For this, LCD screen must be turned on - not very convenient. Is there a way to display a given file in e-ink reader directly, without opening any windows on LCD first? I am sure there is some android "activity" for this, but my knowledge of android does not allow me to find it :-( I used android-apktool to extract AndroidManifest.xml from EsiReader.apk and EsiLibrarian.apk, hoping to find some clues there, but no luck so far. If anybody has suggestions, I would appreciate them very much. Last edited by Regiomontanus; 09-03-2010 at 11:18 AM. Reason: typo corrected

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09-03-2010, 11:44 AM	#2
D4N14L Edge User	This would be something that is probably proprietary to enTourage. Their SDK should solve it, but for now, I think you're out of luck.

09-03-2010, 01:20 PM	#3
drsteve Edge User	robot is the e-ink screen interaction expert. I'm sure he could push you in the right direction

09-03-2010, 01:32 PM	#4
jcase Edge User	If I were to try and find out, I would use something like dex2jar on one of their apps using the eInk side.

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