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<li><a href="#androidAudioBuildingDriver">Building an Audio Library</a></li>
<li><a href="#androidAudioInterface">Interface</a></li>
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<p>AudioHardwareInterface serves as the glue between proprietary audio drivers and the Android AudioFlinger service, the core audio service that handles all audio-related requests from applications.</p>
<p><img src="images/android_audio_architecture.gif"></p>

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<a name="androidAudioBuildingDriver"></a><h3>Building an Audio Library</h3>

<p>To implement an audio driver, create a shared library that implements the interface defined in <code>AudioHardwareInterface.h</code>. You must name your shared library <code>libaudio.so</code> so that it will get loaded from <code>/system/lib</code> at runtime.  Place libaudio sources and <code>Android.mk</code> in <code>vendor/acme/chipset_or_board/libaudio/</code>.</p>
<p>The following stub <code>Android.mk</code> file ensures that <code>libaudio</code> compiles and links to the appropriate libraries:</p>

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LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)
include $(CLEAR_VARS)

LOCAL_MODULE := libaudio

LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := \
    libcutils \
    libutils \
    libmedia \
    libhardware

LOCAL_SRC_FILES += MyAudioHardware.cpp

LOCAL_CFLAGS +=

LOCAL_C_INCLUDES +=

LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES += libaudiointerface

include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)
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<a name="androidAudioInterface"></a><h3>Interface</h3>



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