IPC in Android
Android and Linux systems rely on various communication methods for processes and threads to interact. Linux provides several IPC (Inter-Process Communication) mechanisms such as pipes, message queues, shared memory, sockets, semaphores, and signals. Android adds its own Binder IPC mechanism, which is widely used for communication between system components and apps. The Zygote process uses sockets for communication, while higher-level services (System Server, Media Server, Apps) primarily use Binder. For communication within the same process, especially between threads, Android uses the Handler message mechanism. ...