ndk-example: Demonstrate Looper usage without winit

ndk-examples/Cargo.toml

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ publish = false
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "android")'.dependencies]
 jni = "0.18.0"
+libc = "0.2"
 log = "0.4.14"
 ndk = { path = "../ndk", features = ["trace"] }
 ndk-glue = { path = "../ndk-glue", features = ["logger"] }
@@ -19,6 +20,10 @@ crate-type = ["cdylib"]
 name = "jni_audio"
 crate-type = ["cdylib"]
 
+[[example]]
+name = "looper"
+crate-type = ["cdylib"]
+
 [package.metadata.android.sdk]
 min_sdk_version = 16
 target_sdk_version = 29

ndk-examples/examples/looper.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+//! Demonstrates how to manage application lifetime using Android's `Looper`
+
+use std::mem::MaybeUninit;
+use std::os::unix::prelude::RawFd;
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+use log::info;
+use ndk::event::{InputEvent, Keycode};
+use ndk::looper::{FdEvent, Poll, ThreadLooper};
+
+const U32_SIZE: usize = std::mem::size_of::<u32>();
+
+#[cfg_attr(
+    target_os = "android",
+    ndk_glue::main(backtrace = "on", logger(level = "debug"))
+)]
+fn main() {
+    // Retrieve the Looper that ndk_glue created for us on the current thread.
+    // Android uses this to block on events and poll file descriptors with a single mechanism.
+    let looper =
+        ThreadLooper::for_thread().expect("ndk-glue did not attach thread looper before main()!");
+
+    // First free number after ndk_glue::NDK_GLUE_LOOPER_INPUT_QUEUE_IDENT. This might be fragile.
+    const CUSTOM_EVENT_IDENT: i32 = ndk_glue::NDK_GLUE_LOOPER_INPUT_QUEUE_IDENT + 1;
+
+    fn create_pipe() -> [RawFd; 2] {
+        let mut ends = MaybeUninit::<[RawFd; 2]>::uninit();
+        assert_eq!(unsafe { libc::pipe(ends.as_mut_ptr().cast()) }, 0);
+        unsafe { ends.assume_init() }
+    }
+
+    // Create a Unix pipe to send custom events to the Looper. ndk-glue uses a similar mechanism to deliver
+    // ANativeActivityCallbacks asynchronously to the Looper through NDK_GLUE_LOOPER_EVENT_PIPE_IDENT.
+    let custom_event_pipe = create_pipe();
+    let custom_callback_pipe = create_pipe();
+
+    // Attach the reading end of the pipe to the looper, so that it wakes up
+    // whenever data is available for reading (FdEvent::INPUT)
+    looper
+        .as_foreign()
+        .add_fd(
+            custom_event_pipe[0],
+            CUSTOM_EVENT_IDENT,
+            FdEvent::INPUT,
+            std::ptr::null_mut(),
+        )
+        .expect("Failed to add file descriptor to Looper");
+
+    // Attach the reading end of a pipe to a callback, too
+    looper
+        .as_foreign()
+        .add_fd_with_callback(custom_callback_pipe[0], FdEvent::INPUT, |fd| {
+            let mut recv = !0u32;
+            assert_eq!(
+                unsafe { libc::read(fd, &mut recv as *mut _ as *mut _, U32_SIZE) } as usize,
+                U32_SIZE
+            );
+            info!("Read custom event from pipe, in callback: {}", recv);
+            // Detach this handler by returning `false` once the count reaches 5
+            recv < 5
+        })
+        .expect("Failed to add file descriptor to Looper");
+
+    std::thread::spawn(move || {
+        // Send a "custom event" to the looper every second
+        for i in 0.. {
+            let i_addr = &i as *const _ as *const _;
+            std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_secs(1));
+            assert_eq!(
+                unsafe { libc::write(custom_event_pipe[1], i_addr, U32_SIZE) },
+                U32_SIZE as isize
+            );
+            assert_eq!(
+                unsafe { libc::write(custom_callback_pipe[1], i_addr, U32_SIZE,) },
+                U32_SIZE as isize
+            );
+        }
+    });
+
+    let mut exit = false;
+
+    while !exit {
+        // looper.poll_*_timeout(timeout) to not block indefinitely.
+        // Pass a timeout of Duration::ZERO to never block.
+        match looper.poll_all().unwrap() {
+            Poll::Wake => { /* looper.as_foreign().wake() was called */ }
+            Poll::Callback => {
+                /* An event with a registered callback was received.
+                 * Only received when polling for single events with poll_once_*
+                 */
+                unreachable!()
+            }
+            Poll::Timeout => {
+                /* Timed out as per poll_*_timeout */
+                unreachable!()
+            }
+            Poll::Event {
+                ident,
+                fd,
+                events: _,
+                data: _,
+            } => {
+                info!("File descriptor event on identifier {}", ident);
+                match ident {
+                    ndk_glue::NDK_GLUE_LOOPER_EVENT_PIPE_IDENT => {
+                        // One of the callbacks in ANativeActivityCallbacks is called, and delivered
+                        // to this application asynchronously by ndk_glue through a pipe.
+                        // These consist mostly of important lifecycle and window events! Graphics
+                        // applications will create and destroy their output surface/swapchain here.
+                        info!(
+                            "Event pipe yields: {:?}",
+                            ndk_glue::poll_events()
+                                .expect("Looper says event-pipe has data available!")
+                        )
+                    }
+                    ndk_glue::NDK_GLUE_LOOPER_INPUT_QUEUE_IDENT => {
+                        let input_queue = ndk_glue::input_queue();
+                        let input_queue = input_queue.as_ref().expect("Input queue not attached");
+                        assert!(input_queue.has_events().unwrap());
+                        // Consume as many events as possible
+                        while let Some(event) = input_queue.get_event() {
+                            // Pass the event by a possible IME (Input Method Editor, ie. an open keyboard) first
+                            if let Some(event) = input_queue.pre_dispatch(event) {
+                                info!("Input event {:?}", event);
+                                let mut handled = false;
+                                if let InputEvent::KeyEvent(key_event) = &event {
+                                    if key_event.key_code() == Keycode::Back {
+                                        // Gracefully stop the app when the user presses the back button
+                                        exit = true;
+                                        handled = true;
+                                    }
+                                }
+                                // Let Android know that we did not consume the event
+                                // (Pass true here if you did)
+                                input_queue.finish_event(event, handled);
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                    CUSTOM_EVENT_IDENT => {
+                        // Expect to receive 32-bit numbers to describe events,
+                        // as sent by the thread above
+                        let mut recv = !0u32;
+                        assert_eq!(
+                            unsafe { libc::read(fd, &mut recv as *mut _ as *mut _, U32_SIZE) }
+                                as usize,
+                            U32_SIZE
+                        );
+                        info!("Read custom event from pipe: {}", recv);
+                    }
+                    i => panic!("Unexpected event identifier {}", i),
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Stop the activity
+    ndk_glue::native_activity().finish()
+}