How and what do need to do to use CAN on android?

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I need to know what software or programs and hardware I need to effectively communicate with CANbus and my usb2can through android phone. Everything I read or try doesn't seem to be legit or doesnt breakdown the in between things that need to be done. Thanks

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 26 '20 at 16:41

From the Android phone's perspective the usb2can is just a USB device. You would probably need a USB OTG adapter, but other than that, you don't need any special hardware.

For USB programming with Android, here is your primary resource: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/usb/UsbDevice

And it looks like the usb2can has a set of drivers targeting Linux, located here: https://github.com/krumboeck/usb2can

I would start by simply creating a simple Android App to enumerate the USB device and print the device descriptors. After that, the linux drivers should lead the way to doing what you need to do.

How and what do need to do to use CAN on android?

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