Running sample ROS node on Android through SL4A.

asked 2011-06-08 21:44:54 -0500

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Hi,

Following the instructions in section 6 on running the sample ROS node on android page http://www.ros.org/wiki/android , when I went to SL4A, then went into ros.py, it asks for the ROS_PACKAGE_URI. I filled in the field with http://ubuntu:11311/ . Then it says "uname: permission denied". How can I go about this?

Thanks

Soe

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answered 2011-06-09 01:12:55 -0500

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Have you considered using rosjava instead? You'll see much better integration with Android that way. See http://rosjava.googlecode.com/

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Hi Damon, Yes, I have already tried it, but cannot seem to understand how to start it off. Can you provide some simple example source files for linking android with ROS, which are fully functional? That would be very helpful indeed. I am using the eclipse with android sdk and adt tools. Thanks! :D

soetommy ( 2011-06-21 07:55:30 -0500 )edit

There are fully functional Android projects under trunk/android/tutorials.

damonkohler ( 2011-06-22 08:28:30 -0500 )edit

There is currently a problem with importing RosTextView and MessageCallable into the java because they seem not to be included in the rosjava.jar library.

soetommy ( 2011-06-22 21:28:38 -0500 )edit

They are part of the Android library and not part of rosjava.jar. If you're having trouble, this may be better off as a separate question.

damonkohler ( 2011-06-23 06:27:03 -0500 )edit

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answered 2011-06-09 01:29:29 -0500

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Hi Soe,

this should not affect negatively the functionality of the sample ROS node or any other Android ROS nodes.

Background: roslib/os_detect.py tries to detect the current operating system the ROS node is running on. uname is called during these OS checks. However, on un-rooted Android devices uname cannot be called due to missing permissions. For this reason, the error occurs in the terminal.

Best regards, Stefan

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answered 2011-06-21 07:53:21 -0500

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Hi Stefan, Thanks for the suggestion. Since since I am trying out with my emulator, it's unrooted and thus still facing the problem with the missing permissions. Is there a way to bypass this? Thanks

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