OpenKylin's KMRE Officially Open Sourced, Enriching Linux's Application Ecosystem
TapTechNews June 7th news. Today, the official of openKylin (openKylin) announced that KMRE (Kylin Mobile Runtime Environment, Kylin mobile operating environment) has been officially open sourced. This is also the first open source commercial mobile-fixed integration Android ecological compatibility environment in China.
According to the introduction, the open Kylin KMRE started its research and development in 2016. It is the mobile-fixed integration application ecological solution that first proposed the Linux + AOSP fusion technical route. At present, it has been cumulatively deployed on openKylin operating system, UKylin operating system and GalaxyKylin operating system with a scale of millions of sets, providing desktop users with over 10,000 mature and easy-to-use Android applications that have been adapted.
KMRE can run on almost all mainstream Linux distributions, supports cloud platforms, supports two major mainstream desktop hardware platforms of ARM and X86, supports major desktop CPUs such as Phytium, Zhaoxin, Haiguang, HiSilicon Kirin, Kunpeng, Intel, AMD, etc., and supports the Phytium X100 bridge chip. The verified GPUs include domestic desktop graphics cards such as JEMO Jingmei, Moore Threads, INNOSILICON, RayShine Vision, Xintong, 709, Galenphi, etc., and supports almost all international mainstream graphics cards such as NVIDIA, AMD, Intel, and Mali through the adaptation of the desktop version of OpenGL|ES.
At present, more than 1,200 strictly tested Android applications have been listed in the software stores of openKylin, UKylin and GalaxyKylin operating systems for all users to download and use for free.
The official pointed out that KMRE has abandoned the traditional schemes such as virtual machines and simulators that cannot be effectively integrated into the desktop system and have poor user experience. Based on the container architecture design, it has developed high-performance compatibility environment, efficient graphics middle layer, unified device interface middle layer, unified information fusion layer and multi-instance multi-window management and other functional modules, involving the core components such as the kernels, drivers, security, and framework of both the Linux and Android systems. It has lasted for eight years and iterated through five major versions, allowing a large number of Android applications to truly run seamlessly on the Linux desktop operating system, greatly enriching the application ecosystem of the Linux system.
TapTechNews found that KMRE has achieved multi-window display, windows can be full screen, landscape and portrait screen, split screen and free zoom, and supports core functions such as audio and video, camera, screen sharing, application projection, and file sending, and realizes the support of the Android system for desktop devices and the simulation of the functions related to mobile device sensors through the d evice interface compatibility framework.
According to the official introduction, KMRE deeply integrates components such as windows, notification centers, task bars, start menus, system trays, and application management through the fusion layer, and interoperates the contents of input and output events, audio, clipboard, and files. Android applications and Linux applications have the same display and operation experience, truly realizing the integration of Linux and Android.