... for the Android platform demonstrates contexts modelled as hierarchical objects stored and shared by applications using native mechanisms. Findings The model was found to be practically viable by implemented sample apps that share context and through a performance analysis of the system. Practical...

...Wolfgang Narzt Purpose – This paper aims to develop generic strategies for improving energy consumption for location sensing on smartphones and compares the results of iOS and Android implementations. Mobile smartphone applications utilizing localization sensors (e.g. Global Positioning System...

.../methodology/approach – The authors' approach to such an environment is the emulation of Java Card applets on top of non-Java Card virtual machines (e.g. Android Dalvik VM), as this would facilitate the use of existing debugging tools. As the operation principle of the Java Card VM is based on persistent...