Legodroid is a tiny Java library for Android with educational purposes, aimed at writing programs for LEGO Mindstorms in a simple and straightforward way.
Among its features:
- strong-typed API for communicating with EV3 bricks: easy connection, robust access to motors and sensors;
- bluetooth supported, wifi will come;
- type-driven patterns for writing correct programs in a type-disciplined way;
- layered API allows for easy customization of commands/replies.
This library is in alpha stage of development: minor bugs and quirks might occur. Be patient please, we will fix them soon :)
Written by Alvise Spanò, additional coding by Giulio Zausa. Developed for the course of Software Engineering, degree in Computer Science, chair professor Agostino Cortesi. Documentation written by Alvise Spanò. (C) 2018-19 Università Ca' Foscari, Venezia, Italy
Open the project on Android Studio and 2 modules will appear: the 'app' module contains a sample MainActivity showing how to use the library; the 'lib' module contains the library code. Add a dependency to the 'lib' module if you need to create your own standalone app and module.
The documentation is available as javadoc. Refer to the doc directory for pre-generated html. Also, the project includes a sample MainActivity aimed at showing how the library public API works - its usage is pretty straightforward and requires no senior expertise unless you want to delve into its internals.
Additional detailed documentation on EV3 and its commands are in the following documents:
LEGO Mindstorms Firmware Developer Kit https://le-www-live-s.legocdn.com/sc/media/files/ev3-developer-kit/lego%20mindstorms%20ev3%20firmware%20developer%20kit-7be073548547d99f7df59ddfd57c0088.pdf
LEGO Mindstorms Communication Developer Kit https://le-www-live-s.legocdn.com/sc/media/files/ev3-developer-kit/lego%20mindstorms%20ev3%20communication%20developer%20kit-f691e7ad1e0c28a4cfb0835993d76ae3.pdf