Casio IT-G400 Series User manual

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IT-G400 Series
Android 6.0
Quick Start Guide
This document is a Development Guide Book
for IT-G400 application developers.

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- Table of contents -
1. Overview ··········································································································································································2
1.1 Notes of this development kit ··························································································································2
1.2 Version of this development kit ·······················································································································3
1.3 Structure of the development kit····················································································································4
1.4 About manuals························································································································································5
2. Application development requirement ···················································································································6
2.1 Needed programing knowledges ·······················································································································6
2.2 Required hardware················································································································································6
2.3 Required system····················································································································································7
2.4 Required softwares···············································································································································8
3. Installing the development environment ···············································································································9
3.1 Installation steps of the development environment··················································································9
3.2 Installing JDK······················································································································································· 10
3.3 Installing Android Studio·································································································································· 13
3.4 Downloading Android SDK and USB driver ······························································································· 15
3.5 Installing and Updating Device Library (AAR) ·························································································· 17
3.5.1 Preparations················································································································································· 17
3.5.2 Registering DeviceLibrary ( AAR ) ······································································································· 17
3.5.3 Dependency check of DeviceLibrary ( AAR )··················································································· 20
3.5.4 Registering Help files ( Javadoc )········································································································· 23
3.5.5 Updating of DeviceLibrary （AAR ）·································································································· 25
3.6 How to use the DeviceLibrary ( AAR )······································································································· 27
4. Application development and debug···················································································································· 28
4.1 Enabling USB debugging ·································································································································· 28
4.2 Installing USB driver ········································································································································· 29
4.3 Settings for ADB （Android Debug Bridge )··························································································· 32

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1. Overview
This document is a developement guide book writen for the IT-G400 application developers.
1.1 Notes of this development kit
Notes for using this development kit are as follows.
There is a dependency between the version of Android Studio and the version of the DeviceLibrary. For
details, refer to "2.4 Required softwares (p.8)" in the Quick Start Guide (this document).
Please contact your distributor to get the latest version of development Kit.

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1.2 Version of this development kit
The version number of this development kit consists of a combination of major version and minor version,
as shown below.
The major number represents the version of DeviceLibrary( i.e. DeviceLibrary.aarAAR).
So, when a newer version of development kit is released, if it includes newer version of DeviceLibrary, its
major version number is increased, and the minor version is returned to zero.
If changes other than DeviceLibrary ( i.e. manuals, tools, etc. ) are included, its minor version number is
increased.
1.02.1
Major version Minor version

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1.3 Structure of the development kit
The following figure shows the structure of this kit.
QuickStartGuide.pdf
Read this document first.
/MANUAL
/This folder contains manuals.
QuickStartGuide.pdf
Quick start guide
SoftwareManual.pdf
Software manual
DeviceLibraryManual.pdf
Device library manual
/SOFTWARE
/This folder contains softwares
/BDK
/Basic development kit
/CasioAndroidAddons
/Casio Addons for android
/bin
/Program’s folder
CASIOAndroidAddons0100010005.apk
CasioAndroidAddons
(binary)
/manual
/Manual’s folder
CasioAndroidAdons.pdf
Casio Android Addons
manual
/DeviceLibrary
/Device Library’s folder
/javadoc
/javadoc’s folder
index.html
javadoc index file
etc.
Other files.
/bin
/Program’s folder
DeviceLibrary.aar
Device Library file
(binary)
/samples
/Sample files’s folder
KeyLibrarySample.zip
KeyLibrary samples
SymbolScan.zip
ScannerLibrary samples
RangeScan.zip
InverseScan.zip
CenteringWindowScan.zip
TriggerScan.zip
ImageCapture.zip
/TOOLS
/Tools folder
/KittingTool
/KittingTool folder
/bin
/Program’s folder
KitSettings0100010008.apk
Backup/Restore settings
KitDevice0100080008.apk
for Device setting
KitApp0100010001.apk
for Application setting
KitData.xls
Kitting scenario file
/manual
/Manual’s folder
KittingToolManual.pdf
KittingTool manual
/OSUpdateService
/OSUpdateService folder
/bin
/Program’s folder
OSUpdateService0100000000.apk
OS Update Service
/samples
/Sample files’s folder
OSUpdateSample.zip
OS Update Sample

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1.4 About manuals
The following is a list of manuals provided with this development kit.
Title
Contents
Quick start guide
This document
Software manual
Software specification of IT-G400
DeviceLibrary manual
Describing the specifications of the device library
CasioAndroidAddons manual
Describing the specifications of the
CasioAndroidAddons.
KittingTool manual
Describing the specifications of the KittingTool.

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2. Application development requirement
2.1 Needed programing knowledges
IT-G400 application can be developped using the following language.
•Java
And, also the knowledge about the followings are needed.
•Android OS
•Android allication development
•Android Studio
•Networks, etc.
2.2 Required hardware
Product name Remarks
IT-G400

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2.3 Required system
[ Windows ]
Microsoft® Windows® 7/8/10 (32- or 64-bit)
3 GB RAM minimum, 8 GB RAM recommended; plus 1 GB for the Android Emulator
2 GB of available disk space minimum,
4 GB Recommended (500 MB for IDE + 1.5 GB for Android SDK and emulator system image)
1280 x 800 minimum screen resolution
For accelerated emulator: Intel® processor with support for Intel® VT-x, Intel® EM64T (Intel®
64), and Execute Disable (XD) Bit functionality
[ Mac ]
Mac® OS X® 10.10 (Yosemite) or higher, up to 10.12 (macOS Sierra)
3 GB RAM minimum, 8 GB RAM recommended; plus 1 GB for the Android Emulator
2 GB of available disk space minimum,
4 GB Recommended (500 MB for IDE + 1.5 GB for Android SDK and emulator system image)
1280 x 800 minimum screen resolution
[ Linux ]
GNOME or KDE desktop
Tested on Ubuntu® 14.04 LTS, Trusty Tahr (64-bit distribution capable of running 32-bit
applications)
64-bit distribution capable of running 32-bit applications
GNU C Library (glibc) 2.19 or later
3 GB RAM minimum, 8 GB RAM recommended; plus 1 GB for the Android Emulator
2 GB of available disk space minimum,
4 GB Recommended (500 MB for IDE + 1.5 GB for Android SDK and emulator system image)
1280 x 800 minimum screen resolution
For accelerated emulator: Intel® processor with support for Intel® VT-x, Intel® EM64T (Intel®
64), and Execute Disable (XD) Bit functionality, or AMD processor with support for AMD
Virtualization™ (AMD-V™)
Caution! The explanation after the next chapter is all for Windows. If you are using Mac or Linux as a
development environment, you are responsible for building the environment at your own risk.

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2.4 Required softwares
In order to develop IT-G400 application programs, it needs the development environment of Android.
Development platform (Recommended)
Development
language
Development platform (Recommended)
Java
Android Studio 2.2 or above
Android SDK (API level 17 - 23)
Google USB driver
JDK7 or above
Caution !
Using the old development kit with the new Android Studio may cause problems. Be sure to use the latest
development kit when upgrading Android Studio version.
The combinations currently available are as shown in the table below.
Android Studio
2.2 or later
3.0 or later
development kit
1.01 or later
1.02 or later
1.01
1.02 or later
OS
all version
←

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3. Installing the development environment
Due to version upgrade of Android SDK, environment may not be installed by the following procedure. In
that case, please refer to the procedure described on Google's website etc. and build the environment.
3.1 Installation steps of the development environment
The followings are the basic steps to install the development environment.
(1) Installing JDK
Before installing Android Studio, JDK ( Java Development Kit ) has to be installed.
Regarding JDK, refere “2.4 Required softwares (p.8)”.
Regarding JDK installation detail, refere “3.2Installing JDK (p.10)”.
(2) Installing Android Studio
Install Android Studio to your PC.
Regarding the requirement of Android Studio, refere “2.4 Required softwares (p.8)”.
Regarding Android Studio installation detail, refere “3.3 Installing Android Studio (p.13)”.
(3) Downloading of Android SDK/USB driver
Download Android SDK and USB driver from Google via Android Studio.
Android SDK will be installed automatically after downloading.
Regarding USB driver installation detail, refere “4.2 Installing USB driver (p.29)”.
Regarding the requirement of Android SDK, refere “2.4 Required softwares (p.8)”.
(4) Setting of PATH
Add the path to Android SDK to "PATH" of the system environment variable.
For the setting method, refer to "4.3 Settings for ADB （Android Debug Bridge )(p.32)".
(4) Installing DeviceLibrary
Place the DeviceLibrary (AAR) to any where on your PC, and register it to the each of your projects
via Android Studio.
Regarding DeviceLibrary installation, refere “3.5 Installing and Updating Device Library (p.17)”.
(6) Application development and debug
Use the installed Android Studio and SDK to develop the application.
For details on how to use the device library, refer to "Device Library Manual".
To debug the application, connect the PC and the IT-G400 via the ADB (Android Debug Bridge)
interface. For details, see "4 Application development and debug (p.28) ".

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3.2 Installing JDK
Java SE JDK can be downloaded from the Java site. Visit the site and download the Java SE JDK package
corresponding to your Windows platform.
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html
The URL and contents of the Java site may differ from the contents described in this document due to the
update of the site. When downloading the JDK, please access the Java site via the search engine etc. and
follow the description of the site.
In the following example, "jdk-8u121-windows-i586.exe" (64 bit) is downloaded.
For the 32 bit Windows, 32 bit version of JDK must be needed.
※Because JDK is frequently updated, it's better to install the latest version at that time.

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Execute the downloaded file with administrator privileges. Basically, it is not needed to change the value
from default.

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3.3 Installing Android Studio
Android Studio can be downloaded from Android site of Google.
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
Agree to the “Terms of Conditions”, then start downloading.
Once executing the downloaded file, follow the instructions to proceed the installation.

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During installation, you will be prompted to specify the installation destination by the dialog below. The
"Android SDK Installation Location" on the figure below is also necessary when installing the USB driver,
it's better to take a note.
When the dialog shown below is displayed, installation of Android Studio is completed.

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3.4 Downloading Android SDK and USB driver
Launch Android Studio, and chose "SDK Manager" from Configure tab.
Select “SDK Platform” tab, then check "Android 6.0 (API Level 23)".
Then, select “SDK Tools” tab and check "Google USB Driver".

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Once agree to the “License Agreement”, then press “OK” to start installation.
The downloaded files are stored under "Android SDK Installation Location" that you noted in "3.3
Installing Android Studio (p.13) ".
The USB driver is stored in "extras¥google¥usb_driver" under "Android SDK Installation Location".

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3.5 Installing and Updating Device Library (AAR)
This chapter explains how to register the device library and its help file to Android Studio project.
3.5.1 Preparations
Device Library ( AAR ) and its help files ( Javadoc ) are needed to be registered to the each project via
Android Studio. Therefore, the method described here is necessary every time when creating new project
that uses the device library.
The following chapter explains the procedure for registering the device library and its help files to the
project. It is better to copy the DeviceLibrary and its help files from the IT-G400 Basic Development Kit to
the local folder beforehand.
3.5.2 Registering DeviceLibrary ( AAR )
Once open the project from the Android Studio, open the "New Module" dialog with [File] →[New] →
New Module.

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On the dialog shown below, select "Import .JAR/.AAR Package" and proceed with "Next".
Press the of "File name" and select the DeviceLibrary (AAR) you copied beforehand.
By the above, the registration of the device library to the project was completed. You can see that the AAR
file name has been added to the Android Studio Project tree.