An Online Physical Simulation Platform for Android Programming

Mobile applications are widely used in many research areas as well as in current daily life. Applications on smart phones are closely related to the physical device. An application may run differently on different mobiles. It is hard and expensive for college students to adapt and test their applications on several types of smart phones. This paper presents a work in progress on the development of an online physical simulation platform for Android programmers. Remote students upload Android applications to the server, which is connected with many mobiles. The screen of the smart phone is transformed to the client user with the support of the VNC Sever. We define a series of services to support the simulation process. In contrast with the traditional software-based simulation, the online physical simulation approach is more functional, stable and effective.