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Removal of the C implementation of the Android Binder driver
The C implementation of the Binder driver, Android's interprocess communication mechanism, has been removed in favor of the Rust version. The announcement was made in the final talk of Kangrejos 2026.
In the final talk of Kangrejos 2026, a maintainer announced the deletion of the C implementation of the Android Binder driver, the main interprocess communication mechanism used on Android devices. The announcement received general applause. The maintainer then shared observations on the work needed to replace the C implementation with the Rust version. A developer who has worked on the Rust implementation for several years added reflections on the most difficult and most interesting parts of that transition.
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