What does "Remotable" mean?

Question

What do Android API docs mean when they talk about a “remote object”?

For example, the API docs for IBinder :

This interface describes an abstract protocol for interacting with a remote object.

But I searched and cannot find any definition, such as "A remote object is an object that ... blah blah blah ..."

Answer 1

IBinder is an interface that allows IPC (Inter Process Communications) among other things. As you know, all applications (in most cases) run in their own process and cannot directly interact with applications running in other processes. One of the methods that you can use to create interactions between them is IBinder . IBinder allows the exchange of data between these "remote" objects.