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+//
+// Copyright (C) 2015 The Android Open Source Project
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+//
+
+#include <binder/IPCThreadState.h>
+#include <binder/IServiceManager.h>
+#include <binder/ProcessState.h>
+#include <utils/Errors.h>
+#include <utils/Log.h>
+#include <utils/Looper.h>
+#include <utils/StrongPointer.h>
+
+#include "update_engine/binder_service_android.h"
+
+// Log to logcat as update_engine.
+#undef LOG_TAG
+#define LOG_TAG "update_engine"
+
+namespace android {
+namespace {
+
+class BinderCallback : public LooperCallback {
+ public:
+  BinderCallback() {}
+  ~BinderCallback() override {}
+
+  int handleEvent(int /* fd */, int /* events */, void* /* data */) override {
+    IPCThreadState::self()->handlePolledCommands();
+    return 1;  // Continue receiving callbacks.
+  }
+};
+
+bool run(const sp<IBinder>& service) {
+  sp<Looper> looper(Looper::prepare(0 /* opts */));
+
+  ALOGD("Connecting to binder driver");
+  int binder_fd = -1;
+  ProcessState::self()->setThreadPoolMaxThreadCount(0);
+  IPCThreadState::self()->disableBackgroundScheduling(true);
+  IPCThreadState::self()->setupPolling(&binder_fd);
+  if (binder_fd < 0) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  sp<BinderCallback> cb(new BinderCallback);
+  if (looper->addFd(binder_fd, Looper::POLL_CALLBACK, Looper::EVENT_INPUT, cb,
+                    nullptr) != 1) {
+    ALOGE("Failed to add binder FD to Looper");
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  ALOGD("Registering update_engine with the service manager");
+  status_t status = defaultServiceManager()->addService(
+      service->getInterfaceDescriptor(), service);
+  if (status != android::OK) {
+    ALOGE("Failed to register update_engine with the service manager.");
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  ALOGD("Entering update_engine mainloop");
+  while (true) {
+    const int result = looper->pollAll(-1 /* timeoutMillis */);
+    ALOGD("Looper returned %d", result);
+  }
+  // We should never get here.
+  return false;
+}
+
+}  // namespace
+}  // namespace android
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv) {
+  android::sp<android::IBinder> service(
+      new chromeos_update_engine::BinderService);
+  if (!android::run(service)) {
+    return 1;
+  }
+  return 0;
+}