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Torch-7 for Android

########################################## Torch7 provides a Matlab-like environment for state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms. It is easy to use and provides a very efficient implementation, thanks to an easy and fast scripting language (Lua) and a underlying C implementation.

Modified to be compiled and used with Android

Features

• Loading of lua packages from the apk directly.
• This is done by writing a custom package.loader Reference: http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#pdf-package.loaders The loader is in torchandroid.cpp as loader_android
• torchandroid.h and torchandroid.cpp give lots of helper functions to make life easier
  • Print function overriden to redirect to logcat (only handles strings for now)
  • Function to get apk assets as bytes (very useful)
• Full support for ffi and shared libraries

torch.load now takes three additional modes: apkbinary32, apkbinary64, apkascii. One can store model files in the assets folder and use these modes to load them. If the model was saved on a 64-bit machine, use apkbinary64, if it was saved on a 32-bit machine, use apkbinary32.

Requirements

For CUDA-enabled version: NVIDIA CodeWorks for Android: https://developer.nvidia.com/codeworks-android. For CPU-only version : Android NDK and Android SDK

• NOTE (Nov 2016): Android NDK v13b currently is required for NEON, even if you are building CUDA version with CodeWorks. This is due to some NDK bugs fixed in v13b - CodeWorks has 12b. NDK will only be used to build Lua JIT. Get it here: https://dl.google.com/android/repository/android-ndk-r13b-linux-x86_64.zip
• NOTE (Nov 2016): For NEON ARM CPU, you need to work around CMake bug by setting NEON_FOUND file in build.sh

Samples

• Three sample projects has been provided in demos/
• demos/android-demo/jni/torchdemo.cpp is a simple use-case
• demos/android-demo/assets/main.lua is the file that is run
• demos/android-demo-cifar showcases classifying Camera inputs (or images from gallery) into one of 10 CIFAR-10 categories.
• Vinayak Ghokale from e-lab Purdue (https://github.com/e-lab) contributed a face detector demo, which showcases a fuller use-case (demos/facedetector_e-lab ).

Building Torch-Android Libraries and Java class.

If on ubuntu, install the following packages: sudo apt-get install libx32gcc-4.8-dev libc6-dev-i386 Default is to build with CUDA - so make sure you installed NVIDIA CodeWorks for Android and its nvcc is in your PATH. Otherwise, set WITH_CUDA=OFF in build.sh

0. git submodule update --init --recursive
1. Optionally, open build.sh and modify ARCH (to match your device architecture) and WITH_CUDA variables.
2. run build script: 3 ./build.sh

You can use torch in your android apps. The relevant directories are

• install/include - include directories
• install/lib - static libs cross-compiled for armeabi-v7a
• install/share/lua - lua files

Building Example

1. Build Torch-Android atleast once using the steps above.
2. [Optional] Connect your android phone in debugging mode, to automatically install the apk.
3. Change directory into demos/android-demo folder.
4. Run build script. $ ./build.sh
5. Run the app TorchDemo on your phone.