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• Contents
  • What is Android?
  • Android for x86
  • Android for bc9
    • summary
    • required devices
    • porting procedures
    • booting procedure

What is Android? †

Android is a set of software for mobile devices, developed by the Open Handset Alliance.
Please refer to What is Android?

• Open Handset Alliance
• Android | Official Website

SDK and source code are opened to the public. Anyone can freely download and use them.

• Android Developers
• Android Open Source Project

Android can be used for not only mobile phone environment but also enhancement for various devices.

Android for x86 †

This page explains how to built Android for x86. There are two different sets of the projects which port Android
on x86. One is Android-x86.org, and the other is porting Android Open Source Project (AOSP) on x86 platform.
This section explains installing process of both projects.

Android for bc9 †

summary †

Android has been booted on gumstix verdex pro based device bc9.
This explains a process of how to port Android on bc9 (gumstix).

required devices †

The following devices have been tested.

• bc9 (gumstix verdex pro based mobile device)
  or
  • gumstix verdex pro
  • consoleLCD16-vx
  • Samsung LCD
• self powered USB HUB
• USB cable (connect onboard mini-B connector to USB HUB standard-A connector)
• USB English layout keyboard (Android's UI require hardware key)
• USB flash memory (put Android userland on this)

porting procedures †

In order to boot Android on bc9 (gumstix), generally following two procedures are required.

1. Setup Android bootable linux kernel and linux userland for bc9 (gumstix)
   Android kernel for bc9 (1/2)
   Android kernel for bc9 (2/2)
   

2. Setup Android userland
   Android userland for bc9 (1/2)
   Android userland for bc9 (2/2)
   

Both operations need linux ubuntu 8.0.4.

booting procedure †

Booting procedure of bc9 with ported Android environment.

• Android boot on bc9