Has anyone done Android?

[David Highley]

I was wondering if anyone has tried virtual hosting the x86 port of
Android?

[Ján ONDREJ (SAL)]

Hello,

I use android-x86-4.4-r1.iso in qemu. Just need to run SDL output using
this command:

qemu-kvm -m 1024 -soundhw es1370 -usb -usbdevice tablet \
  -show-cursor -display sdl \
  -hda ./android.img -cdrom android-x86-4.4-r1.iso

-show-cursor works only with SDL and without show-cursor you don't know,
where you mouse pointer is.

There is only opengl problems. Application without need of 3D works well,
but 3D has some graphics problems. Most of games display only a black
screen. This affects for example google maps too.

SAL

On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 02:20:09PM -0700, David Highley wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone has tried virtual hosting the x86 port of
> Android?
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[David Highley]

"=?utf-8?B?SsOhbiBPTkRSRUogKFNBTCk=?= wrote:"
> Hello,
>
> I use android-x86-4.4-r1.iso in qemu. Just need to run SDL output using
> this command:
>
> qemu-kvm -m 1024 -soundhw es1370 -usb -usbdevice tablet \
>   -show-cursor -display sdl \
>   -hda ./android.img -cdrom android-x86-4.4-r1.iso
>
> -show-cursor works only with SDL and without show-cursor you don't know,
> where you mouse pointer is.
>
> There is only opengl problems. Application without need of 3D works well,
> but 3D has some graphics problems. Most of games display only a black
> screen. This affects for example google maps too.

Thanks for the information. There was a recent update with more OpenGL
capabilities and I have also been watching the vector graphics, but that
has not made it into the main line yet.
> 				SAL
>
> On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 02:20:09PM -0700, David Highley wrote:
> > I was wondering if anyone has tried virtual hosting the x86 port of
> > Android?
> > _______________________________________________
> > virt mailing list
> > [e-mail]
> > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/virt

[David Highley]

"David Highley wrote:"
> "=?utf-8?B?SsOhbiBPTkRSRUogKFNBTCk=?= wrote:"
> > Hello,
> >
> > I use android-x86-4.4-r1.iso in qemu. Just need to run SDL output using
> > this command:
> >
> > qemu-kvm -m 1024 -soundhw es1370 -usb -usbdevice tablet \
> >   -show-cursor -display sdl \
> >   -hda ./android.img -cdrom android-x86-4.4-r1.iso
> >
> > -show-cursor works only with SDL and without show-cursor you don't know,
> > where you mouse pointer is.

I brought up android-x86-4.4-RC2.iso using Virtual Machine Manager.
Being fairly new to running virtual hosting I used defaults, except for
these changes:
- OS type Linux
- Vesion: Generic 2.6.25 or later..., need to select show all versions
- Boot Options, add IDE CDROM 1
- IDE CDROM 1 define Source path: <to android-x86-4.4-RC2.iso>
- Add Hardware; Sound: ich6

Maps, Play Books and Gallery do not work. Maps will run but not display
as noted before. Play Books and Gallery die immediately. Can read Google
mail and play music with Google music application. YouTube also seems to
work.

Just wish there were away to save the image to disk so that added
applications and changes can be saved between boot ups.
> > There is only opengl problems. Application without need of 3D works well,
> > but 3D has some graphics problems. Most of games display only a black
> > screen. This affects for example google maps too.
>
> Thanks for the information. There was a recent update with more OpenGL
> capabilities and I have also been watching the vector graphics, but that
> has not made it into the main line yet.
> > 				SAL
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 02:20:09PM -0700, David Highley wrote:
> > > I was wondering if anyone has tried virtual hosting the x86 port of
> > > Android?
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > virt mailing list
> > > [e-mail]
> > > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/virt
>
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> David Highley
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[Ján ONDREJ (SAL)]

On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 09:16:07AM -0700, David Highley wrote:
> "David Highley wrote:"
> > "=?utf-8?B?SsOhbiBPTkRSRUogKFNBTCk=?= wrote:"
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I use android-x86-4.4-r1.iso in qemu. Just need to run SDL output using
> > > this command:
> > >
> > > qemu-kvm -m 1024 -soundhw es1370 -usb -usbdevice tablet \
> > >   -show-cursor -display sdl \
> > >   -hda ./android.img -cdrom android-x86-4.4-r1.iso
> > >
> > > -show-cursor works only with SDL and without show-cursor you don't know,
> > > where you mouse pointer is.
>
> I brought up android-x86-4.4-RC2.iso using Virtual Machine Manager.
> Being fairly new to running virtual hosting I used defaults, except for
> these changes:
> OS type Linux
> Vesion: Generic 2.6.25 or later..., need to select show all versions
> Boot Options, add IDE CDROM 1
> IDE CDROM 1 define Source path: <to android-x86-4.4-RC2.iso>

Btw, R1 (which is newer than RC2) has been released.
> Add Hardware; Sound: ich6
>
> Maps, Play Books and Gallery do not work. Maps will run but not display
> as noted before. Play Books and Gallery die immediately. Can read Google
> mail and play music with Google music application. YouTube also seems to
> work.
>
> Just wish there were away to save the image to disk so that added
> applications and changes can be saved between boot ups.

You can add an 4 GB HDD using virt-manager and install Android to this
image. Just select "Install" from ISO boot menu.
Then all settings will be permanent and you can install applications to
disk.

SAL

[David Highley]

"=?utf-8?B?SsOhbiBPTkRSRUogKFNBTCk=?= wrote:"
> On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 09:16:07AM -0700, David Highley wrote:
> > "David Highley wrote:"
> > > "=?utf-8?B?SsOhbiBPTkRSRUogKFNBTCk=?= wrote:"
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > I use android-x86-4.4-r1.iso in qemu. Just need to run SDL output using
> > > > this command:
> > > >
> > > > qemu-kvm -m 1024 -soundhw es1370 -usb -usbdevice tablet \
> > > >   -show-cursor -display sdl \
> > > >   -hda ./android.img -cdrom android-x86-4.4-r1.iso
> > > >
> > > > -show-cursor works only with SDL and without show-cursor you don't know,
> > > > where you mouse pointer is.
> >
> > I brought up android-x86-4.4-RC2.iso using Virtual Machine Manager.
> > Being fairly new to running virtual hosting I used defaults, except for
> > these changes:
> > OS type Linux
> > Vesion: Generic 2.6.25 or later..., need to select show all versions
> > Boot Options, add IDE CDROM 1
> > IDE CDROM 1 define Source path: <to android-x86-4.4-RC2.iso>
>
> Btw, R1 (which is newer than RC2) has been released.

I see that now and switched to the R1 version.
> > Add Hardware; Sound: ich6
> >
> > Maps, Play Books and Gallery do not work. Maps will run but not display
> > as noted before. Play Books and Gallery die immediately. Can read Google
> > mail and play music with Google music application. YouTube also seems to
> > work.
> >
> > Just wish there were away to save the image to disk so that added
> > applications and changes can be saved between boot ups.
>
> You can add an 4 GB HDD using virt-manager and install Android to this
> image. Just select "Install" from ISO boot menu.
> Then all settings will be permanent and you can install applications to
> disk.

I already had created a 16 GB HDD but when I tried to install to disk it
said something about cflash and failed. I had tried a couple of disk
options that did not work. In looking at the information you posted it
looked like you were using USB so I tried that and it worked after doing
the low level file system partitioning, typing the partition to 83 for
Linux and creating an ext3 file system.
> 			SAL