[fedora-virt] Has anyone done Android?

[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