Port Status
| driver |
status |
comments |
| LCD |
100% |
Drawing into our classic framebuffer. Android draws from that in its usual update procedures with the aid of the Bitmap and SurfaceVuew? classes |
| Keys |
100% |
Touchscreen + front buttons all working, no keyboard support yet though |
| Music playback |
80% |
Playing music files back works flawlessly using AudioTrack? API (NOTE: some HTC phones with 2.1 are broken and may not be able to keep decoding if in the background). Some people report sporadic failure |
| FM Radio |
0% |
Not yet implemented. There's no API for this, seems to be something the manufacturers add onto their OS (without opening the source) |
| Recording |
0% |
Not yet implemented |
| Power Management |
95% |
Battery level readout works. Rockbox idles quite efficiently when not playing music. Idle poweroff and sleep timer work. Dynamic ticks would be nice |
| Host integration |
90% |
Receiving calls, backlight on/off, Activity pause/unpause is handled, wired headset buttons work. Android widgets for yesno and keyboard input are used. Homescreen widget. Sharing volume with global OS volume |
TODO
- Integrate the port into the build system so we can distribute .apk files.
- Research what's needed in order to be able to distribute Rockbox for multiple screen dimensions (that can, but needn't, mean that Rockbox should be build screen resolution independent)
- a patch which implements dynamic screen sizes is available on the tracker
- Maybe FM Radio and Recording
Procedure for installation from source
- NOTE: The installation has only been tested on Linux so far, but should in theory work on Windows(cygwin)/Mac as well.
- Download and install the Android SDK and NDK from http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html and http://developer.android.com/sdk/ndk/index.html
- Set up the SDK and NDK as per README in the android folder.
- If you like eclipse: Import the Rockbox eclipse project from the android folder (File->New->Other->Android->Android Project; then select 'Create Project from existing Source')
- Make the environment variables ANDROID_SDK_PATH point to the SDK and ANDROID_NDK_PATH to the NDK directories (the latter is needed by configure).
- Build librockbox.so as usual in the android/ directory of Rockbox trunk (configure with tools/configure and follow the directions) (../tools/configure && make -j3)
- Execute make zip and make apk (you need a debug signature setup for signing the apk).
- Attach your phone and use 'adb install -r rockbox.apk' to install the app or use eclipse to "Run" the project.
Links
- svn r28520 + FS#11615 (dynamic screen size): http://jdgordon.info/rockbox/rockbox.apk <- This build should work on all screen sizes (The start logo isnt sized correctly yet but the themes should all work)
-- ThomasMartitz - 2010-08-14
Copyright © by the contributing authors.
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