You should be able to boot Android without a screen, it at least works fine on TI and Qualcomm dev boards, though it might require some changes in the kernel. Then you can use Android screencast or similar and have a virtual screen. (Useful during development for navigating to the settings app and similar).
Then write an app that starts during boot, and does what you want. On Friday, 4 November 2016 16:49:22 UTC+1, Bruce Rankine wrote: > > Thanks for the feedback - I didn't know about the Android distribution for > the Pi! > > Regarding the cost, I'm not so sure. For the likes of a Raspberry PI I > would also have to source and buy sensors, flash, battery, charging circuit > etc. > > As a consumer I can buy a budget smart phone (e.g. Huawei Y3 - I bought > one yesterday to experiment with) for $43. Considering it already has flash > etc on board, from what I can see this makes it more fully featured and > cheaper than the likes of a Raspberrry Pi. Furthermore, I could buy bulk > wholesale from a mobile phone manufacturer direct, and even say that I > don't need the case of the screen, I'm sure that the $43 could come down > quite a lot further. > > Trying to design, manufacture, write software for, and support my own > board for less than this would be a challenge! > > On 4 November 2016 at 13:24, Igor Kalkov <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> Android can be a good choice if you want to speed up the development >> process (Java is easier to learn than C/C++). Android has more easy-to-use >> libraries and components available. I can understand why it MIGHT be a good >> idea to work with it. >> Nevertheless, Crt Mori is right: its way cheaper to buy a small embedded >> board. What about Raspberry Pi 3? BTW: there exist an Android distribution >> for it! (Google for RTAndroid). >> > > -- -- unsubscribe: [email protected] website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "android-porting" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
