ANDROID THINGS RELATED QUERIES: READ THIS FIRST

[Sahaj Sarup]

Recently I have been seeing a lot of android things related post on this forum, unsurprisingly they go unanswered.

here is why:

1) This for is focused on development of AOSP related stuff on the Raspberry Pi, the kind of android that goes into your phones and tablets

2) The android things source code is not released yet, so we don't know what is happening behind the scenes.

3) The android things has very limited documentation at the moment do probably you know more than we do.

So, please don't post issues related to android things, until or unless it is a solution of some sort.

[pal....@gmail.com]

Well, the latest Android Things Dev Preview provides working Video Hardware Acceleration for the Raspberry Pi, so I guess that it would help in porting that over to the Android TV build?

[j2a...@gmail.com]

Can you clarify what you mean by "Video Hardware Acceleration" - my understanding is that Raspberry Pi is not able to decode 1080p video in hardware. I'd be interested to see where this is referenced, as I'm having a problem decoding video at a reasonable frame rate.

[pal....@gmail.com]

Sorry, I just now saw the message. It's referenced in the release notes for Preview 5:

New in Preview 5
Android O
Android O is currently under Developer Preview for phones and tablets, and DP5 is now based on this upcoming release. You should update your apps to target API level 26 to work correctly on the platform with our support libraries.

NXP i.MX6UL SprIoT
Android Things is now supported on the NXP® SprIoT i.MX6UL development platform. Learn more about this device and its capabilities on the developer kits page.

Legacy Board Support
With Intel discontinuing the Edison and Joule hardware designs, these platforms are moving to legacy support. They will not continue to receive the latest platform updates, but developers may still access the Preview 4.1 images through the Android Things Console.

Device Management APIs
This release introduces a new DeviceManager service for apps to control device state, such as executing a factory reset or device reboot. See the reference documentation to learn more.

User Driver Permissions
Apps are now required to request permission to manage user drivers registered with the framework. Review the updated user driver API guides for more details.

OpenGL 2.0 Support
With the update to Android O, OpenGL ES 2.0 is now supported. Platforms with a GPU (such as Raspberry Pi 3) also now support hardware acceleration.