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[APP REQUEST] Virtual Machine for Android, deatils inside.

I have a Galaxy Tab 2, 10.1 SGH-i497, rooted, stock, its the AT&T 4G LTE version. I want to request that someone with more knowledge than me in development to develop an app for root users to allow the home screen to be separated, and run two simultaneous instances of the home screen, in portrait mode. NOT the false "split screen" floating apps Samsung is so proud of, and everyone is talking about, but actual separate home screens each running in a virtual environment. That can run ANY app on the device and function just like your normal home screen. I think by extension these separate virtual home screens would be needing separate databases and configurations files and whatnot. Think virtual machine for android.
Is this even possible? Or would I need to install a baked or 3rd party ROM to get such functionality? Seems like this sort of addition would need it's own firmware, but I could be wrong. The XDA crowd has amazed me in the past with works of brilliance. This is not just a lone request, the entire market for galaxy tablets, note tab and all variants, as well as other android tablets, are clamoring for this. I will gladly test, i have fully functional test environment including real time logcat.
Happy coding, thanks in advance for all responses.

Android phone powered Desktop

Android devices are so powerful today, and the hardware is becoming so powerful that I don't think that the software is utilising that.
We already have much of the technology in devices of today to enable a desktop environment to be streamed from our phones.
Display output: Chromecast (wireless display), MHL (Wired display & charger), etc.
Input methods: Bluetooth Keyboard & mouse, Accelerometer (to emulate mouse input), etc.
UI: Separate Launcher for the desktop UI.
With Microsoft bringing Windows 10 later this year as one OS for both the Phone & Desktop, surely that will allow them to work better in sync with one another, but that will still require a separate desktop computer and phone to create this kind of experience.
But Google now has the chance to simply output a separate UI from the same device that can display a phone UI all at the same time.
If we look at past launches of major Android builds then this coming Google I/O would be the perfect time to announce something like this, since they say that they usually deliver one major build that focuses on UI, and then one that focuses on major feature integration.
And not only would this allow for us to take our desktop with us everywhere in our pocket and connect wirelessly to any compatible display but also it could enable people in poorer economies to buy one device which could give them better access to the internet with a portable display integrated into the device, and also they could connect to the larger displays to browse the web or work on office documents with apps such as 'Google Docs'.
This could really be useful for people who wish to use their device in the work place too.
With Android mobile now offering multiple user profiles on their phones, surely they could create one profile for work, with all of their work apps available in both their phone and desktop UI's, but also a personal profile with all of their media applications & games available when out of work.
The desktop tower may still be useful for a few years to enable support for legacy applications whilst we are waiting for those applications to be ported over to Android/Android Desktop, but that shouldn't take too long considering how quickly we are see'ing apps becoming available to Android offering the kind of services that many of us desire, and if the developers only need to create one application back end for both the Desktop mode & phone mode, then it will be much quicker to bring apps to market with a small bit of time required to make a UI which can be scaled between the phone & desktop mode well.
There are multiple projects trying to create this very experience, but if it was a major part of the Android OS then finally people will get the experience that many people are waiting for, you only have to look at the comments on the developer pages of these projects to see that many people want this kind of experience.
With 64-bit now supported in Android too there is less of a reason to hold back this kind of experience.

I agree totally. Is this the only thread on this subject? Was going to setup Chromecast for video and Bluetooth for keyboard, mouse and audio. Doing this on a Jiayu S3A which is very powerful. Would like one place to discuss what works and what doesn't. Launcher options also need to be discussed.

Tablet Mirrorlink port

Hi everyone,
I have an automotive infotainment development board based on freescale's i.MX 6 processor, and I need to develop a "light" infotainment system. I have to de exactly 2 things:
- Develop a custom ROM based on the one that freescale provides for that board, but with a Automotive infotainment oriented visual aspect.
- Allow to cast any mobile's screen on that system.
For the first one, I have never developed a custom ROM, but for a starting point a could just create a custom launcher.
For the second one, I thought about using miracast, but we are having issues with the wifi, as no wifi dongle has drivers for this android board. Also mirrorlink could be a nice opcion, but I'm not used too much to these protocols so I not sure if could suit it. For what I now, I would need a mirrorlink implementing app or something in the board, and the mobile phone must have it.
For my first approach, I have downloaded the Android Auto Head Unit provided by a developer on this forum and I have installed it on the board. I've achieved to use it with my Galaxy S5, but this is not an option for our project as we couldn't commercialize it.
So, I would appreciate any orientation or help. I know that here are people with lot of knowledge and very good ideas. For the moment I have just developed apps, so I'm bit noob on this.

Advice on using Screenless Android Phone for IoT device

I would like to create an IoT device by buying new, cheap android phones, strip them down and remove the screen, rebox into my own physical box, install a custom ROM without any bloatware (and that will boot without a screen!), and install my android app on the device to do stuff.
An example of a purpose for this could be a GPS tracker for a car. The box would be placed in the car, and record GPS and accelerometer readings, posting these readings back to a central server via the cellular network. (This is just a random example, so don't focus too much on the detail of this, but there are thousands of uses for a IoT board with the sensor, CPU, RAM, storage, and connectivity capabilities of a budget android smartphone)
The reason I want to use existing phones is that they are wonderful, mass produced, cheap devices with a variety of sensors I can use.
The reason I want to use Android is because it is because of the customization ability, and the mature development ecosystem.
To me, it seems an obvious thing to do, but I don't seem to be getting much joy trying to search for examples of this sort of thing (either here, or on the internet in general).
So some questions:
1. General thoughts? (Good idea? Am I missing some fundamental problem?)
2. What are the challenges of running Android without a screen connected?
3. Are there any custom ROMs you know of that specialize in this sort of thing?
(I've seen Google Brilo, but it still seems a bit early yet, and I really like the idea of just using the standard Android SDK to develop the app - and the abundance of help and information that comes with it)
Thanks!

Realtek APC390R RTD1295 Help

I have an APC390R RTD1295 HDMI-In Industrial PC, (Geniatech) – Android Embedded ARM. Specific information can be found by going to geniatech's webpage and searching for APC390r. Sorry, I cannot post the direct url.
Does anyone have experience installing a custom Android image onto these devices? I purchased this from a company that is going out of business and they have quite a few of these.
They already have software installed, but the image is customized for a senior living community and you cannot even get to the normal settings screen.
We want to install a clean install of Android (or Android TV specifically). Does anyone know how to even drop to the bootloader on these devices to be able to install a clean image? We purchased quite a few of these to be able to use on all of the TVs in our home and family members home, and need a clean install so we can install other apps, specifically Plex and Kodi.
Thanks in advance for any help or pointers.