Hi all. Just getting into the Android dev community (all experience in Mac OS, Linux, and iOS) and with that I thought I would make a fun project to get myself familiar with Android; here's the result!
*This is not meant to be a full launcher replacement, simply a fun idea that may be worth some quick entertainment!
Device Support
I don't actually have a physical Android device but via emulator this should work for all devices with a 5in screen running Lollipop - Oreo.
Ubuntu Launcher
Usage
Type the name of the application you wish to launch
type 'ls' to bring up a list of applications
Downloads and Source Code
Initial build - Download via GitHub
View source code - GitHub page
I look forward to joining in on the development going on in this community, all for now.
There is an app which is quite similar & quite mature:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ohi.andre.consolelauncher
It's also opensource; you can consider collaborating/contributing or forking:
https://github.com/Andre1299/TUI-ConsoleLauncher
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Hey All,
Not sure if us as the community can email google or someone to push for the release of the honeycomb 3.0. I don't have the right info as to who to email or who to contact but i am sure if enough people will get together and do this we will see honeycomb in no time.
Honeycomb SDK is already released for a few tablets and i would like to see it for our viewsonic Gtab. (so lets speak for it guys)
Let me know if someone has the contact info to contact the correct team this way i can send out the email from my side. I know viewsonic will just tell me that they are waiting for google to release it so i am guessing that our main contact is google but the question is who..
cd112 said:
Hey All,
Honeycomb SDK is already released for a few tablets and i would like to see it for our viewsonic Gtab. (so lets speak for it guys)
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The "Honeycomb SDK" is just the Software Developers Kit for Honeycomb. It's not for any particular tablet. What has happened is that they include an emulator to run on your PC or Linux box so you can test the apps you build with the SDK to make sure they are working. Some have taken this emulator and hacked it to run on devices that are similar enough to the CPU architecture emulated in the emulator. Definitely not something I'd want to base building an OS off of.......
Google isn't going to release the source code (what you want...not just and SDK) to AOSP (Android Open Source Project) until they feel it is ready.
AOSP and SDK are two different things.
AOSP is the source code that devs use to compile ROMs. This will be helpful.
SDK's are used by app devs to build apps and is already fully available.
Someone needs to post the honeycreams image....
So Canonical has demonstrated a prototype version of an environment for Ubuntu, based on the Xorg X Window environment, in which Android Apps can be run. For many folks that like to experiment and play around, for instance with the installation of Android to a computer, this is pretty exciting. After the project is optimized a bit more, I guess, the source code for the emulator will be released. Anyways what I'm getting at is that the article points out that a main purpose in this is to provide users the option to run Android programs in their current Ubuntu environment instead of a full-on Android installation to their machine. Seeing as the Android OS version for computers has a long ways to go before people can really install it and have full functionality without having to do a lot of work themselves, this has my hopes high. Here is the full article so you can stop listening to me babble and see what the guys at desktoplinux had to give us:
http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS7172257171.html
I know this is an old article, but I figured many people had never seen this and could use the bit of info.
Request for port of GMenu2X as a home launcher replacement
Website, and source code
http://mtorromeo.github.com/gmenu2x/
description
"GMenu2X is a frontend application targeted at embedded devices, originally developed for the GP2X and successively ported to other devices.
GMenu2X provides an easy to use interface with quick access to the games and applications of the device trough links similar to those found on PC's desktops.
Its interface is fully customizable with skins."
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I was a big fan of the GP2X, CAANOO, WIZ, & DINGOO devices and which actually brought me to the xperia play as a handheld emulator system and it would be just great to get this software a port to the xperia play as there are more and more of these android based gaming systems popping up everday, this would be a great welcome for those individuals migrating from a standard linux platform. Request there be no specific xperia play branding.
I offer a starting bounty of $20 USD for a port that utilizes the standard BUTTON_% calls, and functions as a home screen replacement rather than just a executable app.
I have never played with the above handhelkd devices but I do know of them and had at one time considered buying one or two to play on, but then after some time, couple years, I got the Xplay. It would be cool to see this port happen, I really like GO Launcher, and would probably prefer a app rathe then a home screen replacement, but if a replacement home screen app was ported from it I would certainly give it a shot.
Hello XDA! Let me introduce you my new Linux app: ADB-Frontend (Alpha 0.1).
I think everyone in this forum knows or at least have heard of ADB, the android debug bridge: a useful set of tools to manage some aspects of your Android device directly from your PC (more informations about ADB).
I use this tool a lot, but I think that sometimes it could be nice to have a user interface to make things a bit faster, and that's why I've created this frontend.
This tool works on Linux if you have installed adb and you invoke it with the simple "adb" command in a terminal. You will also need Qt libraries. I've tested this tool with my Ubuntu 13.04 machine, but it should work on almost every distro.
The binary works on 64 bit machines, if you want a 32 bit version, tell me with an email: I will provide you the source code and give you instructions on how to compile it for your system.
This application is still an Alpha stage, I don't accept donations yet, and this tool is free, so don't complain if features are missing, not working, or if this destroys your PC/phone/tablet, or kills your cat.
Feel free to report a bug replying to this thread.
Hi all! We have started back on our project, UserLAnd (userland.tech), which is an easy way for people to have Linux distros or Linux apps on your Android device. One of the things we are trying to work on is developing access to apps that currently aren't available on Android through our platform. For example, we have just launched a GIMP app (which is the actual GIMP!) and also desktop Firefox (here is a link to all of our apps in the play store - https://play.google.com/store/apps/dev?id=8617260147938950881)
Anyway, I wanted to get some ideas from the community on what apps we should consider pursuing! Let me know and thanks in advance!