Android-x86

Run Android on your PC

This is a project to port Android open source project to x86 platform, formerly known as "patch hosting for android x86 support". The original plan is to host different patches for android x86 support from open source community. A few months after we created the project, we found out that we could do much more than just hosting patches. So we decide to create our code base to provide support on different x86 platforms, and set up a git server to host it.

This is an open source project licensed under Apache Public License 2.0. Some components are licensed under GNU General Public License (GPL) 2.0 or later. If you think we did something great, consider making a donation.

What's New

2020-02-27: The Android-x86 9.0-r1 released (the first stable release of pie-x86).
2020-01-23: The Android-x86 9.0-rc2 released (the second release candidate of pie-x86).
2019-11-20: The q-x86 branch is ready for developers.
2019-11-15: The Android-x86 9.0-rc1 released (the first release candidate of pie-x86).
2019-10-30: The Android-x86 8.1-r3 released (the third stable release of oreo-x86).
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Project Goal

To provide a complete solution for Android on common x86 platforms. You may think Android-x86 as an Android BSP of generic x86 platforms.

Screenshots

More screenshots can be found here.

Tested Platforms

The tests are done by the project members and others from android-porting group.

Microtech e-tab Pro (2018)
ASUS Eee PCs/Laptops
Viewsonic Viewpad 10
Dell Inspiron Mini Duo
Samsung Q1U
Viliv S5
Lenovo ThinkPad x61 Tablet

Most of the models can run the native resolutions via i915 driver. Thanks to the kernel mode setting (kms) feature introduced since kernel 2.6.29.

Features

The following features are available in the latest release.

Kernel 4.19, KMS enable
Wifi support with GUI
Better disk installer
Power Suspend/resume (S3 mode)
Battery Status
Software mouse cursor
Mouse wheel
Support netbook native resolution
Audio (ALSA)
V4l2 Camera support
Mirror mode on external monitors
External storage auto mount support
Support external keyboard
Debug mode with busybox
Bluetooth
G-sensor

Source Code

We provide a complete, compilable and workable source tree. Read this page for how to use it.

Development (2019/10)

What we are working on now

Android 10 (Q release) porting (q-x86 branch)
Upgrade kernel to 4.19 or newer
OpenGL ES hardware acceleration for intel/radeon/nvidia/amdgpu (pstglia, mauro) and virgl(robh) GPUs.
HDMI audio (cwhuang)
LineageOS integration (jjm)
Hardware accelerated codecs

To-Do List

Multiple displays support
Better power management
Miracast