Revision as of 16:32, 29 February 2016

sfdroid - Android-in-a-Window

Status: Alpha, yet stable for basic daily needs

For installation instructions refer to specific device's wiki page. Currently supported: Nexus 4 and Nexus 5.

Demo video of early unstable release: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--OtwvH4ARU

Things not yet working inside Android-in-a-Window:

• NFC
• bluetooth
• GPS
• sensors (accelerometer works!)
• USB (for apps/services that use it)
• GSM calls/SMSs (mobile data works!)

Known issues

Written out here instead of bugzilla for now:

• after updates input (when android dexopts) does sometimes refuse to work (solution: restart renderer when android is up)
• if the camera is active in android sfos will not be able to take over (close it first in android)
• vibration motor stops working in both, after an unknown amount of time
• running a browser in Sailfish and Android, at the same time and switching between them as they both run in the background crashes lipstick I think
• it's a bit difficult to access the notification bar, or get out of immersive mode (clicking on notification bar does the trick)
• updating Sailfish OS via OTA breaks sfdroid
• sfdroid seems to get unresponsive after going to sleep for an excessive amount of time (over night) (not reproducible in 2.0.0.10 anymore though)

Changelog

v0.9-alpha - 28 February 2016

• accelerometer (rotation) support
• reduce cpu usage
• fix multitouch
• use dbus to query wifi/mobile data information
• some bug fixes (input, crashes, ...)
• hammerhead: runs more smoothly
• hammerhead: fixed cocovina's system_server startup problem
• mako: mobile data icon fix

v0.8-1-alpha - 10 February 2016

• fix high cpu usage of the renderer
• hack: get out of full screen apps easier (start swipe inside the screen)

v0.8-alpha

• uinput
• mako support
• camera support
• less cpu usage by system_server
• fake wifi
• disabled most HAL modules
• ...

v0.7-alpha - 24 December 2015

• Fix resolution
• Other changes which you won't notice

v0.6-alpha - 13 December 2015

• Moved fix_input to /usr/bin/sfdroid_fix_input and sfdroid to /usr/bin/sfdroid

v0.5-alpha - 12 December 2015

• Implement a silly workaround for input: Android will not read input anymore if sfdroid is not maximized/has focus.

v0.4-alpha - 10 December 2015

• Hardcode Nexus 5 buffer sizes
• Fix texcoords
• Screen contens are now correctly drawn
• Source code released. WORKS!

v0.3-alpha - 10 December 2015

• Add missing socket close if renderer is not running
• Fix send_native_handle/recv_native_handle functions (typo)

v0.2-alpha - 9 December 2015

• Bootloader check adjusted

v0.1-alpha - 8 December 2015

• Initial upload: First version with fast(er) buffer handle sharing

v0.0-alpha - 5 December 2015

• Test version (for nh1402), based on thp's harmattandroid: (slow) copy of SurfaceFlinger buffer. WORKS!