On Tuesday, October 29, 2013 10:12:39 PM UTC+5:30, [email protected] wrote: > > I recently got tasked with getting Android working on the Beagleboard xm > with the xm lcd7 touchscreen. A well documented problem is that the display > resolution is too high and mirrored when you boot up android with this > screen. Also touch does not work. I remedied the display issues by altering > my bootargs which mirrors the display and changes the resolution to > 800x480. When this is done the three Android software buttons (back, home, > running apps) are no longer visibile. Does anyone know how to get them > back? I will worry about the touchscreen for later. >
Android does not display the NavBar by default for 'low' resolutions like 800x480. You need to force it in the build. Refer the following post on rowboat: https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rowboat/_9IYwTL4y84/discussion -Vishveshwar > > The bootargs are: > setenv bootargs 'omapfb.mirror=y console=ttyO2,115200n8 > androidboot.console=ttyO2 mem=256M root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rw rootfstype=ext4 > rootwait init=/init ip=off omap_vout.vid1_static_vrfb_alloc=y vram=8M > omapfb.vram=0:8M omapdss.def_disp=dvi omapfb.mode=dvi:800x480-24' > > any help is appreciated > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
