Just got my copy from Amazon, its great! Highly recommend it! On Sunday, February 22, 2015 at 11:22:17 AM UTC-7, Andrew Henderson wrote: > > Hello all! I am happy to announce that one of my colleagues, Aravind > Prakash, and I have put together a book that gives some practical guidance > on using Android on the BeagleBone Black platform. This book is "Android > for the BeagleBone Black" from Packt Publishing (ISBN 978-1784392161), and > it is now available on Amazon. It covers a number of the details involved > in installing Android on the BBB using the 3.8 Linux kernel and creating > apps that interface with hardware connected to the BBB's P8/P9 connectors. > There are step-by-step instructions on getting ADB over USB running, adding > device tree overlays to your Android system, and setting up the system at > boot via the Android init*.rc files. There is also complete source code > provided for sample apps that use JNI and AsyncTask background threads to > talk with GPIO, I2C, and SPI hardware. We've selected some nice hardware > components for the examples that will get you up-and-running without > requiring you to have extensive hardware knowledge: > http://i.imgur.com/bz4Fjeq.jpg > > Packt has made a sample of the book available for free here: > http://www.slideshare.net/Products123/android-for-the-beaglebone-black-sample-chapter > > Back in 2013, I began experimenting with getting Android running on the > BeagleBone Black with the 3.8 kernel so that I could quickly and easily > interface capes and custom hardware with Android. I made a few Android > 4.2.2 JellyBean images available and I received *thousands* of mails from > hobbyists, engineers, and students asking all sorts of questions and > sharing info about what they've discovered while using Android on the BBB. > The Android building process was a bit rough around the edges, so I tried > to streamline the process as best as I could. The result was the > BBBAndroid project (bbbandroid.org), which allows you to build Android > 4.4.4 KitKat with the 3.8 kernel in only a handful of simple steps. > > I was surprised at all of the BBB projects that people have been using > Android for! A number of engineering firms and universities from all over > the world have contacted me for advice about using the open hardware design > of the BBB as an Android EVM or as a basis for new Android gizmos and > research projects. Having the 3.8 kernel available has allowed them to > rapidly integrate and test hardware with their Android system prototypes, > so I've heard about all sorts of tablets, car computers, portable media > devices, smart toasters, etc. that people have been putting together with > BBBs running Android. Hopefully, this book will help give people those > critical missing bits of information that they need to really dig in and > start creating some nice Android-based projects. Since the tutorials and > documentation available for Android target the more "official" support for > Android on the BBB with the 3.2 kernel, this book helps out those of you > who want to use the BBB's cape manager to easily use commercially-available > capes and quickly prototype new hardware and get it talking to Android apps. > > Enjoy, and be sure to let me know what Android projects you're creating > for the BBB! > > Andrew > >
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