I haven't yet written a wiki page about it.

In short:

   1. Some Android devices support being the USB host, some don't.
   2. When connecting such a device to the IOIO, the USB cable itself
   determines who will be the host (the "A" side of the cable) and who will be
   the device (the "B" side).
   3. The OTG adapter provided with your IOIO may be compatible with your
   Android. If so, having the adapter on the Android side will cause it to
   become host. Some Android devices don't accept the micro-A connector
   despite supporting host mode. For those, you'd need to buy a very similar
   cable to the adapter cable, only with a (non-standard) micro-B connector on
   the male side.
   4. Regardless of software / firmware / anything else, if you are able to
   get the red power LED on the IOIO to turn on without external power supply,
   you're probably good to go and any problems you might have can probably be
   sorted out with following the right steps in building the Android app.
   Otherwise, the tablet may not support host mode, or you're doing something
   wrong with the connection.


On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 7:21 AM, Mark Melvin <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I just found out about this:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CYsGg9q-Y4&feature=share
>
> And it looks like this is now in the main code base.  But I can't get this
> to work with my old Motorola Xoom.  I have a couple questions:
>
> 1) Is there wiki page documenting how to make this work (do I need a
> special cable)?  I could not find one.
> 2) I am assuming not all devices support this.  That's fine, I am willing
> to buy a Nexus 7 or whatever I need to buy to get this feature.  Is there a
> list of devices somwhere that do support this?  Would the Nexus 5, for
> instance?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Mark.
>
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