Re: [PLUG] Virtualbox, Android

2013-01-25 Thread Roderick A. Anderson
On 01/23/2013 08:19 PM, Keith Lofstrom wrote: MK802 II Anyone know-about or have-experience with using this (type of) device for Android App development? Seem like an nice and inexpensive way to experiment without buying a tablet or installing the extra stuff needed for the Android SDK on a

[PLUG] Virtualbox, Android

2013-01-23 Thread Keith Lofstrom
It seems that an Android virtual machine can run inside Virtualbox. Which suggests that Android apps can run in a virtual machine on a laptop, and that I don't have to buy an Android tablet or phone to use some apps and services without native Linux implementations. An example is gotomeeting.com

Re: [PLUG] Virtualbox, Android

2013-01-23 Thread Ronald Chmara
http://www.kirsle.net/blog/kirsle/android-4-0-in-virtualbox notes problems with sound, video, screen rotation, apps that are optimized for ARM chips... Interesting find. On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 5:03 PM, Keith Lofstrom kei...@gate.kl-ic.comwrote: It seems that an Android virtual machine can

Re: [PLUG] Virtualbox, Android

2013-01-23 Thread Keith Lofstrom
On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 05:15:37PM -0800, Ronald Chmara wrote: http://www.kirsle.net/blog/kirsle/android-4-0-in-virtualbox notes problems with sound, video, screen rotation, apps that are optimized for ARM chips... Interesting find. Great link! The Android X86 port appears not ready for

Re: [PLUG] Virtualbox, Android

2013-01-23 Thread Patrick J. Timlick
Until a few months ago, I used the images from androvm.org for testing during android development. I got adb working through a bridged network, so I could do some rudimentary testing and debugging. It is a fast Android box when run on a youthful Mac Book Pro, much better than the emulator. It

Re: [PLUG] Virtualbox, Android

2013-01-23 Thread alan
On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 05:15:37PM -0800, Ronald Chmara wrote: http://www.kirsle.net/blog/kirsle/android-4-0-in-virtualbox notes problems with sound, video, screen rotation, apps that are optimized for ARM chips... Interesting find. Great link! The Android X86 port appears not ready for