Android Device Porting Walkthrough

The talk provides an overview of porting Android to custom hardware devices. It discusses the key requirements for compatibility with Google services and the Android ecosystem. It then describes the process of creating a custom Android device using the AOSP and Linaro sources, including setting up the device directory, bootloader, kernel, and init system. The document shares the speaker’s experience porting Android to various hardware architectures and outlines some of the differences between the Android and typical Linux systems.

Android Builder Summit 2012