Downloading android on rpi2b+

This is a 6 months project, starting November and finishing April The project is divided in two Sprints each one of 3 months. In the first three months I will divide them in 3 phases. The next three months will divided in 4 phases. The main goal for Q2 is have a stable Firefox OS build with most of the hardware in the Raspberry supported not fully support expected and some tweaks for the UI to make it desktop friendly.

Install the b2g build prerequisites. For the time being, only linux is officially supported as a build environment; you can use OS X but you'll have to manually partition your RPi's SD card for the first flash. Note that Ubuntu If you're not running Ubuntu A b2g build environment consumes a fair amount of disk space, between GB. Please make sure you have enough free space on your development machine or VM. The config. Run this command to check version:.

Command outputs quite a bit of information. To get only basic information such as ping, download and upload speeds, use --simple argument.

F-Droid works very similarly to the usual Play Store on normal Android devices. There are categories you can look for apps in, and you can also search for something you like. Some of your favourite apps on Android may even be available.

Select the app you want, then hit the install button. Android apps can also be downloaded and installed manually on a Raspberry Pi, by a process known as "sideloading". Android apps work by downloading a specific file which is then used to install the software onto the device.

If you have the APK file, you can install an app on Android without having to go through a separate store. F-Droid specialises in free and open-source Android apps, so you may not find everything you want on there, such as Netflix. Open the browser in emteria. OS and head to Netflix. Once the APK file has been downloaded, open it from the Downloads menu. They demonstrate installing the operating system, and using the Google Play store to download Android apps, including games.

They even demonstrate Angry Birds in action. There are a few limitations. There are also some graphical hardware acceleration issues, although the demonstration of Angry Birds seems to run fine. Once done, you get a first wizard to finish the setup :. Choose your language, time zone and wireless connection. Then you can configure the other options as you want privacy, security, etc. Once done, the Android desktop shows up. Depending on your goal, you can start working with the basic apps browser, file browse, etc.

To access them, scroll up the bottom bar. This is always the most complex part on an Android installation, for any device or system. To do this, we need to enable developer options and run a command as root. Then you can press F5 to choose to reboot in recovery mode. Back in Android, you should see a Terminal app available: Open it and enter the following commands : su rpi4-recovery.

Note : If the rpi4-recovery. Allow all asked permissions. If you are on Raspberry Pi 3, there is probably an equivalent, something like: rpi3-recovery. The system will now reboot on recovery mode. Swipe to allow system modifications, you should get this screen: We can now move to the Google Apps installation. Then follow this procedure:. To enable the recovery mode, we also need to run the command to change the boot to normal mode.

I am downloading Lineage OS Once you click on one of the links, you should see the following page. Now, you should be redirected to the following file hosting website. Click on the download link as marked in the screenshot below. Once you download and install Etcher, insert your microSD card in your computer and open Etcher. Now, click on Select image as marked in the screenshot below.

A file picker should be opened. Now, select the Lineage OS image that you just downloaded for your Raspberry Pi 3 and click on Open as marked in the screenshot below.

Finally, power on your Raspberry Pi 3.