Huge news: Android now officially supported on Pi 3

[Popcorn]

Maybe only a matter of time for the other Pis like our zero.

Google to bring official Android support to the Raspberry Pi 3

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/05/ ... erry-pi-3/

[Thijs852]

Well, it's not official yet. There is only a first sign of official support. So we have to wait for google to make it official. I hope it will be available soon.

[wermy]

Maybe only a matter of time for the other Pis like our zero.

Google to bring official Android support to the Raspberry Pi 3

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/05/ ... erry-pi-3/

That's exciting. Imagine dual-booting between android and RetroPie. *drool*

[Ganreizu]

I saw this on slashdot yesterday. I don't know what this means for our purposes though. Are there better emulator support on android or something? Are there other cool features we could implement from having android?

[Fleder]

Dual-Boot would be pretty sweet.
Maybe even some kind of emulator in linux?
You would be able to play retro emulators + google play games.

[wermy]

I saw this on slashdot yesterday. I don't know what this means for our purposes though. Are there better emulator support on android or something? Are there other cool features we could implement from having android?

Well, for the GBZ I probably won't bother. But for some other projects it could be really awesome, considering some of the great Android ports of games. One project I'd like to do at somepoint is a Wii U gamepad with a raspberry pi, since it's already got a nice big spot for a screen, great controls, etc. Running android you could play tons of great games that will take advantage of the dual analog sticks and all that.

[Popcorn]

Awww.. and here I was excited just to have an Android "cartridge" for the GBZ

[wermy]

Awww.. and here I was excited just to have an Android "cartridge" for the GBZ

Hah! That didn't even cross my mind. That would be awesome.

[jlane52641]

PiDroid!!
Love it!
Thinking how great it will be to use the many pinball emulators already running on android

[Kilren]

Quiet down people! I am trying to make a phone call with my GBZ...