Re: [android-developers] Can we use Android on embedded device without LCD?Are there any devices in the market with this option?

On Wednesday, April 4, 2012 4:32:23 AM UTC-4, the_edge123 wrote:

On 31/03/12 23:34, AndroidGuy wrote:
> Hello Friends,
>
> Android is mainly designed for phones and Tablets. But lot of embedded
> devices doesn't have LCD display or in fact any user input device.Can
> we use Android on embedded system without LCD?
>    
Can't you use a standard embedded OS instead ?

Someone who felt like it could presumably use android features such as Dalvik, Binder, Intents, wakelocks etc - perhaps even the unmodified android sdk in an embedded system.

However the system itself could not be standard android, because android is designed to give certain system-management-decision powers only to the live interacting user.  Without a way to interface to a live, interacting user, you would have to design an alternate system management interface.  And unless you do your real world I/O via the limited USB host capabilities in later android versions or something like bluetooth, you will probably need a lot of customizations to interface your headless embedded android to peripherals. Discussion of those customizations would be more appropriate on android-porting or even more specialized lists - especially if you are starting with an existing embedded style platform like a beagleboard, there may be specifically applicable discussion groups.

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