Hacking Android OS on Switch Ultimate Discussion Thread

[Deleted-351540]

Some dev already told me today that android is been ported to the switch and that the touch screen is already working

If this is true, this is awesome. I've been looking into getting a decent Android tablet and being able to boot into Android on my Switch would save me a bit of cash. Bonus if the joycons work in Android!

 

[TR_mahmutpek]

Some dev already told me today that android is been ported to the switch and that the touch screen is already working

It would be awesome. Can you post any screenshot or video if possible?

 

[Nezztor]

Some dev already told me today that android is been ported to the switch and that the touch screen is already working

If you can share some proof it would be good

 

[Deleted User]

If you can share some proof it would be good

I don't. Need to post any proof I got this information from the Lakka dev, I guess you can trust him

 

[hippy dave]

It's happening, the dev discusses it sometimes on Reswitched discord too.

 

[Deleted member 435036]

because some people can only afford a switch and not a phone and some peoples phones aren't very powerful.

 

[Sticker]

Instead of porting Android, just write app for Switch, basically switch have good homebrew library right now, now we need a good web browser instead of some shit like android

 

[M7L7NK7]

If it means getting the mobile port of san andreas im happy

 

[hippy dave]

Instead of porting Android, just write app for Switch, basically switch have good homebrew library right now, now we need a good web browser instead of some shit like android

Someone's working on a web browser too.

 

[guily6669]

because some people can only afford a switch and not a phone and some peoples phones aren't very powerful.

Well if you buy a used phone you can always get more power than the Switch for a brand new Switch price, specially in CPU power as the high end devices are always 2ghz+...

But I also would love to get dual boot between CFW and android on the Switch making it a all-in-one entertainment device.

 

[Techjunky90]

Instead of porting Android, just write app for Switch, basically switch have good homebrew library right now, now we need a good web browser instead of some shit like android

Android should be more of a priority, because android has loads of games. Plus, there might be a slim chance that someone can reverse engineer the official Nintendo gamecube/Wii emulator that's on the nvidia shield tv which is far more capable than dolphin.

 

[ZachyCatGames]

-snip-

 

[Deleted member 435036]

Well if you buy a used phone you can always get more power than the Switch for a brand new Switch price, specially in CPU power as the high end devices are always 2ghz+...

But I also would love to get dual boot between CFW and android on the Switch making it a all-in-one entertainment device.

what if you bought a used switch or din't have the money for a used phone aswell as your switch

 

[ghjfdtg]

Well if you buy a used phone you can always get more power than the Switch for a brand new Switch price, specially in CPU power as the high end devices are always 2ghz+...

But I also would love to get dual boot between CFW and android on the Switch making it a all-in-one entertainment device.

2 GHz+ is just marketing fluff when it can't hold that speed for more than a few minutes because of passive cooling. They will throttle.

 

[Deleted User]

2 GHz+ is just marketing fluff when it can't hold that speed for more than a few minutes because of passive cooling. They will throttle.

Once Droid is working , ps2 will come to the switch

 

[Techjunky90]

Once Droid is working , ps2 will come to the switch

Don't expect much, ps2 emulation would be better on horizon os because android os uses to much resources

 

[kevin corms]

Here we go again

Why do we need Android when the majority of people own a smart device anyway?

so we can dont have to buy another device for android tv for example.

--------------------- MERGED ---------------------------

Don't expect much, ps2 emulation would be better on horizon os because android os uses to much resources

The shield which uses the same chip and runs android can run game cube games at around 1080p. but thats a commercial emulator, we probably wont get the same optimization for free and without nvidia involved.

 

[Techjunky90]

so we can dont have to buy another device for android tv for example.

--------------------- MERGED ---------------------------


The shield which uses the same chip and runs android can run game cube games at around 1080p. but thats a commercial emulator, we probably wont get the same optimization for free and without nvidia involved.

You are talking GameCube emulation, I'm talking ps2 emulation.

 

[Cubuss]

Ultimate trash thread you mean?

Riperoni in peperoni mah dude

 

[kevin corms]

You are talking GameCube emulation, I'm talking ps2 emulation.

not a big difference in required resource, gamecube was actually faster but less exotic. ps2 emulation requires more work, and they would probably need low level access. chances are nobody will do it perfectly for free.