Questions tagged [android-things]

Android Things is an operating system for the Internet of Things based on the Android OS. It supports common peripherals like GPIO, SPI, I²C and UART with a single headed or headless app. When asking a question, don't use the Android tag unless it is common for both operating systems. It is a light weight version of Android OS, specially design for IOT devices.

The Android Things console will stop supporting new projects on January 5, 2021, and will be turned down for all existing projects on January 5, 2022. For more details, visit the FAQ page.

  • New APIs for IoT devices
  • Turnkey hardware solutions
  • Low barrier to entry
  • Build products at scale

Build connected devices for a wide variety of consumer, retail, and industrial applications.

Official documentation:

Android Things Official Web Site

Android Things SDK Overview

Android Things Release Notes

Supported Hardware Platforms

Official Repositories:

Official GitHub profile

User-space drivers

Peripheral Driver Samples

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Brillo (Android things) with weave

I'm new in this field of Android things(Brillo) and weave protocol I have Android Things OS image installed for my Rasp3 and successfully booted up and log in to shell using adb, everything fine and the simple example of LED was successfully worked…
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Detect iBeacons on android-things devices (Raspberry Pi 3)

Is it possible to detect iBeacons on android-things devices (Raspberry Pi 3)? I try to subscribe to Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacon messages with the Nearby Messages API. My app subscribes to ibeacon messages in the foreground, but the registered…
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Build Android with no display?

Is it possible to build Android for a device without a touchscreen? I have in mind a device with no display at all. This would be similar to Android Things SDK, which is not at all ready yet.
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More GPIO pins: use expansion boards, or 2 raspberry pi?

I'm planning to start a project using a RPi3 and Android Things. I need 50 GPIO pins (20 inputs, 30 outputs), so I have 2 options: use an expansion board, or use 2 RPis. So I have a question for each option: If I use an expansion board: will be…
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Can't able to connect Android things Respberry pi 3 to Wifi gives Error: No intent supplied

I successfully connected to Raspberry pi3 (android things preview image) via following command adb connect but after to connect Wifi using following command : adb shell am startservice \ -n com.google.wifisetup/.WifiSetupService…
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Uart / GPS driver sample buffer overflow

I am trying the sample for the GPS driver with a raspberry pi 3 and the Ultimate GPS V3 breakout board. Here is the full source code: https://github.com/androidthings/drivers-samples/tree/master/gps The GPS board is connected following this…
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Monitor not showing anything after connecting android things flashed image in Rashberry Pi

I have flashed the latest android things image in my Raspberry Pi SD card. And then connected the Raspberry Pi device with external power also connected with my personal monitor. After turning on the power, I can't see any changes in my monitor.…
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Android Things on Raspberry pi 3 not connecting using ADB Connect command

I installed AndroidThings on Raspberry Pi 3. It boots up properly and showing IP address on display. Raspberry Pi 3 is connected to Ethernet. Next, on my laptop, I updated my Android SDKs to latest version. I am using SDK 25. Then I tried to connect…
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Brillo's partitioning scheme

I've just recently stumbled over Brillo on Google's source code website. On it, I've found several files with the extension bpt. These are JSON files that appear to describe partitions on devices. Here are the contents of the base file: { …
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Android-Things: Migrate gpiocallback functions to suspendcoroutine functions

Following the example in the photo below, I want to migrate a function with callback to a SuspendCoroutine function: 1) Is it possible to transpose the code below to SuspendCoroutine? (I ask why there may be reserved codes from the library, type:…
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Android Studio won't apply changes in code

EDIT2: Seems to be working now. It was just my computer that were so slow so I thought nothing was happening... I followed the instructions in the Android Studio introduction meticulously, but it doesn't apply the code changes except for the "Hello…
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Can't use Serial debug console on Raspberry pi 3B Android Things

I am trying to connect my Raspberry pi 3B which has Android Things installed to my PC using the Serial debug cable. I connected it as instructed Here and followed the below steps using PUTTY on Windows 10. N.B: Same issue is with the Android Emteria…
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Could not find com.android.tools.build:aapt2:3.3.0-alpha08-4963834. I am getting this error

Searched in the following locations: - file:/C:/Users/3D Electronics/AppData/Local/Android/Sdk/extras/m2repository/com/android/tools/build/aapt2/3.3.0-alpha08-4963834/aapt2-3.3.0-alpha08-4963834.pom - file:/C:/Users/3D…
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Setting up android things using an ios device

Watched this talk about setting up an android thing device. But ios devices don't support Nearby Connections so how are we supposed to setup this for ios?
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What is file format or extension of android things App?

As we know that the extension of Android app is .APK. likewise, I want to know the app extension of android things app.
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