qemu-android-x86

This is a modified version from https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/qemu-android-x86/

Changes include:

• Downgraded Android x86 to 7.1-r5, which includes houdini support (ARM translation layer)
• Set up ADB connection, configurable via NETPORT config. Default is port 47000 with user networking, so the command to connect would be $ adb connect localhost:47000
• Read + Write system image. This is done by unsquashing the original image.

Installation

Arch Linux

• Clone this repo

  $ git clone https://github.com/viperML/qemu-android-x86

• Build and install the package

  $ makepkg -sric

Gentoo Linux

• Copy the provided ebuild to a local overlay and emerge it.

Usage

Either:

• Run $ qemu-android from your terminal
• Use the provided .desktop file. You may need to configure the terminal emulator to use in the config file.

(Optional) To enable support for ARM apps:

• In Android, Settings > Apps compatibility > Enable native bridge > Reboot
• Use the provided shell (or via a terminal emulator app):
  • Remount /system as writable # mount -o rw,remount /system
  • Manually pull houdini # wget http://dl.android-x86.org/houdini/7_y/houdini.sfs -O /system/etc/houdini7_y.sfs
  • Modify...
    • # vi /system/bin/enable_nativebridge
    • Add v=7_y after the first if statement
  • Finally run # enable_nativebridge, no output should come out (don't ask me why that script is so broken...)