Kubuntu as 'host' and Android as 'guest': any experience at this list?

[Clay Weber]

On Monday, August 10, 2015 09:37:51 AM Clay Weber wrote:
> On Monday, August 10, 2015 02:27:45 PM Bas G. Roufs wrote:
> > Hello Everybody.
> > 
> > Is there anybody at this list who: .......
> > +...  manages to somehow use some recent version of Kubuntu as as a
> > 'host',together with some version of Android as guest?
> > +... wants to share his or her experience here?
> > If your answer to both questions is 'yes', please, read on.
> > 
> > The exact version of Android is only of secondary importance to me. At
> > this
> > moment, I am trying 'Android 4.4. for the Eee PC Family'. However, I am
> > happy to use any other version. The exact way to host Android is also of
> > limited importance - at his moment, I am trying VirtualBox. However, I am
> > also happy to use  'KDE Connect' or any other method.
> > 
> > A few times, I  fruitlessly tried to to get started with Android within
> > VirtualBox
> > 
> > along the lines of this manual:
> > > http://www.howtogeek.com/164570/how-to-install-android-in-virtualbox/
> > 
> > Other things possibly useful to know:
> > * Host OS: an up-to-date Kubuntu 14.04 LTS system;
> > * Guest OS tried so far:  Android 4.4. Kitkat for the 'Eee PC Family'
> > * Hardware: Asus Eee PC Flare series, 4 GB RAM, 1.6 Ghz processor,  320 GB
> > HD.
> > 
> > So far, I have been using a few strategies.
> > 
> > First of all, I simply have been following the standard path way I usually
> > follow inside Android: early log-in into my gmail account.
> > 
> > Additionally, I have skipped the login in the early phase; by choosing  a
> > 'not now' option, I do manage to get into the Android system and even to
> > prevent that platform from 'sleeping'.
> > 
> > However, both strategies fail in the end as soon as I try to sign into my
> > Gmail account. One persistent problem prevents me from doing anything
> > beyond the sign-in moment. I simply do not manage to  transfer the WIFI
> > connection I am using, to the virtual Android system - this prevents me
> > from using 'Google Play' - the app repository of Google. Both Kubuntu and
> > VB do detect the (WIFI) internet connection I am using, however, Android
> > not. According to the manual at 'Howtogeek', the internet connection
> > should
> > also work by simply skipping the WIFI turn-on option in Android - however,
> > this is not the case.
> > 
> > At this point, a few questions spring to my mind.
> > 
> > Is there anything else I can do to go beyond this deadlock?
> > 
> > Secondly, take a look at the hardware specs I have summarised above. Is
> > 'Virtual Box' at all possible at such a machine? Is it perhaps better to
> > install Android at one of the empty partitions at my machine?
> > 
> > Finally for now - so far, I have been trying this version:
> > Android 4.4. Kitkat for the 'Eee PC Family'.
> > However, I am happy to use any other recent version instead.
> > 
> > Thanks for considering my questions. Have a nice day.
> > 
> > Respectfully Yours,
> > 
> > Bas G. Roufs.
> > 
> > 
> > ========================================
> > 
> > Bas G. Roufs
> > Utrecht, NL, EU.
> > E.: bas at basroufs.eu, M./SMS: +31 6 446 835 10.
> 
> Are you wanting to run Android as a desktop OS, or are you looking for a
> testing/development environment?
> 
> Without any links to what image file you are using or to the instructions
> you used to set up and install it, can I guess from " Android 4.4. Kitkat
> for the 'Eee PC Family" that you are using an image from the android-x86
> project? http://www.android-x86.org/
> 
> As you are using a eee-pc, have you considered installing the OS directly to
> an sdcard and booting from that, or trying a newer iso image, which seems
> to no longer need a special build for individual computers any longer?
> http://www.android-x86.org/releases/releasenote-4-4-r3.
> 
> You might simply just need to adjust the virtual machine's network card type
> and/or setting it to "bridged" mode.
> 
> Having said all this, I have never used android in virtualbox, or on a pc,
> even my eeepc 701


If you are wanting to run Android in Virtual box, have you seen this how-to:
http://sysads.co.uk/2014/06/install-genymotion-in-ubuntu-14-04/



-- 
Clay Weber