Archive:Android FAQ

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This is the Frequently Asked Questions for Android. Template:XBMC FAQ

General FAQ

See also: XBMC all platforms FAQ for FAQs that apply to all versions of XBMC.

Installing/getting XBMC for Android Link Right now Team XBMC is not providing any pre-compiled binaries to the public, but anyone can compile a copy from https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc using the instructions at https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/blob/master/docs/README.android Only Ubuntu and Mac OS X building environments have been tested so far. XBMC for Android will eventually come to Google Play. Public test APKs will be available in the coming weeks.

Where can I get more information? Link These are the early days for XBMC for Android! Things are changing almost daily, and there's a ton of different devices and configurations and questions out there. Feel free to edit this page if you see anything you can improve. http://xbmc.org/theuni/2012/07/13/xbmc-for-android/ http://forum.xbmc.org/forumdisplay.php?fid=164

Phones and tablets Link While tablet and phones will work with XBMC, the main aim right now is set-top boxes. Expect touch/skin/etc support to improve with time.

Requirements Link It is highly recommended for users to not make any hardware purchases in anticipation of running Kodi on Android without first researching the device you want to buy. Before you do buy, make sure multiple people have verified that it works! If in doubt, do not buy any hardware! Kodi v17 and later requires Android 5.0 or higher. x86 (Intel) or a NEON-compatible ARM-processor, (for example: Nvidia Tegra 3 and newer are fully supported by Kodi, while Tegra 2 and older are not). The main aim for the Android port of Kodi is to foremost target media-players/set-top-boxes/sticks that connect to a large screen television and uses a standard remote control as its main interface device, (that is the same market as for HTPC).

Will this really do 1080 and everything the desktop can do? Link Yes! This is a full port of XBMC! Hardware video decoding support is very limited right now, so most devices will have to use software decoding. Expect support for hardware decoding to improve with time.

XBMC for Android version Link The current version of XBMC for Android is based on pre-Frodo (version 12). This is an unstable development version. The first stable version of XBMC for Android will be released with XBMC v12 (Frodo) and will be based on the same code as XBMC for all the other supported platforms.

Will XBMC run on this or that device? Link Right now the only real way to know is to actually try it out. The developers have only so many Android devices to test on, and there's so many more out there. Requirements are also still evolving at this time. The main aim of XBMC for Android is to run on inexpensive Android powered set-top boxes.

Why can't I find the userdata folder? Link The userdata folder is located on external storage/sdcard at: Android/data/org.xbmc.xbmc/files/.xbmc/userdata/ Be sure to have hidden folders set to be shown in your file explorer.

Troubleshooting

See also: Troubleshooting