N2+ Android

[PiperCalls]

Hi,

Brand new to the N2+, had a question if someone wouldn't mind helping a noober out.

I'm particularly interested in Android. I see an official 9 dl and also 10, 11 & 12 in the forums.

1. Google Play Store/Services is a must...would I be better off going with 9?

2. External touchscreen support. Saw a video this was possible with some vid/pid entries, etc. Again better to stick with 9 for something like that?

Thx for any help/input.

[joerg]

Android 9 is provided by Hardkernel.
The other versions are LineageOS provided by user @voodik.
Usually I would go with the newer one, but 12 is very early state. All have touchscreen support for various models, and Hardkernel and also @voodik usually do the favor to integrate, if it is easy as an usb hid multitouch screen.

[PiperCalls]

Ok thank you for clarifying the versions. That's great to hear that touchscreen is supported. Question...does that include multi-touch? I was thinking of a monitor with touchscreen overlay as I need a larger display than the typical touchscreen panels provide. I believe they just use hdmi for video out & usb for the overlay from what I've read. The overlay is windows compatible so I believe it's usb hid. It's a project for an autistic child & some of the apps require multi-touch.
Thx

[joerg]

Yes, it normally is multi-touch. But it depends on the model how much fingers. You should read the datasheet for this model. I can take a look at the source code, if this vid/pid is already there, if you present it.

[PiperCalls]

I'm currently shopping for the ir touch overlay, focusing on units that state windows & android capable. I see there was an article in odroid magazine from Sept 2018 that goes over exactly what I am doing. Anyone know what ir touch overlay that was used for that? A brand was mentioned but the link is dead.
Thx

[rooted]

I'm currently shopping for the ir touch overlay, focusing on units that state windows & android capable. I see there was an article in odroid magazine from Sept 2018 that goes over exactly what I am doing. Anyone know what ir touch overlay that was used for that? A brand was mentioned but the link is dead.
Thx

You mean the large TV touchscreen Hardkernel demo'd?

[PiperCalls]

Yes that's what I'm doing. It's an IR touchscreen sensor that goes on the bezel of an lcd

[odroid]

Look into this thread to learn about how we supported the touchscreen drivers on Android.
viewtopic.php?f=51&t=15495

[PiperCalls]

Ok thanks I'll read through that. It looks like primarily touchscreen panels though. So in my case with an IR touchscreen overlay it would be the same process? As long as it's a usb connection & presents a vid/pid I would assume it is.
Thx

[servetm]

Right.

Here is a brief process about the touchscreen on Android.

<1> Check if your USB touchscreen controller supports the standard HID multi-touch protocol or not. If not, your touchscreen will not work until you port the controller vendor specific drivers by yourself.
<2> Try finding your VID/PID in N2 Android touchscreen driver source code. If exists, your touch screen will work out of the box probably.
https://github.com/hardkernel/linux/blo ... /hid-ids.h
<3> If you can't find, edit /odm/env.ini file to add your VID/PID for temporarily testing.
For example,

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test_mt_vid="1FD2"
test_mt_pid="6103"

<4> If the test result is ok, we will add the VID/PID to the kernel driver source for the next update release.

[PiperCalls]

Perfect. Thank you.