Rockbox as an Application (Android, WebOS etc.)

[bYOndo]

It doesn't necessarily need to be an iPhone. The iPad and iPod Touch, as well as the 6th gen nano, all now run iOS (as Apple calls it now).

And RB app doesn't necessarily need to be present in the official appstore; there is Cydia for jailbroken i-devices

Massimo

[blackhawk]

I try to allocate 4MB memory for Rockbox Android port as I have done on Rockbox EZX device port. I think now rockbox is more responsive. The Stkov tagcache problem not resolved yet

Because of my small screen devices so I am more preferred to choose Rockbox in landscape mode. Just a mere opinion, there is no theme that is pretty good, so I modified jBlackGlass (removed from Rockbox theme collections) and become kBlackGlass.

[blackhawk]

Just added a patch to http://www.rockbox.org/tracker/task/11234 in order to build Rockbox Android port on Cygwin environment and a quick solution to address Stkov tagcache issue.

To build Rockbox Android port on Cygwin you need standard Cygwin install, plus make, gcc, perl, subversion, zip and better with diffutils and patchutils, so you can back contribute to Rockbox project 

[Aladar]

the recent lwn article says 18h on the nexus one in airplane mode. batt benching on android is going to be painful, apart from no one really wanting to drain their phones battery (so having no phone the next morning) it really needs a 2nd one without rockbox running also to compare, and then it depends on which kernel you are using also

As long as I get some specific instructions, I can try to bench it on my HTC Desire.

Edit: Also, not sure if anyone noticed, but API for FM Radio is now released.

[dip]

Just added a patch to http://www.rockbox.org/tracker/task/11234 in order to build Rockbox Android port on Cygwin environment and a quick solution to address Stkov tagcache issue.

With the patch the Stkov tagcache issue is gone for me. Thanks a lot!

Is there a way to exit rockbox? After having initially built the database rockbox must be restarted, but I did not find another way than killing the rockbox task with a task manager.

[mbbda]

Is there a way to exit rockbox? After having initially built the database rockbox must be restarted, but I did not find another way than killing the rockbox task with a task manager.
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Make sure the playback is stopped & press the hardware back button

[dip]

I tried that already but multiple times pressing the hardware back button only brings me finally back to the main menu but does not exit Rockbox. And yes, I double checked that playback is stopped and not only paused. Pressing the hardware back button at the main menu level does simply nothing.

[JdGordon]

No. You have to manually kill the rockBox service

[kugel.]

Or reboot the phone It says "Reboot to enable"

Edit: Also, not sure if anyone noticed, but API for FM Radio is now released.

Do you have a link to that API or to more information?

[Gabes Dad]

Do you have a link to that API or to more information?

I don't know much about the official API or if there is one (I've heard it's in the 2.2 SDK), but the folks over at Cyanogen mod have incorporated various modifications to get the FM Radio working on the Nexus One via custom kernels and a 3rd party radio apk by MIUI.  Check out the Cyanogen Mod 6.1 Changelog for the specific reference.  I'm sure you'd be able to inquire of others in the Cyanogen mod community about fm radio support.

I have the HTC Aria/Liberty, which has a fm radio, but it is currently only supported by HTC's proprietary Sense FM Radio app.  I believe there are plans by att1n, who maintains the CM6 build for the Aria/Liberty, to incorporate some of the fm radio related kernel changes based on the upcoming official 2.2 based ROM release for this phone.  I am unsure of how general support in Android works for FM radios.

I hope this helps.  Thanks for the work so far, my phone never sounded so buttery smooth until Rockbox - it makes my morning commutes so much more enjoyable.

[musta susi]

Hello!

I installed the 480x800 version (ehm there's a typo on the wiki page), on my Archos 5IT, running Android 1.6
It works pretty well, but some time, when I put RB app in background (using other apps)  it just stops playing music, so I return to it, the WPS is stuck on "play", i do a little fast-forward and/or rewind, then it returns playing music normally. Other times, with music stopped, I select a song and press "play", WPS compares, but music doesn't start. The "ff-rw trick" does the job in this case too. 


Thanks once more, kugel, for your great work!

     

Same for me! I have an Archos 5 IT with Android 1.6 too. The thing is it doesn't just stop  when using in background. This unexpected playback stop may occur at any time in any status (even if I leave it on WPS, screen always on and never touched any button), making it unusable, especially when driving. I know those pre-builds are totally out of date, but I haven't seen any patch addressing this issue yet. Might it be something with this Archos class devices and\or the Android version running on it? Did anyone else experienced this problem on other devices?
Again, appreciate all your hard work so far.

[dip]

Same problem here with the current svn version on a Samsung Galaxy S.

In addition sometimes rockbox crashes (force close window appears) although playback has stopped some hours ago and rockbox has been closed (in fact put in the background by pressing the home key) and I am just doing anything else not related to rockbox.

[kugel.]

I don't experience any of that problems

[mbbda]

I have the problem.  Playback stops & I can't restart it.  I reboot the phone to sort it.
HTC Desire, 2.2.

I am using the pre-built apk's on the Android Wiki page as I can't build myself.  Can someone put a date next to the pre-built apk's so we know when they have been updated.

[kugel.]

No. Don't use them if they make problems. The builds on the wiki are completely unsupported.  And please stop reporting bugs until we ask for it. The port is still in a too early stage.