Developers of the project , developed by an independent community that enhances the Android platform port for the x86 architecture, have published release of a preliminary build based on the platform , which includes fixes and enhancements that improve performance on the x86 architecture. For download universal Live builds of Android-x86 8.1 for x86 32-bit (719 MB) and x86_64 (909 MB), suitable for use on standard laptops and tablets. Additionally, rpm packages have been prepared for installing the Android environment in Linux distributions.
New features specific to the Android-x86 build include:
- Support for both 64-bit and 32-bit Linux kernel 4.19 builds and user space components;
- Use of Mesa 19.0.8 for OpenGL ES 3.x support with hardware acceleration for Intel, AMD, and NVIDIA GPUs, as well as for QEMU virtual machines (virgl);
- Using for software rendering providing OpenGL ES 3.0 for unsupported graphics subsystems;
- Support for hardware-accelerated codecs for Intel HD graphics and G45;
- Ability to boot on systems with UEFI and installation on disk using UEFI;
- An interactive installer available in text mode;
- Support for themes in the GRUB-EFI bootloader;
- Support for multitouch, sound cards, Wifi, Bluetooth, sensors, camera, and Ethernet (DHCP configuration);
- Automatic mounting of external USB drives and SD cards;
- Delivery of an alternative program launcher interface using a task panel () with a classic application menu, the ability to pin shortcuts to frequently used programs, and display a list of recently launched applications;
- Support for FreeForm multi-window mode to enable simultaneous work with multiple applications. Capability for arbitrary positioning and scaling of windows on the screen;
- Included is the ForceDefaultOrientation option for manually setting screen orientation on devices without the appropriate sensor.
- Programs designed for portrait mode can be displayed correctly on landscape-screen devices without rotating the device;
- Ability to run applications developed for the ARM platform in an x86 environment using a special layer.
- Support for updates from unofficial releases;
- Experimental support for the Vulkan graphics API for new Intel and AMD GPUs;
- The ability to simulate a wireless adapter while operating through Ethernet (for compatibility with applications tied to WiFi);
- Mouse support when launching in VirtualBox, QEMU, VMware, and Hyper-V virtual machines.
Source: opennet.ru
