Ask Ubuntu
Ask Ubuntu

Questions tagged [android]

Questions about connecting an Android device to Ubuntu. Questions targeting the device itself are better suited for android.stackexchange.com.

Android is an operating system targeted for smart phones and tablets. Primarily developed and distributed by Google, Android is an open source operating system based on a modified version of the Linux kernel.

Android is developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance.

The latest version of the operating system is v4.1(Jelly Bean).

Links:

See also:

Source: http://superuser.com/tags/android/info

1884 questions
204
votes
9 answers

How to add Android Studio to the launcher?

I'm trying to install Android Studio so that I can launch it from a launcher instead of via terminal. Android Studio > Tools > Create Desktop Entry doesn't do anything Can someone give specific instructions please? I think this is something to do…
spences10
  • 2,652
158
votes
6 answers

Complete Installation Guide for Android SDK / ADT Bundle on Ubuntu

What all needs to be done to install Android SDK / ADT Bundle on Ubuntu? Each of the steps in the answer was found on some different forum as I encountered obstacles getting started with my Android SDK and posted questions in appropriate forums…
Karthik C
  • 2,827
105
votes
8 answers

Can I run Android apps on Ubuntu?

Is it possible to run Android apps on Ubuntu? And I don't mean inside an emulator, but natively, as you would with any other application installed using the Ubuntu Software Center.
mxhernaiz
  • 1,419
97
votes
15 answers

How do you use an android tablet as a second display?

I've noticed people using a product for Windows and Mac called iDisplay which lets you use your Android or iPad as a secondary display. This seems like a great idea, and something that could be done on Ubuntu. Unfortunately, I've got no idea how to…
Mark B
  • 1,813
91
votes
6 answers

Ubuntu as Miracast Sender/receiver

I couldn't find anything about Ubuntu acting as a Miracast receiver or sender. Can it work at all? Are there hardware prerequisites? Is WiFi a requirement or can it work over LAN or another kind of network connection? WiFi direct seems to be a…
TiloBunt
  • 2,315
86
votes
14 answers

adb no permissions on Ubuntu 17.04

When I try: adb devices I get the result: List of devices attached ???????????? no permissions I tried that on an Ubuntu 16.04 machine and it worked perfectly. I also tried a 7.1.1 device and it also worked perfectly. What is the problem?
Nadav Tasher
  • 1,088
80
votes
13 answers

How to rsync to android

How can I connect to my android device to rsync music (or other stuff)?
guettli
  • 1,765
75
votes
3 answers

Can I use an Android phone as webcam for an Ubuntu device?

I found out that my Android phone's cam has a higher quality than the one of my PC and I'm wondering if there is a way to use my phone as a webcam for the computer. Is that possible? USB (preferred), Bluetooth and LAN connections are all suitable as…
Ntakwetet
  • 1,676
64
votes
15 answers

How to connect MTP devices via USB?

How does one connect an MTP device to Ubuntu via USB? Many popular devices, such as all Android 4.0 phone, have only MTP or PTP as a connection option, no USB mass storage anymore. Considering the popular Samsung S3: connecting as either MTP or PTP:…
dez93_2000
  • 1,241
61
votes
9 answers

Uninstall Android Studio completely

I installed Android studio some time ago using the following suggested method: To set up Android Studio on Linux: Unpack the downloaded Tar file, android-studio-ide--linux.zip, into an appropriate location for your applications. To launch…
James
  • 737
60
votes
12 answers

'Insufficient permissions' error on `adb push` command on 12.04

When I tried to push my apk file into a tablet, I got this error, please help me out. adb server is out of date. killing... * daemon started successfully * error: insufficient permissions for device. Thanks in advance for the help.
Neha Sharad Umachigi
  • 705
59
votes
3 answers

Android SDK - repositories.cfg could not be loaded

To set up a minimal SDK installation without Android Studio, here's what I did: mkdir ~/sdk cd ~/sdk wget https://dl.google.com/android/repository/tools_r25.2.5-linux.zip unzip tools_r25.2.5-linux.zip After successfully unpacking the zip file, I'm…
Sons of Liberty
  • 591
58
votes
13 answers

How to access my Android's files using Wi-Fi in Ubuntu?

Both my Ubuntu and Android phone are using the same Wi-Fi. How can I transfer files between the phone and the PC? Is there any way to mount the Android file system? I don't want to use the USB cable. Bluetooth doesn't work. So WiFi is the only other…
Pavan Nihal
  • 597
  • 1
  • 4
  • 7
53
votes
8 answers

Problems with Eclipse and Android SDK

I installed Eclipse, openjdk6 and downloaded and extracted the sdk manager file. Now, When I created an Android project I got the following error: 2012-06-06 18:44:40 - contactManager] /home/catia/android-sdks/platform-tools/aapt: error while…
csbl
  • 691
51
votes
7 answers

Ubuntu doesn't recognize Android devices anymore

Ubuntu 14.04 doesn't recognize any of my Android devices anymore. (Tried with the Nexus 7 and Galaxy Nexus) I thought this was an MTP or ADB-problem, but connecting / disconnecting the devices doesn't even change the output of lsusb or dmesg at…
RazorHail
  • 891
  • 1
  • 8
  • 11
1
2 3
…
99 100