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Published inJul 2016
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Ivan Morgillo
Ivan Morgillo
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Ivan Morgillo

Ivan Morgillo is a computer engineer, a conference speaker, and a community organizer. He is passionate about programming and embedded systemsfrom DIY domotics to Android devices. He is cofounder of Alter Ego Solutions, a mobile development consulting company. He is also the author of RxJava Essentials, by Packt Publishing and Grokking Rx, by Manning Publications.
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Here we are. Every piece of the puzzle is in place—you can finally move forward to installing your brand new custom Android version onto your device.

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As a reminder, we built the so-called stock version of the Android system: you won't find any of the Google apps in here—no YouTube, no Google Play Store.

Nexus 6

After the build process is complete, you will find all the system images you need in the out/target/product/shamu folder:

  • system.img: This is, well, the system image. It contains the whole operating system—Android Framework, system native libraries, and the system utility app, such as Calc or Clock.

  • recovery.img: This image contains what we are going to place in the Recovery partition. It contains a kernel and the recovery software itself.

  • boot.img: This image contains the Linux Kernel and a small RamDisk. This image will be placed in the boot partition and will contain all the files needed to initialize the system: init.rc, for instance, and every other component...

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Learning Embedded Android N Programming
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Ivan Morgillo

Ivan Morgillo is a computer engineer, a conference speaker, and a community organizer. He is passionate about programming and embedded systemsfrom DIY domotics to Android devices. He is cofounder of Alter Ego Solutions, a mobile development consulting company. He is also the author of RxJava Essentials, by Packt Publishing and Grokking Rx, by Manning Publications.
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