XBMC for Android announced!

[garyopa]

Source code now available, beta APKs coming soon!



XBMC has announced its full-featured app for Android. 'Not a remote, not a thin client; the real deal. No root or jailbreak required'.

Pretty good news for owners of Android devices.

XBMC developers have revealed that they've created a version of their Media Center that runs on Android.

The Source Code is available for download right now, and APKs for BETA testers are promised "in the coming weeks".

"Not a remote, not a thin client; the real deal. No root or jailbreak required. XBMC can be launched as an application on your set-top-box, tablet, phone, or wherever else Android may be found. The feature-set on Android is the same that you have come to expect from XBMC, no different from its cousin on the desktop. Running your favorite media-center software on small, cheap, embedded hardware is about to become a hassle-free reality. And as Android-based set-top-boxes are becoming more and more ubiquitous, it couldn't be a better time.

...We will begin releasing apks for interested beta testers in the coming weeks. But for those who are up to the task, as you would expect from XBMC, the source code is available. We have decided not to push to Google Play until we are satisfied that users with all kinds of devices get the same great XBMC experience."

So, stay tuned.

Also, watch the app teaser trailer below!

NEWS SOURCE #1: XBMC ported to Android (via) SlashDot
NEWS SOURCE #2: XBMC for Android (via) XBMC

Our thanks to 'Gauss' for this news item!

[msanchez]

And I'm suddenly more interested in getting android running on my Raspberry Pi

Not that the current build of openelec I have running on it is not great in any sort of way, but I'm a fan of android and have become pretty comfortable with it.