Hi Experts,
Can I test specific android OS in the PC environment to change the middleware and other aspects of the build before testing it in the ARM based development boards.
Regards,
techguyz
If I understand your question correctly; yes, you can modify, build and run AOSP system images on your desktop/host machine in an emulated environment. The Android SDK includes the ability to run Android Virtual Devices (AVDs). You can run both ARMv7-A and x86 emulated virtual machines. There are 3rd party Android emulation environments like Genymotion but using your own system.img and kernel may not be as well documented.
The Android SDK system images download to */sdk/system-images/android-23/google_apis/armeabi-v7a
and consist of:
build.prop
kernel-qemu*
ramdisk.img
source.properties
system.img
userdata.img
Each of those parts of the Android system bundle could be modified and replaced. The emulation environments are not known for their speed but they might be more convenient for certain types of development like you're suggesting or testing various screen sizes and orientations on a limited device budget or checking binary compatibility for NDK libraries.