Android


 * Looking for information on the Kodi remote control app for Android? See Kore -The official Kodi Remote for Android.

Kodi for Android is a full port of the complete Kodi application to Google's Android operating-system. With the Android NDK (Native Development Kit for Android) Kodi runs natively under Android as a Native Activity application. The main goal for the Android port is to have Kodi working on inexpensive Android set-top-boxes. And whole Android smartphones and tablets are not the main target platforms they do have limited support as well.

Main topics
Other Android-specific wiki pages for topics, guides, and advice. For everything else standard Kodi pages will normally apply.

How-to's
Assorted how-to's related to the video library that have been added to the wiki:

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Tips and tricks

 * Avoid using wireless. A lot of Android boxes and "sticks" have weak wifi, even those that advertise as being wireless-n. It may be possible to use a USB-to-ethernet dongle on some devices, or even a USB wifi adapter that has a better wifi radio than what is built-in.
 * Switch to a different network protocol to see if that has any effect, i.e. SMB/CIFS, NFS, FTP, WebDAV, etc.
 * Try sharing the media on another device to rule out a device-specific (or network) issue.
 * Turn off thumbnails, Kodi -> Settings -> Video -> File and deselect 'generate thumbnails'.
 * H.264 videos encoded with Hi10P profile will not work on most Android hardware as some (most?) ARM processors are not powerful enough to software decode it, and no hardware decoders exist for it. As faster ARM CPUs come out this will get better, but don't expect miracles from the average Android box.
 * If RSS feed is enabled, disable it in settings. This can make the main menu a bit faster.
 * Running out of disk space storage, or want to try tweaking caching and other performance settings to achieve faster response times? See HOW-TO:Reduce disk space usage for help on modifying how Kodi handles images.
 * Running out of disk space storage, or want to try tweaking caching and other performance settings to achieve faster response times? See HOW-TO:Reduce disk space usage for help on modifying how Kodi handles images.

Helpful applications
Some helpful Kodi related Android applications, as suggested by the community. This list should not be seen as any kind of official endorsement by Kodi.

Device specific info
Here are a few device-specific guides/help areas that the community has provided.

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Random notes
Feel free to place various notes, tips, and links here. As this section of the wiki gets more organized, those notes will be properly sorted. Consider this like a dumping ground for when you're not sure where to put something.
 * Make "dummy" Kodi add-ons for launching Android apps. Kodi can do this without the dummy-add-on, but some skins might require it for home screen placement: https://github.com/elmerohueso/nnxbmcnetflix