[hnfuzzy]

Working solo on building an Android-compatible device, coming from a pure-software background. It's certainly a different world than the OSS community and available resources there, but the homebrew/hobbyist scene seems to have made a number of things more accessible over the past few years.

I'm struggling with how to put an Android-compatible board together with just the peripherals I want (similar to a Pi but slimmed down), and lining up suppliers/manufacturers who can put it together.

Looking for help/guidance on people familiar with any aspects of this!

[_benj]

not an expert by any means on this, but I've worked before with the Khadas VIM boards, which are development boards where you can install Android and start developing your project. The advantage of those is that they use Amlogic chips which are very affordable and come pretty much ready as product from Alibaba (search for "android box" and you'll find a bunch of white-label board/cases that are ready to be used)

Alternatively, if yoou want more control/performance than what Android gives you, you can also look into Buildroot, which makes it very easy to build a custom linux distribution with your application in it, that is, you get a firmware ready to burn in your board with linux and your app running in it.

Good luck!