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Yes it can and I have tried it. Problem is that to run gles 2.0 stuff you still need to rely on java, which is not really a big problem as its just for the surface creation.
It is somewhat of a catch 22 here though as there is not much interesting pure stb hardware and you need hardware to develop on (no gles2.0 in emulator and seriously, even if it had no dev will spend time just against an emulator as it is just not enough). So no port can arise without hardware, without devs having hardware this will not happen. I know many suggest tablets as a somewhat nice target but no devs afaik even own tablets or have money to spend to buy one so if you like xbmc please donate money (perhaps a dev will want to do the port and some donation can be targeted at that) or hardware so it can be worked on. Note though that even if you donate no promises can be made, android is interesting though so with dev having hardware accessible I'm sure it will get looked at atleast. It is still a monumental task to do such a port.
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I also think it's premature- Google needs to have cheap STBs out there like ATV2.
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2011-02-24, 20:55
(This post was last modified: 2011-02-24, 21:00 by dagbro.)
There are a multitude of cheap Tegra2 tablets already out there with native HDMI support, capable of decoding 1080p h.264 MKVs in realtime. There just hasn't been a big fuzz about it because they're not from the "big companies", but rather being sold as OEM devices for smaller companies to slap their own brands on.
And with all the "big" device launches this spring(the Xoom for one) it's not "wait and see" anymore. Imagine just bringing your PHONE over to your buddys house, hooking up the HDMI cable and playing a 1080p movie straight up on his TV, all natively through XBMC. No computers, no nothing. That would be just awesome.
I'm not suggesting for anyone to buy one of these tablets or phones solely for developing, nor do i have the money to donate one.
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OMG.
My mentor asked me to see if it is possible.
And now i get the answer.