aosp-devs.org May newsletter
Welcome to the fifth aosp-devs newsletter, keeping you up to date with things happening in the AOSP developer community.
The tradition continues. The May newsletter is released again two days too late.
AOSP devroom at IndiaFOSS 2025
There will be an Android Open Source Project (AOSP) devroom at IndiaFOSS. It’s held from 19 - 21 September 2025 in NIMHANS Convention Centre, Bengaluru, India.
The CfP is still open until the 7th June. Please submit.
Notes from Discord
First AAOS release for Android 15:
Cross post from LinkedIn to discord. Al Sutton has written a post about the first Android Automotive release based on Android15. The manifest and tags are available now.
See android-automotiveos-15.0.0_lts1 and LinkedIn.
Some updates for the Gatekeeper HAL:
Hi all, i just finish AIDL migration and implementation of missing feature (delete_user/delete_all_users) in Gatekeeper HAL.
See Discussion on Discord and baylibre.
Solution for the modem integration on a SDM632 from Qualcomm. Discussion on Discord
Unittest in the HAL layer. Discussion on Discord
AOSP and Android certification. Discussion on Discord, Sign builds for release - source.android.com and GMS certification: A complete guide from requirements to submission - emteria
Ruling for GAS (Google Automotive Services) in Germany: Discussion on Discord, news article - heise.de
And some tips for downloads from the Google git servers: Use authentication to avoid quota barriers
Upcoming Events
AOSP and AAOS July Meetup (online)
- Link: The AOSP and AAOS July Meetup
- Date and time: Wednesday, July 16, 2025, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM MESZ
- Location: online with Jitsi
Open Source Summit Europe / Embedded Linux Conference Europe (in-person)
- Link: Open Source Summit Europe
- Link: Embedded Linux Conference
- Date: 25-27 August 2025
- Call for Papers: Closed
- Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Android Open Source Project (AOSP) devroom at IndiaFOSS 2025 (in-person)
- Link: IndiaFOSS
- Link to the devroom and CfP: Android Open Source Project (AOSP) devroom
- CfP: Ends at 7th June 2025
- Date and time: 19 - 21 September 2025
- Location: NIMHANS Convention Centre, Bengaluru, India
DroidCon Berlin (in-person)
- Link: droidconberlin
- Date: September, 24th – 26th
- Call for Papers: Announcement until 01 July 2025
- Location: Berlin, Germany
Past Events
AOSP and AAOS May Meetup (online)
- Link: The AOSP and AAOS May Meetup
- Date and time: Wednesday, May 21, 2025 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM CEST (UTC+2)
- Location: online/jitsi
Embedded Recipes (in-person)
- Link: https://embedded-recipes.org/2025/
- Date: May 14-16th 2025
- Location: Nice, France
- Recordings on youtube
Linaro Connect (in-person)
- Link: https://www.linaro.org/connect/
- Date: Wednesday 14 May - Friday 16 May 2025
- Location: Lisbon, Portugal