Incorporate OpenGApps into Android-x86

In this post I’ll show the configurations required to build Android-x86 source with OpenGApps, which provides Google Play and GMS so that your customized Android-x86 can enjoy apps from Google Play.

1) Add the following contents to the end of .repo/manifests/defaults.xml.

  <remote name="opengapps" fetch="https://github.com/opengapps/"  />
  <remote name="opengapps-gitlab" fetch="https://gitlab.opengapps.org/opengapps/"  />
  <project path="vendor/opengapps/build" name="aosp_build" revision="master" remote="opengapps" />
  <project path="vendor/opengapps/sources/all" name="all" clone-depth="1" revision="master" remote="opengapps-gitlab" />
  <project path="vendor/opengapps/sources/x86" name="x86" clone-depth="1" revision="master" remote="opengapps-gitlab" />
  <project path="vendor/opengapps/sources/x86_64" name="x86_64" clone-depth="1" revision="master" remote="opengapps-gitlab" />

Note that the above contents may change as OpenGApps upgrades. Check the latest here.

2) Locate the following content at device/generic/common/device.mk.

  # Get GMS
  GAPPS_VARIANT ?= pico
  $(call inherit-product-if-exists,$(if $(wildcard vendor/google/products/gms.mk),vendor/google/products/gms.mk,vendor/opengapps/build/opengapps-packages.mk))

3) Modify it to the following.

  # Get GMS
  GAPPS_VARIANT := pico
  $(call inherit-product-if-exists,$(if $(wildcard vendor/google/products/gms.mk),vendor/google/products/gms.mk,vendor/opengapps/build/opengapps-packages.mk))

4) Run repo sync, git lfs install, and repo forall -c git lfs pull at the root directory of your Android-x86 source.

5) Add a CleanSpec.mk at vendor/opengapps/build with the following contents.

  $(call add-clean-step, rm -rf $(PRODUCT_OUT)/system/priv-app/*)
  $(call add-clean-step, rm -rf $(PRODUCT_OUT)/system/app/*)

6) Add a Android.mk at vendor/opengapps/build/modules with the following contents so as to avoid building ActionServices which only provides ARM source.

  include $(call all-named-subdir-makefiles,$(GAPPS_PRODUCT_PACKAGES))

7) Remove the following from vendor/opengapps/build/opengapps-packages.mk.

  MarkupGoogle \
  GoogleCamera \
  SetupWizard \ # This is the boot-time setup wizard. You can keep it in Android 9, but do remove it in Android 10 as it incurs issues at boot time.

8) make your Android-x86 image.