We’re very pleased to announce that after months of hard work we’ve finally reached a point where we are able to release a version of XBMC for Android that should be fully functional on pretty much any Android device. It’s packed with tons of cool features that make XBMC much more than just a media centre, but a media platform, bringing the complete online streaming experience to an easy to navigate system on your Android mobile phone, tablet or set top box.
Many improvements have been made to the XBMC software in order to make this release possible. Since XBMC still doesn’t provide support for hardware accelerated video decoding on most devices, we’ve customized this version in order to use an external video player in order to provide the full hardware accelerated video decoding that you’ll need in order to truly enjoy XBMC enough to consider it your main go-to for all your entertainment needs.
Many people have been hearing about XBMC across the web, but have simply dismissed it since they don’t see the need for another media player. XBMC is much more than just a simple media player, one of its main functions is the ability to interface with online streaming video web sites through the use of third party addons, we’ve also included some of the most popular addons built directly into the release.
INTRODUCING THE FIRST END USER FRIENDLY RELEASE OF XBMC FOR ANDROID – MUST HAVE!
Step 1: Install the “MX Player” application to your Android device. You can do this through the Google Play store, or simply by navigating to this page on your device’s web browser and then clicking on the appropriate download link below:
Step 2: Launch and exit the “MX Player” application on your device at least once before continuing.
Step 3: Download and install the “XAF Custom Build of XBMC” to your Android device. You can do this by navigating to this page on your device’s web browser and then clicking on the appropriate download link below:
- XAF Custom Build for NEON Set Top Boxes
- XAF Custom Build for NEON Touch Screen Devices
- XAF Custom Build for Non-NEON Touch Screen Devices
NOTE: Should you encounter any errors at this point, make sure to Enable “Unknown sources” under “Security -> DEVICE ADMINISTRATION” within your device’s “Settings” panel.
Step 4: Once it’s done installing, launch the “XBMC” application on your device for the first time, wait a few seconds before you begin using it, then jump right in!
Congratulations! You should now be running XBMC like a champ. It might seem a little bit complex the first time, but all good things seem that way. Just play around with it and without question you’ll become addicted, which isn’t a bad thing in this case! If you’re looking for more XBMC specific information, visit our friends at XBMC HUB, or for XBMC-Android specific support, visit our Forums right away.
Special Thanks goes out to kemonine96, staticaDK, and the XBMC Foundation for all their hard work and dedication.
So…how the *expletive deleted* are we supposed to know which devices are neon or not, since Neon isn’t really an advertised feature. For instance, I’m using a Note II which has a Snapdragon processor if I recall right. Is that neon, or not neon?
Hello, i have added many of my music files, but how do navigate to the next page to show all of my musics?
i am using Imito MX1 android USB Stick
Works very good. Because of the fact that it works by an external player (MX Player) I can not find the option to insert the subtitles when I play a movie with a direct stream.
With the internal player this worked fine. How do I reactivate the internal player, or how do I get the subs to work with streaming through mx player?
Hello,
I installed XAF Custom Build for NEON Set Top Boxes but my shortcuts on video and Programs is missing…
Video five shortcuts horizontal with Icefilms, TV or something and 1Channel.
Program had Navi X, Android Apps and not remember the third one.
Please let me know how do I get it back or how do I re-configure on my own.
Thanks,
JR
Is this better than “Beginner’s Guide to Installing XBMC-Linux on the Pivos XIOS DS”? I find that works very nice. Just some Wi-Fi issues.
Thanks XBMCANDROID
I found the XBMC-Linux works nearly perfectly on the PIVOS and easy to install.Thanks to the great tutorial here. Some Wi-fi issues for some routers and trying to figure out how to get Playboy and Venus, for the articles, of course.
Sweet tweaks that have been made here! Makes it great for using with a tablet or set-top box!
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Although, there are still some add-ons that doesn’t start playing in the MX player when the stream starts. Instead, it say’s that it’s ongoing, but it doesn’t start at all.
The add-ons i have experienced not working is: SportsDevil, Project Free TV, Danish Live TV, Dr Nu, and a few others.
Other than that, it’s a very great app!
Hi. I have the MK802IIIS and I installed the version neon. I saw that this device is non-neon and instelled this version. I have getting some problem with the extrenal player. I installed everythings as the istallation instruction (MXPlayes and them XBMC) and put into .xbmc folder the xml file.
Can anybody help me to see the XBMC perfect?
Regards.
Gae…
so, this doesn’t actually work anymore, right? when i play HD content, it’s still using the internal player “DVDPlayer” instead of MXPlayer. I read that player*.xml file and it says MXPlayer breaks xbmc, and changing it to MXPlayer doesn’t work.
i’m using an MK808 with finless ROM 1.6
I just tried to install the neon for set top boxes for my jynxbox android hd and xbmc wont load it just hangs then goes back to thw home screen anybody else with this issue
I have this installed on my Imito MX1 android tv stick and was wondering how to get subtitles working when running Icefilms/1Channel??
Can someone help me with this? I want to stream the subtitles, like I do on my Ipad or laptop.
Hi,
Can someone please confirm that I will be able to watch 1080p(or 720p) movies with DTS sound using HW acceleration on MK808 TV stick (http://goo.gl/rsqLj)?
Thank You!
how do you know if you have neon or no neon device