Build AOSP Android-14 Car Emulator

Building an Android-14 Car Emulator using the Android Open Source

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Building an Android-14 Car Emulator using the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) is a fascinating task in automotive software development. This emulator offers developers a robust platform to experiment with Android Automotive features, explore the customization of system layers, and simulate real-world car interactions. In this article, I’ll share my experience, challenges, and the step-by-step process of successfully building and running an AOSP-based Android-14 Car Emulator, providing insights that can help you create your automotive development environment.

Build machine configuration:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9950TM-16 Core, OS : Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS
RAM: 64 GB, SSD: 500 GB

“A minimum of 64 GB of RAM. Google uses 72-core machines with 64 GB of RAM to build Android. With this hardware configuration, it takes approximately 40 minutes for a full build of Android and only a few minutes for an incremental build of Android. By contrast, it takes approximately 6 hours for a full build with a 6-core machine with 64 GB of RAM.” From Set up for AOSP development

Tools and Initial Setup need to be done on Ubuntu.