Android waveshare touchscreen

Question

Im trying to install an android touchscreen driver ... i have a raspberry pi 3 and i installed emteria android it ... i bought a waveshare touchscreen https://www.waveshare.com/wiki/10.1inch_HDMI_LCD#Method_1._Driver_installation.

I was able to fix the resolution and the screen shows fine but the touch doesnt work i tried installing the driver but it was meant for ubuntu and it doesnt work on android. Any idea how i can fix my issue with the touchscreen?

Answer 1

Use this below touch screen driver :

https://github.com/derekhe/waveshare-7inch-touchscreen-driver

and use these below commands :

git clone https://github.com/derekhe/waveshare-7inch-touchscreen-driver

    cd waveshare-7inch-touchscreen-driver
    chmod +x install.sh
    sudo apt-get update
    sudo ./install.sh
    sudo restart

Answer 2

Hi can u install https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.termux&hl=en it provides a base system that has apt-get and also some C tools for building so maybe you can try @JonGoodwin answer. Hope it helps, what you are trying to do is very interesting.