The Oniro Project, an open-source operating system built upon OpenHarmony and tailored for European market needs, is expanding its ecosystem to include mobile devices. In this lightning talk, we will discuss the ongoing effort to bring Oniro to the Volla X23 smartphone, focusing on the technical challenges and solutions in adapting Android drivers to a musl libc-based platform.

We will explore the role of libhybris in enabling compatibility with proprietary Android drivers, a critical step in hardware enablement for Oniro on mobile devices. The presentation will highlight how libhybris bridges the gap between the Bionic and musl libc environments, allowing us to leverage GPU acceleration and other hardware features while maintaining an open-source user space. Key challenges, such as adapting Android’s graphics stack and addressing ABI compatibility issues, will be outlined, along with our current progress in running Oniro in an LXC container for rapid testing.

This talk will provide insights into the broader implications of this work for the FOSS on Mobile ecosystem, offering a pathway to more accessible open-source mobile platforms. Join us to learn how Oniro aims to contribute to the vision of a truly open mobile ecosystem.