Atom Z8300, Android 5.1 won’t install 64 bit apps

[Roy Longbottom]

I recently received my Teclast X98 Plus tablet. Windows 10 successfully runs 32 bit and 64 bit EXE programs. With Android, 32 bit apps work as expected, but 64 bit varieties cannot be installed.

The programs in question are my free benchmarks (Google for roylongbottom benchmarks – for Windows, Linux, Android). These are mainly developed on a Core i7 based PC, the Android versions being produced via Eclipse IDE. These native code programs are compiled to select 32 bit or 64 bit ARM or Intel CPUs on installation. Configuring Atom x86_64 64bitintel AVD, the benchmarks can be downloaded from my site and the 64 bit apps can be installed and run as expected. Downloading with the Telcast/Android tablet installs the 32 bit version and that runs successfully. The 64 bit benchmarks also install and run on a tablet using a 64 bit ARM CPU using Android.

What do I have to do to make the Teclast X98 Plus run 64 bit apps via Android? That is why I bought it.

[Roy Longbottom]

Comment by Xavier H. (Intel), in Android Applications on Intel Architecture Forum

Hi, Most Android devices based on Intel platforms are running a 32bit version of Android with a 64-bit kernel. Apparently it’s the case for your Teclast. Hence they can’t run 64-bit user-space Android libs. There are still some full x86_64 Android devices, such as the Tesco Hudl 2 and the Chinese version of the Nokia n1. [Tesco, UK supermarket, Hudl is no longer available.]

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