Apps Build a kiosk in Android - Where to start?

[pouzy]

Hi guys,

I am building a kiosk that displays rotating pages (slideshow). The only thing it needs to do is start chrome and point it at a local page that has a bunch of information already saved on disk.

In the background, there's a script that pulls all the info and downloads all the pictures needed when we rotate the slides. I'm currently doing all that in Linux, the scripts are distributed via SaltStack and run cronjobs to pull the new content. It works fine, but the CSS transitions are kind of choppy and Android boxes are way smaller and cheaper.

My question is : Is this doable in Android ? (I would think yes)
I am brand new to Android dev, I don't even know where to start looking at to build something like this. Could anybody point me to the right direction?

Thanks a lot !

 

[Farmerjoe]

I know it has been over a year since you have posted this, but if you want a solution, I may be able to point you to one. Try this app. The link is here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.scott.digitalsignage

 

[izaa]

If your app is a web application (html/css/javascript) maybe you can port it to android using phonegap.