Using the EEE Pad Transformer with the Android SDK on Ubuntu

Just a very quick post about how to get the Asus EEE Pad Transformer working with the Android SDK and Eclipse under Ubuntu 11.04. As the emulator for Android tablets can be a bit slow this could be a handy way to test out applications as you build them. The starting point is to follow the instructions under Using Hardware Devices page on the Android Developer website. Following these instructions I got the machine working on my machine so I thought I would share what I did here.

First edit a new file:


sudo nano /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules


Then inside this file I entered:
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="0b05", MODE="0666"


As per the instructions I ran:

sudo chmod a+r /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules


Make sure USB debugging is enabled (under Settings -> Applications -> Development) on the device and also Unknown sources is ticked (but switch this off when you are not using the machine for development). When you plug the EEE Pad Transformer into your Ubuntu machine you should get a "USB debugging connected" notification and you should see an entry for the machine under the DDMS tab on Eclipse.

Happy Developing!