Pocket Foundry 0.7.5

Play your own copy of Factorio on Android: the official Linux ARM64 build, run without emulation on the phone's GPU.

Install: open pocket-foundry-0.7.5.apk on the phone (Android 10 or later; Adreno 6xx or newer, another GPU with an imported driver, or any phone on the CPU, slowly), then import the Linux (arm64) .tar.xz from factorio.com/download. The app holds no part of Factorio: you bring your own copy. A new version installs over the last and keeps the game and saves.

Since v0.7.4:

• Android 10: Pocket Foundry no longer closes as soon as it opens.
• Settings -> Files no longer crashes the Files app before the game's first start.

Source: this release is built from v0.7.5, GPL-3.0. The runtime inside (glibc, Mesa, SDL, Termux:X11's X server) comes from the sources and build scripts in runtime/ and third_party/ at that tag. SHA-256 of the APK: 3bb86a6e6063089baa647eb5ccb94dc976f4eab4ddbd747dddbf1cf2e2594ce0

Pocket Foundry 0.7.4

Play your own copy of Factorio on Android: the official Linux ARM64 build, run without emulation on the phone's GPU.

Install: open pocket-foundry-0.7.4.apk on the phone (Android 10 or later; Adreno 6xx or newer, another GPU with an imported driver, or any phone on the CPU, slowly), then import the Linux (arm64) .tar.xz from factorio.com/download. The app holds no part of Factorio: you bring your own copy. A new version installs over the last and keeps the game and saves.

Since v0.7.3:

• Settings -> Driver -> Options opens the phone's usual keyboard, so a driver option can be pasted, and the dialog moves up so the keyboard no longer covers the box (#35).
• realme 16 Pro (Mali-G615) plays at 60 FPS on PanVK-kbase v26.3.1, in Phones and drivers.

Source: this release is built from v0.7.4, GPL-3.0. The runtime inside (glibc, Mesa, SDL, Termux:X11's X server) comes from the sources and build scripts in runtime/ and third_party/ at that tag. SHA-256 of the APK: 3aca32c9b06f1ef1a7ba43f4f89d8efd022672786713ceb41da12190a68d83ea

Pocket Foundry 0.7.3

Play your own copy of Factorio on Android: the official Linux ARM64 build, run without emulation on the phone's GPU.

Install: open pocket-foundry-0.7.3.apk on the phone (Android 10 or later; Adreno 6xx or newer, another GPU with an imported driver, or any phone on the CPU, slowly), then import the Linux (arm64) .tar.xz from factorio.com/download. The app holds no part of Factorio: you bring your own copy. A new version installs over the last and keeps the game and saves.

Since v0.7.2:

• Settings -> Files opens Factorio's own folder (mods, saves, config, scenarios, blueprints) in the phone's Files app, and it shows up as Pocket Foundry in any app's file picker: add or delete a mod, edit mod-list.json or config.ini, share a save (#22). The game files and the factorio.com login stay out of it.
• Blueprint strings paste into Factorio's Import string from the phone keyboard's clipboard; Playing has how.
• Mali-G615: PanVK-kbase v26.3.1 plays with one driver option, in Phones and drivers.

Source: this release is built from v0.7.3, GPL-3.0. The runtime inside (glibc, Mesa, SDL, Termux:X11's X server) comes from the sources and build scripts in runtime/ and third_party/ at that tag. SHA-256 of the APK: 44c067a37a7f7d51b0bd91c89e9e1dcec53f8de6fd72601f1014dab50a90daa9

Pocket Foundry 0.7.2

Play your own copy of Factorio on Android: the official Linux ARM64 build, run without emulation on the phone's GPU.

Install: open pocket-foundry-0.7.2.apk on the phone (Android 10 or later; Adreno 6xx or newer, another GPU with an imported driver, or any phone on the CPU, slowly), then import the Linux (arm64) .tar.xz from factorio.com/download. The app holds no part of Factorio: you bring your own copy. A new version installs over the last and keeps the game and saves.

Since v0.7.1:

• The right stick, L3 and R3 are on screen from the start, so every button of the pad is there. The layout editor still removes any you don't use.

Source: this release is built from v0.7.2, GPL-3.0. The runtime inside (glibc, Mesa, SDL, Termux:X11's X server) comes from the sources and build scripts in runtime/ and third_party/ at that tag. SHA-256 of the APK: 22eb850a2b3bfaaba7303a3df49027d58d29b445cd06942de2748e31b1b23b45

Pocket Foundry 0.7.1

Play your own copy of Factorio on Android: the official Linux ARM64 build, run without emulation on the phone's GPU.

Install: open pocket-foundry-0.7.1.apk on the phone (Android 10 or later; Adreno 6xx or newer, another GPU with an imported driver, or any phone on the CPU, slowly), then import the Linux (arm64) .tar.xz from factorio.com/download. The app holds no part of Factorio: you bring your own copy. A new version installs over the last and keeps the game and saves.

Since v0.7:

• Settings -> Check for updates turns off the check for a new version when Pocket Foundry opens, for anyone who'd rather it didn't contact GitHub. Thanks @tihonchik (#33).

Source: this release is built from v0.7.1, GPL-3.0. The runtime inside (glibc, Mesa, SDL, Termux:X11's X server) comes from the sources and build scripts in runtime/ and third_party/ at that tag. SHA-256 of the APK: 8294113f424e754d09b0041086788660977c9b7349dbdd807fad6f03e2f00b8c

Pocket Foundry 0.7

Play your own copy of Factorio on Android: the official Linux ARM64 build, run without emulation on the phone's GPU.

Install: open pocket-foundry-0.7.apk on the phone (Android 10 or later; Adreno 6xx or newer, another GPU with an imported driver, or any phone on the CPU, slowly), then import the Linux (arm64) .tar.xz from factorio.com/download. The app holds no part of Factorio: you bring your own copy. A new version installs over the last and keeps the game and saves.

Since v0.6.5:

• Phones without a GPU driver can play on the CPU: Settings -> Driver -> CPU, chosen by itself when the phone's GPU has no driver yet. It's experimental, slow and uses a lot of battery, and how fast it runs depends on the processor (#21).
• Settings -> Graphics: Light turns off Factorio's smoke, clouds, decoratives, particles and shadows, roughly halving what the phone draws. On by default on the CPU.
• Two resolutions below Default, the lowest marked CPU: the game keeps the same view and interface size, with fewer pixels.
• Settings -> FPS counter, in the game's top-left corner.
• Updates: when it opens, Pocket Foundry checks for a new version, shows what changed since yours and installs it with Update. Android asks once to allow Pocket Foundry to install apps.
• On-screen controls in Factorio's own look: its dark slot buttons and controller glyphs, from your copy of the game.
• Settings scroll on short screens, as do long dropdowns, and tapping an open dropdown closes it.

Source: this release is built from v0.7, GPL-3.0. The runtime inside (glibc, Mesa, SDL, Termux:X11's X server) comes from the sources and build scripts in runtime/ and third_party/ at that tag. SHA-256 of the APK: 63a020d8bb1ae3d66dddb7c122524252bc196787a5b56d3d4183a0bbd07aec19

Pocket Foundry 0.6.5

Play your own copy of Factorio on Android: the official Linux ARM64 build, run without emulation on the phone's GPU.

Install: open pocket-foundry-0.6.5.apk on the phone (Android 10 or later; Adreno 6xx or newer, or another GPU with an imported driver), then import the Linux (arm64) .tar.xz from factorio.com/download. The app holds no part of Factorio: you bring your own copy. A new version installs over the last and keeps the game and saves.

Since v0.6.4:

• If the game closed while Pocket Foundry was in the background, opening it again from recent apps now brings back the launcher instead of a "Not connected" screen (#9).
• Mali with a PanVK driver: Factorio now compresses its textures on the CPU. Its GPU compression fails on these drivers, and on a G610 the loading stopped there (#15).
• Phones and drivers: G610 and G710 now point to the G615 driver, since the G710 one doesn't start (#30), and G715, G720 and G925 to RC3 with the options that reached the main menu on a G720 (#9).

Source: this release is built from v0.6.5, GPL-3.0. The runtime inside (glibc, Mesa, SDL, Termux:X11's X server) comes from the sources and build scripts in runtime/ and third_party/ at that tag. SHA-256 of the APK: 74728540c0c0c1447ab1fc36d1c1706d1e42a9bb75f75e5778ff84b89724da56

Pocket Foundry 0.6.4

Play your own copy of Factorio on Android: the official Linux ARM64 build, run without emulation on the phone's GPU.

Install: open pocket-foundry-0.6.4.apk on the phone (Android 10 or later; Adreno 6xx or newer, or another GPU with an imported driver), then import the Linux (arm64) .tar.xz from factorio.com/download. The app holds no part of Factorio: you bring your own copy. A new version installs over the last and keeps the game and saves.

Since v0.6.3:

• Mods: Factorio restarts by itself again after you turn mods on or off, instead of closing (#26).
• Quit closes a game that's stuck, after 10 seconds (#19).
• Imported drivers: builds with the same Mesa version, like the PanVK builds for Mali, no longer replace each other, and Logs shows which one is in use.

Source: this release is built from v0.6.4, GPL-3.0. The runtime inside (glibc, Mesa, SDL, Termux:X11's X server) comes from the sources and build scripts in runtime/ and third_party/ at that tag. SHA-256 of the APK: 9df44022f1fe66028df9f1d0ed53e7f8cb2160938975b12af897ddedbf38a7a6

Pocket Foundry 0.6.3

Play your own copy of Factorio on Android: the official Linux ARM64 build, run without emulation on the phone's GPU.

Install: open pocket-foundry-0.6.3.apk on the phone (Android 10 or later; Adreno 6xx or newer, or another GPU with an imported driver), then import the Linux (arm64) .tar.xz from factorio.com/download. The app holds no part of Factorio: you bring your own copy. A new version installs over the last and keeps the game and saves.

Since v0.6.2:

• Keyboards: held keys now reach the game, so WASD walks (#11). Plug the keyboard in before starting the game.

Source: this release is built from v0.6.3, GPL-3.0. The runtime inside (glibc, Mesa, SDL, Termux:X11's X server) comes from the sources and build scripts in runtime/ and third_party/ at that tag. SHA-256 of the APK: e45f32f8f6fe643d496df0e57e75d01803c96294336b1c23b01c9c0afd156589

Pocket Foundry 0.6.2

Play your own copy of Factorio on Android: the official Linux ARM64 build, run without emulation on the phone's GPU.

Install: open pocket-foundry-0.6.2.apk on the phone (Android 10 or later; Adreno 6xx or newer, or another GPU with an imported driver), then import the Linux (arm64) .tar.xz from factorio.com/download. The app holds no part of Factorio: you bring your own copy. A new version installs over the last and keeps the game and saves.

Since v0.6.1:

• Fix for the on-screen buttons missing on some phones (#17): their fingerprint sensor was taken for a controller.
• Phones and drivers lists the driver to import for Xclipse and Mali GPUs, and the phones known to work.

Source: this release is built from v0.6.2, GPL-3.0. The runtime inside (glibc, Mesa, SDL, Termux:X11's X server) comes from the sources and build scripts in runtime/ and third_party/ at that tag. SHA-256 of the APK: 592d0ea4bfecbdb4899539ddd9c17ae119d8cc62167b8f3cdd8167e9db4a5d51