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metro-os — Alpha 1
First installable slice of metro-os: a Windows Phone 8.1–style shell on Android, plus a first wave of consumer apps.
Goal: 1:1 WP8.1 Metro UX — not Material, not “inspired by.” Shared accent/theme via toolkits; portrait phone only.
Build: 2026-07-18 · 9/9 debug APKs passed · artifacts in deploy/apks/
What’s in Alpha 1
| App | Package | Tier | Status | Artifact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launcher | com.metro.launcher |
0 — Shell | Core flows live | launcher-debug.apk |
| Status bar | com.metro.statusbar |
0 — Shell | Implemented | statusbar-debug.apk |
| Navigation bar | com.metro.navbar |
0 — Shell | Scaffolded / usable | navbar-debug.apk |
| Photos | com.metro.photos |
2 | Implemented | photos-debug.apk |
| Calendar | com.metro.calendar |
2 | Implemented | calendar-debug.apk |
| Messaging | com.metro.messaging |
2 | Implemented (SMS seam + demo) | messaging-debug.apk |
| People | com.metro.people |
2 | Hub v1 | people-debug.apk |
| Phone | com.metro.dialer |
2 | Phone v1 | dialer-debug.apk |
| Calculator | com.metro.calculator |
2 | Implemented | calculator-debug.apk |
Each APK is ~8.6–8.9 MB (debug).
Install
# Shell (Tier 0)
./scripts/install-shell.sh
# Or sideload from the suite collection
adb install -r deploy/apks/launcher-debug.apk
adb install -r deploy/apks/statusbar-debug.apk
adb install -r deploy/apks/navbar-debug.apk
adb install -r deploy/apks/photos-debug.apk
adb install -r deploy/apks/calendar-debug.apk
adb install -r deploy/apks/messaging-debug.apk
adb install -r deploy/apks/people-debug.apk
adb install -r deploy/apks/dialer-debug.apk
adb install -r deploy/apks/calculator-debug.apk