Introduction The project involved a two phased implementation approach with the objective of running Android on the Altera board. This was achieved by installing the Android software into Altera Nios II board, the latest version of Altera boards that came with integrated advanced features such as LCD touch screen, VGA output, SD memory card, and etc. The open-source Android system was ported/integrated to the FPGA platform. Since NIOS IDE is a cooperating component of quartus 9.1 software, quartus was installed on Linux and instantiated on the NIOS processor with the IDE and Quartus tool ported to the software port to run on the FPGA hardware board. The DE2-70 FPGA board supported the instantiation of a 32-bit NIOS soft processor on FPGA. The Android SDK (Software Development Kit) platform is java programming language compatible for applications development. The Android OS was shipped with a suite of core applications, reusable components, and C/C++ specific class libraries that rely on Linux 2.6 OS developed by Open Handset Alliance. Embedded applications can be developed with Altera Nios II evaluation kit Cyclone III edition. The project was cost effective with Android source code freely available except the Linux kernel under GNU public licensing scheme. The two phased implementation scheme was constrained by the need for a skilled engineer to update packages required for Android to be Ubuntu OS compatible and troubleshooting Linux access permission with the option of login as a super user and troubleshooting the virtual machine created for the Linux OS that necessitated the option of creating another one. Literature Review The architectural framework of Android operating system is an integration of email client capabilities, SMS programs, Browser, Maps, and calendar components. Cross platform reusable application framework components with broadcast capabilities afford an interface with a range of applications characterizing the Android OS with C/ C ++ Android specific class libraries for system developers. Android’s run time core libraries provide functionalities specific to Java Programming language with the DVK virtual machine’s functionality dependent on the Linux kernel for its underlying functionalities. User capabilities on Altera Embedded Systems Development Kit Cyclone III for creating embedded applications incorporate hardware, firmware, and software packages for building, downloading, and testing applications developed on a host machine are embedded features. Altera’s distinct features include Ethernet, SD/MMC, Flash, Serial, the display, and others such as Touch Panel driver based on Altera SPI. Linux 2.6 version’s embedded characteristics include abstraction services between hardware and software stack and core support functionalities such as security management among others. Open Handset Alliance under the funding and leadership of Google in collaboration with mobile operators, device handset manufacturers, component manufacturers, software solution and platform providers, and marketing companies developed Android with the first G1 model headset manufactured, marketed and sold by HTC with later developments of models with integrated capabilities. On the other hand, Altera Nios II evaluati