diff --git a/.agents/MEMORY.md b/.agents/MEMORY.md
index 1b5850b..69d7ba3 100644
--- a/.agents/MEMORY.md
+++ b/.agents/MEMORY.md
@@ -1,10 +1,33 @@
 # Project Memory — screen_cast
 
-Last updated: Phase 6 (discovery + signaling) complete and validated over
-loopback; current phase is Phase 7.
+Last updated: Phase 8 (Android receiver app) complete and validated on a
+Fairphone 6; all prior phases done.
 
 ## Project state
 
+- **Phase 8 done: Android receiver app** (`android/`, Kotlin, minSdk 30,
+  app id `screen_cast.receiver`): phone as second receiver (screen → HDMI via
+  USB-C DP-alt-mode). Speaks the existing signaling+RTP protocol — no C++
+  changes. AGP 9 **built-in Kotlin** (no kotlin plugin, no `kotlinOptions`;
+  Kotlin targets `compileOptions`, Java 17); no androidx (framework +
+  org.json + JUnit). 25 JVM tests green. Validated end-to-end on a
+  Fairphone 6 (API 36): offer/answer → MediaCodec → fullscreen letterboxed
+  render; PLI recovery on real Wi-Fi loss. Hard-won API-36 quirks (in
+  RUNBOOK): `INTERNET` permission is REQUIRED for NsdService;
+  `DatagramSocket.localPort` (`.port` is -1 unconnected; `.localAddress` is
+  Inet6Address, not InetSocketAddress); pass the Surface to
+  `MediaCodec.configure()` + `start()`; render via
+  `releaseOutputBuffer(render=true)`; C2 AVC needs a concrete size at
+  configure (in-band SPS reconfigures); `MediaFormat.format()`/
+  `KEY_MIME_TYPE` not public in API 36; NSD `RegistrationListener` replaced
+  `ResolutionListener` (reflection fallback for older devices);
+  **`android._video-scaling`: C2 scales output to the Surface** → letterbox
+  by sizing the TextureView to the video aspect, NOT a transform matrix
+  (double scale). Sender-side: Hyprland + GTK portal's `--target monitor`
+  picks the FIRST output (eDP-1, wrong display) — use `--target window`
+  (hyprland-share-picker). Activity FQN for `am start`:
+  `screen_cast.receiver/screen_cast.ReceiverActivity` (Kotlin package =
+  namespace `screen_cast`).
 - **Phase 6 done**: Avahi mDNS discovery (`_screencast._tcp` — receiver
   announces its signaling port via a threaded-poll Avahi client; senders
   browse+resolve) plus JSON session signaling (offer/answer) over TCP with
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8b44e3c..b9e0de7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -139,6 +139,38 @@ sudo scripts/pi-hotspot.sh off      # back to normal router Wi-Fi
 While active the Pi is reachable at `10.42.0.1`; on the sender, join the
 hotspot's Wi-Fi and run `screencast --send`.
 
+## Android receiver: a phone as the second screen
+
+A native receiver app (Kotlin, minSdk 30) lets a phone act as the second
+receiver — and with a USB-C DisplayPort-alt-mode cable, the phone screen
+mirrors straight to HDMI. The app speaks the same signaling + RTP protocol,
+so the sender needs no changes.
+
+```sh
+cd android
+gradle :app:assembleDebug          # or :app:installDebug with a device attached
+adb install app/build/outputs/apk/debug/app-debug.apk
+```
+
+Launch the app (it advertises `_screencast._tcp` and shows its IP + ports),
+then on the sender:
+
+```sh
+screencast --send --peer <phone-ip>:5005
+```
+
+Notes:
+
+- The sender downscales to the phone's display resolution automatically
+  (from the signaling answer).
+- The phone renders letterboxed (fit-within), fullscreen, screen kept on.
+- The app needs only the `INTERNET` permission; no camera/location.
+- mDNS discovery works on the same L2 segment; across subnets use `--peer`
+  (the app prints its IP and the exact fallback command).
+- `--target monitor` captures the portal's default output — on multi-monitor
+  Hyprland/GTK-portal setups that may not be the one you want; use
+  `--target window` and pick a window on the target display.
+
 ## Architecture
 
 See `docs/ARCHITECTURE.md` for module boundaries and design rules.
@@ -147,11 +179,11 @@ See `docs/ARCHITECTURE.md` for module boundaries and design rules.
 
 Development is split into phases in `docs/PHASES.md`.
 
-Current phase: **Phase 7 — Resilience and polish**. PLI recovery, the
-jitter buffer, hardware decode, and the GUI/waybar front-ends are complete
-and validated on a real two-machine setup (desktop → Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W
-over Wi-Fi); deferred items are the VAAPI hardware encode probe and
-packaging.
+Current phase: **Phase 8 — Android receiver app** (complete): the Kotlin
+receiver app streams to a phone (validated on a Fairphone 6, phone → HDMI
+via USB-C DP-alt-mode). Phase 7 items (PLI, jitter, hardware decode,
+GUI/waybar) are complete and validated; deferred items remain the VAAPI
+hardware encode probe and packaging.
 
 ## License
 
diff --git a/docs/PHASES.md b/docs/PHASES.md
index e050fe8..bcbc76c 100644
--- a/docs/PHASES.md
+++ b/docs/PHASES.md
@@ -102,6 +102,29 @@ where available. PLI + jitter validated on the desktop (induced-loss probe);
 hardware decode validated as clean-fallback on the desktop, hardware path
 pending a run on the Pi.
 
+## Phase 8 — Android Receiver App
+
+**Goal**: a native Android receiver app (Kotlin) so a phone can act as the
+second receiver — screen on, USB-C DP-alt-mode to HDMI. The app speaks the
+existing signaling + RTP protocol; no C++ changes.
+
+- [x] 8.1 Gradle project builds (`android/`, AGP 9 built-in Kotlin, no
+      androidx; `gradle :app:assembleDebug`)
+- [x] 8.2 Kotlin sources + JVM unit tests (rtp framing, jitter buffer,
+      depacketizer — 25 tests green)
+- [x] 8.3 Signaling + NSD validated on device (offer → answer over the
+      network; mDNS registration via the API-36 RegistrationListener)
+- [x] 8.4 MediaCodec decode + Surface render validated on device (in-band
+      SPS sizing, letterbox fit)
+- [x] 8.5 End-to-end on a Fairphone 6 (Android 16): streaming, letterboxed
+      fullscreen render, PLI keyframe recovery on Wi-Fi loss
+- [x] 8.6 Docs: README receiver section, RUNBOOK build/install/test,
+      PHASES + MEMORY updates
+
+**Validation**: `gradle :app:testDebugUnitTest` green; live session
+`--send --target window --peer <phone>:5005` rendered fullscreen on the
+phone (and HDMI via DP-alt-mode) with loss recovery.
+
 ## Current phase
 
-Phase 7 — Resilience and Polish.
+Phase 8 — Android Receiver App (complete).
diff --git a/docs/RUNBOOK.md b/docs/RUNBOOK.md
index fa7e5ec..12422b0 100644
--- a/docs/RUNBOOK.md
+++ b/docs/RUNBOOK.md
@@ -209,6 +209,55 @@ The headless equivalent runs as part of `meson test` (`udp loopback` test):
 synthetic frames → encode → packetize → localhost UDP → depacketize →
 decode, no portal or window involved.
 
+## Android receiver app (Phase 8)
+
+Toolchain: JDK 21, system `gradle` (no wrapper), Android SDK with android-36.
+AGP 9 has **built-in Kotlin** — do not apply `org.jetbrains.kotlin.android`
+and do not use `kotlinOptions {}`.
+
+```sh
+cd android
+gradle :app:assembleDebug            # -> app/build/outputs/apk/debug/app-debug.apk
+gradle :app:testDebugUnitTest        # 25 JVM tests (rtp, jitter, depacketizer)
+```
+
+Device test (validated on a Fairphone 6, Android 16 / API 36):
+
+```sh
+adb install -r app/build/outputs/apk/debug/app-debug.apk
+adb shell am start -n screen_cast.receiver/screen_cast.ReceiverActivity
+# activity FQN is screen_cast.ReceiverActivity (namespace), not
+# screen_cast.receiver.ReceiverActivity
+adb shell uiautomator dump /sdcard/ui.xml && adb shell cat /sdcard/ui.xml   # status text
+adb exec-out screencap -p > phone.png                                      # visual check
+```
+
+On the sender: `screencast --send --peer <phone-ip>:5005` (add `--target
+window` to pick a specific window; the portal's monitor source picks the
+first output on multi-monitor Hyprland/GTK-portal setups).
+
+Platform quirks found while validating (Android 16 / API 36):
+
+- `android.permission.INTERNET` is required — NsdService rejects
+  registration without it.
+- `DatagramSocket.localPort` gives the bound port; `.port` is -1 for
+  unconnected datagram sockets, and `.localAddress` is an `InetAddress`
+  (Inet6Address on Android), not an `InetSocketAddress`.
+- `MediaCodec`: pass the output Surface to `configure()` (`setOutputSurface`
+  is illegal after configure); call `start()`; render with
+  `releaseOutputBuffer(index, render=true)`; the C2 AVC decoder requires a
+  concrete width/height at configure (use a placeholder — the in-band SPS
+  reconfigures it).
+- `MediaFormat.format()` / `KEY_MIME_TYPE` are not in the API-36 public
+  surface.
+- NSD: API 36 replaced `ResolutionListener` registration with
+  `registerService(info, flags, RegistrationListener)`; the app falls back
+  to reflection on older devices.
+- The C2 decoder scales its output to the Surface (`android._video-scaling`)
+  — letterbox by **sizing the TextureView to the video aspect** (centered
+  on a black window background), not with a transform matrix (double scale).
+- mDNS does not cross subnets; `--peer` is the reliable path.
+
 ## Formatting
 
 ```sh