The Android Accessory SDK relies on the accessory having USB host. However, my understanding is that newer versions of Android (3.1, 2.4?) have USB host support in the kernel. And I know many existing Android devices have hardware support for host (most tablets surely, Moto Droid, HTC Droid Incredible, etc.).

So my question is, given an Android device that has USB host, what will be the simplest/cheapest way to interface this with a micro? The first thing that comes to mind is using an FTDI USB->serial chip and a micro with UART. But I don't know if the FTDI drivers can be put on Android devices. Anyway, there's probably a much better solution.

I'd prefer a solution that doesn't require a rooted Android device, but would be interested to hear some of these options too.