The invention discloses a system and a method for managing an intelligent greenhouse based on an Android platform. The system comprises a plurality of mobile management terminals, at least one gateway and WiFi Direct modules of which the quantity is equal to that of the gateways, wherein all the mobile management terminals are connected with uplink communication ends of the WiFi Direct modules; downlink communication ends of the WiFi Direct modules are connected with corresponding gateways; and the gateways are in bidirectional connection with a camera, a sensor and controlled greenhouse equipment of the greenhouse. By the system and the method, a greenhouse environment and images and video information of crop growing conditions can be remotely acquired in real time, a curve or a table ofhistorical information data can be displayed, indoor meteorological data and outdoor meteorological data can be compared and analyzed, and a fan, a mobile spray irrigation mechanism, a shielding screen, a sun roof, lamplight, a humidifier and other mechanisms in the greenhouse can be remotely controlled through a mobile phone, a tablet personal computer or an advanced reduced instruction set computer (RISC) machine (ARM) system, so that the greenhouse can be remotely and portably managed.