without snap and other propretiary stuff? then i would take it.
Waydroid – Run Android containers on Ubuntu
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Re: Waydroid – Run Android containers on Ubuntu
#12It will be interesting to see how these kind of solutions compare with emulators for e2e testing of Android apps locally and on CI.
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#13Doubts: - Is it better/faster/more compatible than anbox? - Runs on ARM? - Does it allows me to watch DRM streaming services on my linux box? - Can I install google play on it?
> - Does it allows me to watch DRM streaming services on my linux box?
It doesn't include a HSM, so if it does allow you to watch DRM content, it'll only be Widevine level 3 content, which most services restrict to 420p or sometimes 720p streaming.
Re: Waydroid – Run Android containers on Ubuntu
#14Doubts: - Is it better/faster/more compatible than anbox? - Runs on ARM? - Does it allows me to watch DRM streaming services on my linux box? - Can I install google play on it?
Waydroid has Android use your actual Linux kernel, so on an x86-64 host you’ll run x86-64 Android, and on an ARM host, ARM Android. This means that there will be some apps that won’t run on your Intel/AMD computer. I have no idea at all how common it is for Android apps to be tied to ARM, but I imagine that ARM64 will have helped with architecture-neutrality.
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#15so now we have waydroid and anbox
It sort of looks like these guys said hey if anbox folks aren’t going to update their android version, let’s fork it and do our own thing? There are some random anbox files in the repo for waydroid.
Waydroid was formerly known as anbox-halium; I believe it was a rewrite of Anbox to use system capabilities more or something, but I’m fuzzy on the details.
(As to what it’s now known as, I’m not actually certain: in most places it’s spelled Waydroid, but there are a number of places where it’s spelled WayDroid instead. Waaaaah! I can’t cope!)
Re: Waydroid – Run Android containers on Ubuntu
#16I'm glad to recently switch to Linux as my primary OS with things like these available. Windows 11's android app integration now doesn't sound as appealing.
Re: Waydroid – Run Android containers on Ubuntu
#17Has anyone had success getting any of these containers to work with a camera?
Recently, my bank discontinued their website based deposit system for checks in favor of their app. I'm reluctant to keep an app with full access to my account on my phone, so a container system like Waydroid or Anbox would be great if I could just emulate the app when I need it. Has anyone else run into this issue and, if so, how have you dealt with it?
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#18One of the major advantages of Waydroid that I've found is that it's lighter than Anbox. I know some here have compute to spare, but it makes a big difference on my Pinephone :)
It's still early days for Waydroid, but it's also decidedly a step forwards.
Re: Waydroid – Run Android containers on Ubuntu
#19Doubts: - Is it better/faster/more compatible than anbox? - Runs on ARM? - Does it allows me to watch DRM streaming services on my linux box? - Can I install google play on it?
> Is it better/faster/more compatible than anbox?
From the Anbox website:
> "We're reusing what Android implemented within the QEMU-based emulator for OpenGL ES accelerated rendering."
I'm not certain but I believe WayDroid more directly attempts to provide Android drawing subsystems on top of Wayland. This should be better/faster. Cross fingers.
Compatibility wise, I'm unsure. Anbox may be a more faithful Android platform perhaps. Waydroid feels like it's a closer integration to me, with less virtualized-machinery, which is a much wider support target since it's running directly atop a wide variety of hosts. But I for one am very glad we have a closer integrated option, one where Android apps are running more within the Linux desktop context.
There's probably a bunch wrong with my understandings here. Hoping some even better informed people can correct/supplement.
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#20Idea: take the open source Beagle Bone Black, which has open source schematics, put into (probably chunkier) phone form factor, add 4g phone modem.
Use containers to segregate any apps, e.g. web browser, maps, Signal/Telegram all in a separate container from each other.
Would this allow for less privacy-invasion from Google etc.?