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Waydroid – Run Android containers on Ubuntu

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Re: Waydroid – Run Android containers on Ubuntu

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Post by jiggunjer »

josteink wrote: post #136
smallerfish wrote: post #106

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...or wait for the fxtec to ship. If I'm going to have a command line on my phone, I want a keyboard.

The fxtec looks neat in theory, but one thing I love on my PinePhone is its ability to just boot any OS on any SD-card you insert. Do you know if the fxtec will offer the same? For a tinkerable Linux phone where you genuinely go distro-hopping, that's truly a game-changer.

You mean any OS that has been painstakingly ported and compiled for the Pinephone? I don't think that leaves you with a plethora of options...

Re: Waydroid – Run Android containers on Ubuntu

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Post by gavodavo »

nsonha wrote: post #190
NewJazz wrote: post #45

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Well it is a container rather than an emulator. Maybe some parts are emulated, like opengl, but I believe waydroid is a lot "closer to the metal" than anbox is.

so is there any virtualization or not? what kind of container technology is this?

Lxc iirc.

Re: Waydroid – Run Android containers on Ubuntu

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Post by [deleted] »

jrm4 wrote: post #117
zekrioca wrote: post #32

I do not know why they do not give credits, nor mention that they use LXC behind the scenes [1]. [1] https://github.com/waydroid/waydroid/blob/bullseye/tools/hel...

I am, of course, not naive enough to think that there's a good chance of it happening -- but I nevertheless strongly feel this way about every large tech company that isn't Microsoft not mentioning that they use Linux.

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Re: Waydroid – Run Android containers on Ubuntu

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Post by hereme888 »

tyroh wrote: post #183
potyl wrote: post #181

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Try this command (sudo is needed only for writing files): DISTRO="focal" sudo curl https://repo.waydro.id/waydroid.gpg -o /usr/share/keyrings/waydroid.gpg echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/waydroid.gpg] https://repo.waydro.id/ $DISTRO main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/waydroid.list sudo apt update sudo apt install waydroid

this worked for me, thank you very much potyl!

Oh it almost worked! I got as far as the apt install waydroid this time.

However, it gave me this error:

The following packages have unmet dependencies: python3-gbinder : Depends: python3 (How do I downgrade python?

Re: Waydroid – Run Android containers on Ubuntu

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Post by ineedasername »

ev1 wrote: post #170
ineedasername wrote: post #151

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I can run most games on the Android Studio emulator without much of an issue, though it takes a higher mid-tier system to do it.

Which games? I don't mean like Fruit Ninja or Candy Crush, but the games that people actively bot or abuse will have a ton of ridiculous bullshit (checking anti-root, safetynet, borderline malware or malware-esque SDKs that exfiltrate huge amounts of data)

You're right, probably nothing that would be the target of bots like that, so I don't know how well those would work.

I play a few games my kids got me addicted to, Williams Pinball, and miscellaneous niche games. They run fine. But I haven't tried some of the popular MMOs or games where farming is basically the point.

Re: Waydroid – Run Android containers on Ubuntu

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Post by hansel_der »

davidgerard wrote: post #120
rd07 wrote: post #34

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Mainly because I want to see if : - I can install something from Aurora Store - The app can run - The app can connect to the internet without changing any config - The app can operate normally It is just a coincidence that the first apps I installed was Telegram. AFAIK, Waydroid doesn't add ARM virtualization, and because I installed it on a X86_64 computer, I doubt something installed from a store (which mainly aime…

Quite a lot of stuff from the Play Store has an x86 version, because then they get users on Chromebooks.

wut? most chromebooks are arm

Re: Waydroid – Run Android containers on Ubuntu

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Post by [deleted] »

electrikjesus wrote: post #152
knakk wrote: post #96

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I have been trying to get my banking software to work with both Anbox and Waydroid for the last couple of days. So far I've had no success with either. I've gotten other apps to run just fine but not any related to banking. These apps are extremely picky about the environment you run them in. At least the ones I'm working with require Google Play Services, which is proprietary and have to be ripped from an Android im…

Most banking apps will require Google Play Services in order to work right. Currently, Waydroid does not offer that.

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