This could be useful for running WhatsApp inside a vm instead of your phone for those rare instances where it is needed.
Android in Docker without QEMU/emulator
21–30 of 72 posts
Re: Android in Docker without QEMU/emulator
#22For development work I use the default Android emulator that comes with Android Studio. Are any of these ones superior in terms of performance, resource utilization, etc? The cloud angle is mildly interesting although in my specific use-case I'd probably just end up paying for a service that can provide access to emulators in the cloud. Is there more scope to do things like automating inputs etc this way? How would o…
This one specifically seems to run Android in the Linux Kernel using the usual suspects of container tech. It should have next to zero performance impact so it will definitely have better performance compared to the default Android emulator considering that's using qemu, even if it's qemu-kvm. Whether it's as reliable as running a VM, is something that'll need to be tested. Personally I got an error when trying to ex…
Did you try
:q!
?Re: Android in Docker without QEMU/emulator
#23This could be useful for running WhatsApp inside a vm instead of your phone for those rare instances where it is needed.
What do you mean? Where is it needed?
Re: Android in Docker without QEMU/emulator
#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
All Linux containers leak the host kernel no? The Anbox project relies on the exact same 2 modules: https://docs.anbox.io/userguide/install_kernel_modules.html . While these are "android-specific", they are present in the linux kernel tree, and even come pre-installed in Ubuntu 19.04 (and probably more distros).
> All Linux containers leak the host kernel no? Curious in what way?
That's the difference between a container and a VM. VM runs its own kernel. A container relies on the host kernel and the host machine's kernel does all the scheduling, memory management, etc.
Re: Android in Docker without QEMU/emulator
#25This could be useful for running WhatsApp inside a vm instead of your phone for those rare instances where it is needed.
Exactly, what I am going to use it for. I tried using whatsapp for long in a VM of android x86 image didn't work too well for me.
Re: Android in Docker without QEMU/emulator
#26Will it work on WSL? It can be a good way to run Android on Windows.
Windows (11?) has the feature built in right?
That feature's still in beta (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/android/wsa/). You can use it by joining the Windows Insider Program.
Re: Android in Docker without QEMU/emulator
#27Don't forget waydroid: https://waydro.id/ . Last time I tried, it worked reasonably well.
Re: Android in Docker without QEMU/emulator
#28required params (already added in docker image)
qemu=1
Re: Android in Docker without QEMU/emulator
#29This could be useful for running WhatsApp inside a vm instead of your phone for those rare instances where it is needed.
Frankly I just install Island, and then run Whatsapp (and all not-always-needed apps) inside it. Plus bonus: you can freeze the apps you don't need and keep the island running.
Re: Android in Docker without QEMU/emulator
#30For development work I use the default Android emulator that comes with Android Studio. Are any of these ones superior in terms of performance, resource utilization, etc? The cloud angle is mildly interesting although in my specific use-case I'd probably just end up paying for a service that can provide access to emulators in the cloud. Is there more scope to do things like automating inputs etc this way? How would o…
> Is there more scope to do things like automating inputs etc this way? How would one go about that? adb or UIAutomator
For tips on how to control the Android Emulator from the outside with adb, see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7789826/adb-shell-input-...