I used to hate android emulators, since the ones I'd tested on Windows were ad-ridden, slow bloatware.

The other day I needed to run an android app on Fedora 40.

I tried Waydroid and it worked very well. The app ran supersmooth as if it was running natively.

Also the cli syntax was very sane an user friendly.

waydroid app install|run|list ...

So if you need an Android app on linux the experience might be better than what you think it would be.

  • TFO Winder@lemmy.ml
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    4 months ago

    I just tried it 3 days ago on Fedora 40, Did not run for me.

    Followed their wiki

    How did you setup?

    • mFat@lemdro.id
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      4 months ago

      I don't remember tbh. I installed it a couple of years ago but used it for the first only recently.

    • Plaksys@mander.xyz
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      4 months ago

      At what point did it not work for you? I just got it running on Fedora 40 following their wiki.

      • TFO Winder@lemmy.ml
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        4 months ago
        Failed to get service waydroidplatform

        on doing waydroid app install myapk.apk

        ERROR: WayDroid container service is already running

        IT says already running on doing sudo waydroid container start

        • Plaksys@mander.xyz
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          4 months ago

          I got it into android "desktopt" previously, but now after rebooting and trying to install an apk it seems to no longer be opening at all. Sorry :/

          Edit: I just uninstalled and reinstalled via the software Center and now it works and I could install F-Droid.