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What do you use Waydroid for? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 6 months ago by wispydust@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I tried Waydroid on Arch and its amazing. It runs Android apps flawlessly. And with a touchscreen device, I feel like I have an Android tablet running inside my Linux machine.

But I still don't know what to use it for...

What apps do you use with Waydroid? What use cases do you have for it?

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[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 0 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Side point, is it possible to install the google play store on waydroid? Aurora keeps crashing.

[–] lea@feddit.de 0 points 6 months ago

Yep, waydroid init -s GAPPS. But it will complain when first trying to sign in with Google so you'll have to authorize the device.

[–] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 0 points 6 months ago

I go with APKUpdater now.

[–] ECB@feddit.de 0 points 6 months ago

I use it to run the Sky App to stream football.

The only options are a windows app or an android app (since you can't watch in the browser) and I couldn't get the windows app to work with WINE.

The android app runs fairly well with waydroid, although it occasionally runs into some hiccups.