Waydroid

Installation

We offer waydroid in form of an system extension, you can enable using:

updatectl enable --now --reboot waydroid

Download the latest Android Image using:

sudo waydroid init
#or
sudo waydroid init -s GAPPS

Or, by using the GUI when opening Waydroid from your app menu.

Update the used android image with:

sudo waydroid upgrade

Usage

Install an application using google play / fdroid / similar or with:

waydroid app install $path_to_apk

Software rendering

Note

This is probably required for Nvidia users. Alternatively, use the iGPU for Waydroid.

Add the following to /var/lib/waydroid/waydroid.cfg:

[properties]
ro.hardware.gralloc=default
ro.hardware.egl=swiftshader

Then run:

sudo waydroid upgrade --offline
sudo systemctl restart waydroid-container.service

Reset waydroid

sudo systemctl stop waydroid-container.service
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/waydroid /home/.waydroid ~/waydroid ~/.share/waydroid ~/.local/share/applications/*aydroid* ~/.local/share/waydroid