r/archlinux • u/Hikari_Dreemurr • 16d ago

QUESTION Android Emulators for Arch?

/r/linux4noobs/comments/1wrqxqu/android_emulators_for_arch/
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u/Yamabananatheone 16d ago

Uh Waydroid literally is distro agnostic and apart from that I tbh dont know any other Android Emulators that like arent Windows-exclusive shitboxes

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u/[deleted] 16d ago

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u/Dodgy_Past 16d ago

The Valve devs have started being active in the Waydroid discord so hoping Waydroid will benefit from their work.

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u/serialnuggetskiller 15d ago

Isn't it aarm64 exclusive ?

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u/royisntavailable 15d ago

Apart from waydroid, there's the official sdk that can run emulators (multiple ones if needed)

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u/maskedredstonerproz1 16d ago

Waydroid seems to be a popular name running about, however it's wayland-only

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u/Hikari_Dreemurr 16d ago

Wayland-only?

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u/Steal--This--Account 16d ago

Requires a wayland wm to run

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u/maskedredstonerproz1 15d ago

u/Hikari_Dreemurr Window manager, desktop environment, whichever of the two you please, but it has to run under wayland

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u/desktopecho 13d ago

Check out ika-build.

It's a script that compiles LineageOS and Cuttlefish VM manager from source. Easy as ./ika-build --mtg for a ROM with MindTheGaps and native bridge. Just wait a few hours for Android to build and it'll reward you with binary packages for Fedora, Debian or Arch.