The open source project I stumbled upon that allows you to run Android apps on PC is Waydroid…it takes a container-based approach to running a full Android system directly on Linux
Alas given how it works it only works on Linux.
The open source project I stumbled upon that allows you to run Android apps on PC is Waydroid…it takes a container-based approach to running a full Android system directly on Linux
Alas given how it works it only works on Linux.
So, if you had a linux phone, you could still run all android apps as is? Given you have an .apk I suppose?
If you can get the app. I looked at Waydroid and other apps, but discovered that app I needed was only on the google play store. (I want to see when my kid’s bus will arrive - there is no web site, just an app. I suspect it needs google logins or something to use, but I gave up before I figured out how to download the .apk)
You can use Aurora Store, it’s an open source client for the play store. Just probably don’t sign into it with your real google account since it violates the play store tos
That would be easy on a linux phone setup where you have no need to sign in.
Yeah, only time it becomes inconvenient is if you want to use a paid app
For the future, apkmirror.com is the easy answer for your needs
No, the architecture still needs to match. If you android app supports x86, you’re good. Otherwise, you can technically emulate ARM64 and run it, but the performance will suck ass.
Most Apps are just Java/Kotlin code, which is converted into your CPUs instruction set at runtine.
So usually this will not be a problem. Unless you use some kind of hyperoptimised App, which should be rare.