WAYDROID, formerly referred to as Anbox-Halium, is a rebuild of Anbox, intended to use more of the native host’s hardware, resulting in faster performance than Anbox.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Waydroid
https://github.com/waydroid/waydroid
Though you might be able to follow the above guides and get Waydroid running,
you might probably get stuck somewhere and find it all confusing, just like I was before getting it running.
The instructions are all the more similar to that for getting anbox running!
These steps should definitely work for everyone, and I have ensured everything step is explained well enough so that even someone new to Linux can do it!
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Install anbox-modules-dkms
sudo pacman -S anbox-modules-dkms -
Reboot
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Setting up Kernel Modules:
i) To enable module loading at boot(Kernel module - ArchWiki):
create a file inside /etc/modules-load.d/, which contains the lines:
(sudo nano /etc/modules-load.d/waydroid.conf)
/etc/modules-load.d/waydroid.conf
ashmem_linux
binder_linux
(Save and exit)
ii) Load Modules(Kernel module - ArchWiki):
sudo modprobe -a binder-linux ashmem-linux
iii) To enable creating mount point of binderfs at boot(systemd - ArchWiki):
create a file in /etc/tmpfiles.d/ with the content:
(sudo nano /etc/tmpfiles.d/waydroid.conf)
/etc/tmpfiles.d/waydroid.conf
d! /dev/binderfs 0755 root root
(Save and exit)
iv) Mount binderfs:
(mkdir(1) — Arch manual pages)
(mount(8) — Arch manual pages)
sudo mkdir -p /dev/binderfssudo mount -t binder none /dev/binderfs
v) To enable mounting binderfs at boot, add a line in the fstab. Using the option nofail here will not greet you with a recovery shell when you are booting a kernel without binderfs support (such as the standard kernel):
(sudo nano /etc/fstab)
/etc/fstab
none /dev/binderfs binder nofail 0 0
There is an
anbox-supportpackage(For Garuda Users) which pulls dependencies, sets the required configs in place and gives instructions on how to complete the setup (/etc/fstab, for example, needs to be edited manually).
vi) Now to check the required modules are loaded and mounted automatically on boot, run:
sudo ls -1 /dev/{ashmem,binderfs}
It should give somewhat similar output:
❯ sudo ls -1 /dev/{ashmem,binderfs}
/dev/ashmem
/dev/binderfs:
anbox-binder
anbox-hwbinder
anbox-vndbinder
binder
binder-control
features
hwbinder
vndbinder
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Wayland
Waydroid only works in a Wayland session manager, so make sure you are in a Wayland session.
Note that even if you are in X11, many Wayland session manager supports nested session (so you can run it inside your X11 session); the simplest example is weston. -
Setting up Waydroid:
- Install Waydroid (available in chaotic-aur for Garuda users):
sudo pacman -Syu waydroid && sudo waydroid init
- After installing, you will want to start the waydroid-container service
sudo systemctl start waydroid-container
- Then launch waydroid container:
sudo waydroid container start
- And launch the session:
waydroid session start
- Then launch the waydroid app in full UI mode by running the Waydroid app in the app drawer or through the terminal:
waydroid show-full-ui
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For network in your Waydroid container:
Please check this out:
Network in Waydroid -
Install an application:
waydroid app install $path_to_apk
Happy New Year 2022!
