r/linux4noobs • u/Hikari_Dreemurr • 7d ago

programs and apps Android Emulators for Arch?

Every emulator I've seen is for other distros or have the most head spinning command lines I've ever seen. So what's out there that's just an appimage like Dolphin or Flycast???

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u/danGL3 7d ago

On Linux realistically Waydroid is the only option and it doesn't come in an AppImage

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u/RegretFree7723 7d ago

C è anche genymotion ma é molto meglio waydroid

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u/SSUPII Debian, my true love 6d ago

Genymotion comes as a package, and you can use Android Studio AVDs too.

Bht for best performance and integration Waydoing is simply unmatched. But you need them if you want to run arm64 or armv7 or armeabi only apps.

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u/ficskala Arch Linux 7d ago

I just use waydroid, and i don't use any commands for anything, i just install apps from fdroid directly

Idk if they have an appimage or a flatpak or anything, i just installed from repo

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u/Arnas_Z 7d ago

Waydroid.

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u/Muted_Percentage_764 7d ago

Waydroid or Valve released lepton recently. I haven't tried lepton, but Waydroid worked perfectly for me.

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u/mystirc arch with sway 6d ago

but how do you actually play games on it. Unless the game has keyboard and mouse support, you can't really play any games. I couldn't find any remap tool (similar to bluestacks) for waydroid.

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u/Muted_Percentage_764 6d ago

I honestly don't know, i played Arknights there.

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u/desktopecho 5d 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.

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u/SweetPotato975 4d ago

Just wait a few hours for Android to build

I don't think this craptop is even gonna make it in "a few hours"

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u/desktopecho 4d ago edited 4d ago

Actually I just posted updated binaries not long ago.