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waydroid — A container-based approach to boot a full Android system on a regular Linux system like Ubuntu. More

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Problem

How to use the waydroid command: A container-based approach to boot a full Android system on a regular Linux system like Ubuntu. More information: <https://docs.waydro.id/usage/waydroid-command-line-options>.

Solution

waydroid — A container-based approach to boot a full Android system on a regular Linux system like Ubuntu. More information: <https://docs.waydro.id/usage/waydroid-command-line-options>.

Start Waydroid:

waydroid show-full-ui

Initialize Waydroid (required on first run or after reinstalling Android):

sudo waydroid init

Install a new Android app from a file:

waydroid app install {{path/to/file}}.apk

Launch an Android app by its package name:

waydroid app launch {{com.example.app}}

Start or stop the Waydroid session:

waydroid session {{start|stop}}

Manage the Waydroid container:

sudo waydroid container {{start|stop|restart|freeze|unfreeze}}

Open Waydroid shell:

sudo waydroid shell

Adjust Waydroid window dimensions:

waydroid prop set persist.waydroid.{{width|height}} {{number}}

Code Snippets

Start Waydroid

waydroid show-full-ui

Initialize Waydroid (required on first run or after reinstalling Android)

sudo waydroid init

Install a new Android app from a file

waydroid app install {{path/to/file}}.apk

Launch an Android app by its package name

waydroid app launch {{com.example.app}}

Start or stop the Waydroid session

waydroid session {{start|stop}}

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