Waydroid

[feklee]

Does anyone have Waydroid running in postmarketOS on a PinePhone or PinePhone Pro?

Yes I have.  In fact I find it works better on PMOS Phosh than on any other distro/DE I've tried it on.  The instructions are here - I just followed them and it worked fine.

Is that on a PinePhone or on a PinePhone Pro? Also, are you on Stable or Edge?

With Phosh instead of SXMO, I can at least get waydroid app list to show up something.  That indeed takes a while to come up.  For the first few minutes, it only reports errors:

Code:

pine64-pinephonepro:~$ waydroid app list
[11:02:41] Failed to get service waydroidplatform, trying again...
[11:02:42] Failed to get service waydroidplatform, trying again...

Then I get:

Code:

pine64-pinephonepro:~$ waydroid app list
Name: Settings
packageName: com.android.settings
categories:
        android.intent.category.LAUNCHER

And finally:

Code:

pine64-pinephonepro:~$ waydroid app list
Name: Settings
packageName: com.android.settings
categories:
        android.intent.category.LAUNCHER
pine64-pinephonepro:~$ waydroid app list
Name: Files
packageName: com.android.documentsui
categories:
        android.intent.category.LAUNCHER
Name: Contacts
packageName: com.android.contacts
categories:
        android.intent.category.LAUNCHER
Name: Recorder
packageName: org.lineageos.recorder
categories:
        android.intent.category.LAUNCHER
Name: Gallery
packageName: com.android.gallery3d
categories:
        android.intent.category.LAUNCHER
Name: Browser
packageName: org.lineageos.jelly
categories:
        android.intent.category.LAUNCHER
Name: Music
packageName: org.lineageos.eleven
categories:
        android.intent.category.LAUNCHER
Name: Calendar
packageName: org.lineageos.etar
categories:
        android.intent.category.LAUNCHER
Name: Settings
packageName: com.android.settings
categories:
        android.intent.category.LAUNCHER
Name: Calculator
packageName: com.android.calculator2
categories:
        android.intent.category.LAUNCHER
Name: Email
packageName: com.android.email
categories:
        android.intent.category.LAUNCHER
Name: Clock
packageName: com.android.deskclock
categories:
        android.intent.category.LAUNCHER
Name: System Tracing
packageName: com.android.traceur
categories:
        android.intent.category.INFO

Now I try to launch the settings:

Code:

pine64-pinephonepro:~$ waydroid app launch com.android.setting

This renders the screen unresponsive. Possibly Waydroid puts a transparent window in front of everything. Anyhow, nothing interesting ever appears. Eventually I kill the session via SSH to get back my screen.

Be aware though that the first time you start a Waydroid session, it takes AGES to come up - 15 or 20 minutes.

To show the app list, of from when it is available to when an app appears on screen?

Maybe I should be more patient, although I expect the Pro to be considerably faster than the regular PinePhone.

The only thing I've found doesn't work so well is location.

luxury problem  

Anyhow, thanks for your report. It’s good to know that it can work, although I suspect you’re using a regular PinePhone, and then it’s not applicable to me.