UBports, the maintainer and community behind the Ubuntu Touch mobile operating system, is pleased to announce that the long-awaited feature of of being able to run Android apps on Ubuntu Touch has reached a new milestone with the inauguration of “Project Anbox”.
Now you can install android apps in Ubuntu 20.04 and use them as you do on your android phone. Though there are not many practical uses of android apps on your Ubuntu system, it is worth giving a try nonetheless.
What is Shashlik The goal of Shashlik is to provide a way to run Android applications on a standard Linux desktop as easily and simply as possible. Can run android apps, on Ubuntu. It’s not stable, and not all apps work, but it seems promising. S. I had to sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-dev and sudo apt-get install kde-baseapps-bin.
How to install Android apps on Linux?
Anbox is a wonderfully simple answer to being able to install Android apps on Linux. It was possible in the past with a bit of effort, but never as easily this. If you’re interested in running the full Android operating system on your Linux device instead of only the apps, consider installing Android in Virtual, and box.
After getting your Android phone connected with the UBports, now you can select which Ubuntu version you want to install inside your device. You will find all the stable versions of Ubuntu Touch that are available to be installed inside your Android device. You can also choose whether you want to wipe your device’s memory and storage or not.
The next thing we asked ourselves was: is it possible to install Android OS on Ubuntu by VirtualBox?
@Ben – you can get some of an existing device AFAIK, else its the third party sites. Google play may be restricted now on installs outside of manufacturer devices Show activity on this post. The straight answer is no you can’t.
What can I install on Ubuntu Touch?
Ubuntu Touch has a huge and vast App. Store for your mobile devices. In the software store, you will find almost every software that you might need to install inside your Ubuntu Touch. On Android, the normal booting configurations are stored inside the system recovery directory.
What is Anbox on Ubuntu Touch?
Having android apps is a logical solution to help us bridge the gap that is in front of us. Anbox will be an optional feature on Ubuntu Touch allowing the containerization of all Android apps as needed by the users.