#Some help with running android in vso

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bleak panther
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I have an apk file for a game i like, that i want to play on my pc, but I don't really understand how to run it in the android subsystem.
Can somebody give me a quick guide on how you would go about running an apk file?

i was able to install an apk with vso android install -l <apk_name>
which worked, but when i try to launch it i get this error message

chloe@apx-vso-pico:~/Downloads$ vso android launch pccreator.apk
ERROR: WayDroid is not initialized, run "waydroid init"
ERROR: WayDroid is not initialized, run "waydroid init"
ERROR: WayDroid is not initialized, run "waydroid init"
ERROR: WayDroid is not initialized, run "waydroid init"
ERROR: WayDroid is not initialized, run "waydroid init"
ERROR: WayDroid is not initialized, run "waydroid init"
ERROR: WayDroid is not initialized, run "waydroid init"

when i run waydroid init as suggested, i get this error
chloe@apx-vso-pico:~/Downloads$ waydroid init
bash: waydroid: command not found

I feel like i am most probably doing something very wrong, so any help is appreciated lmao!

Much appreciated! PepeLove

wraith shoal
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You need to start the waydroid container at least once first so it can initialize itself and download the necessary images. Please note that waydroid can only run APKs that are of the same platform architecture than the host system, so running Vanilla on an x86 machine means you can run x86 APKs only.

To run an ARM APK for example, you need to install a translation unity. Easiest way is doing it with these script from GitHub
https://github.com/casualsnek/waydroid_script

GitHub
GitHub - casualsnek/waydroid_script: Python Script to add OpenGapp...

Python Script to add OpenGapps, Magisk, libhoudini translation library and libndk translation library to waydroid ! - casualsnek/waydroid_script

visual nebula
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info about the script, you need to run the scrip inside the waydroid container

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there should be a way of entering it with podman or with the pods app on flathub

bleak panther
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i, admittedly have not tried this yet
ive been writing most of the afternoon, but still thanks aloooot PepeLove
ill look into it as soon as i have a chance :D

bleak panther
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how do you start the waydroid container?

abstract crane
bleak panther
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i tried that at first, but it gave me the ERROR: WayDroid is not initialized, run "waydroid init" error

abstract crane
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Hi, Can you try vso android init --force? Btw, are you trying it in a VM? Nvidia Hardware?

Also, is secure boot disabled in your device?