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        frapie
        last edited by

        Hiya i just wanted to leave a link here. I accidentally started another thread. If you read into this link you'll find the instructions on how i installed Anbox on an OPO. So far successful. I just need some time to 'play' with it now to see where it is at and what can be done with it: https://forums.ubports.com/topic/2202/anbox-for-opo/7

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          BodoW @marc_aurel
          last edited by

          @marc_aurel Storage is in ~/anbox-data/data/media/0/

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            marc_aurel @BodoW
            last edited by

            @bodow Thanks for the clear advice. Unfortunately I'm struggling with accessing the storage for Anbox.

            I tried to copy my address-book to the Anbox container:

            adb push contacts.vcf /home/phablet/anbox-data/data/media/0/
            adb: error: failed to copy 'contacts.vcf' to '/home/phablet/anbox-data/data/media/0/': remote Permission denied
            contacts.vcf: 0 files pushed. 142.5 MB/s (720808 bytes in 0.005s)
            

            I also can't access the media directory. I only can list the content of the data directory, but I can't switch to a subordinated directory.

            phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~/anbox-data/data$ sudo ls -l
            [sudo] password for phablet: 
            total 5136
            drwx------  2 root   root             4096 Dec 13 18:20 adb
            drwxrwxr-x  2 system system           4096 Dec 13 18:20 anr
            ...
            drwxrwx---  4   1023          1023    4096 Dec 13 18:20 media
            ...
            phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~/anbox-data/data$ cd media
            bash: cd: media: Permission denied
            phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~/anbox-data/data$ sudo cd media
            sudo: cd: command not found
            phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~/anbox-data/data$ 
            

            I have a similar problem if I use the file manage on the device. But I also tried an adb push command within the device without success.

            phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~/Downloads$ adb push contacts.vcf /data/sdcard/Download
            failed to copy 'contacts.vcf' to '/data/sdcard/Download': secure_mkdirs failed: Permission denied
            

            Some idea?

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              matteo @marc_aurel
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              @marc_aurel just my 2 cents here. Did you try, before to navigate into the anbox folder, to type sudo su and gaining the root access?
              Second hint: you could try to move first your contacts file to an accessible folder, as for example Documents or Downloads, with adb push from your PC and then, from the terminal on your PC, you could type phablet-shell instead of adb shell, since I found out the latter has some limitations in writing on the phone partition. In the end, you could just copy your file, maybe better with root privilege, to /home/phablet/anbox-data/data/media/0/ using the cp or mv command.

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                Ingo
                last edited by

                Someone suggested the following somewhere

                mkdir -p /home/phablet/AnboxHome
                sudo chmod -R 777 /home/phablet/anbox-data/data/media/0
                sudo mount --bind /home/phablet/anbox-data/data/media/0 /home/phablet/AnboxHome
                

                But with the clear hint that making things 777 generally is not a good idea.
                Of course the minimal way would be just the second line. The other are just there to have an easier/shorter path.

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                  BodoW @marc_aurel
                  last edited by

                  @marc_aurel You're right. Sorry, I didn't have a shell open when I was writing my response and didn't remember that you had to "sudo su" or "sudo -i" first (as @matteo mentioned). I'd prefer this way as I would have a bad feeling about 777ing a directory permanently.
                  Besides that: Does it work now?

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                    marc_aurel @BodoW
                    last edited by

                    @bodow Thanks for the advice. The following approach works:

                    sudo su
                    cp contacts.vcf /home/phablet/anbox-data/data/media/0/contacts.vcf
                    

                    I resume. The system integration of Anbox seems to be very limited. The apps are shown in the app scope and the apps have hardware access with network and storage. I think, that's it.

                    It's possible to copy files with adb shell, but this is not for an average consumer.

                    It seems there is not service or data sharing. I haven't tested notifications, yet.

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                      Guy
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                      hi, i was trying use anbox on my nexus 5 device, and got /bin/bash: pm: command not found error, do you know this?

                      # install command
                      ➜  Downloads adb install MobileAssistant_1.apk
                      [100%] /data/local/tmp/MobileAssistant_1.apk
                      /bin/bash: pm: command not found
                      
                      # adb shell infos
                      root@ubuntu-phablet:~# dpkg -l | grep anbox
                      ii  anbox                                                8+0~20180916133012.39~1.gbpe34b59                            armhf        Container-based approach to boot a full Android system on a regular GNU/Linux system
                      ii  anbox-common                                         8+0~20180916133012.39~1.gbpe34b59                            all          Common files necessary for Anbox
                      ii  anbox-ubuntu-touch                                   8+0~20180916133012.39~1.gbpe34b59                            all          Files necessary for Ubuntu touch
                      root@ubuntu-phablet:~# dpkg -l | grep android-tools-adb
                      ii  android-tools-adb                                    5.1.1r36+git20160323+ubports1+0~20181125103222.6~1.gbpc708bb armhf        Android Debug Bridge CLI tool
                      ii  android-tools-adbd                                   5.1.1r36+git20160323+ubports1+0~20181125103222.6~1.gbpc708bb armhf        Android Debug Bridge Phone Daemon
                      root@ubuntu-phablet:~# anbox-tool status
                      Kernel: OK
                      System: OK
                      Enabled: YES
                      Running: YES
                      
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                        Ingo
                        last edited by Ingo

                        Are you executing adb install MobileAssistant_1.apk on your PC? That would explain the pm: command not found.
                        You have to transfer the apk to the phone and do adb install ... there (assuming you have installed adb on the phone first; which by the output of dpkg is the case).
                        Basically this: https://forums.ubports.com/post/14834

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                          Guy @Ingo
                          last edited by

                          @ingo thanks for the reply, I have install the apk successed

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                            kuailexs
                            last edited by

                            @mariogrip Excuse me. How can I build this :http://cdimage.ubports.com/anbox-images/android-armhf-64binder.img ?
                            I followed this step : https://github.com/ubports/anbox/blob/xenial/docs/build-android.md and lunch anbox_armv7a_neon-userdebug
                            Using my built android.img can't work.
                            I still have a question, why use android-armhf-64binder.img instead of android-armhf-32binder.img

                            UB 16.04 on Xiaomi 4
                            UB 20.04 on Xiaomi 6

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                              kuailexs
                              last edited by

                              @mariogrip Excuse me. Can you share your local anbox project to build android-armhf-64binder.img ?
                              when i use https://github.com/ubports/anbox to build , There are a few differences:anbox-init.sh 、anboxd 、 netd

                              UB 16.04 on Xiaomi 4
                              UB 20.04 on Xiaomi 6

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                                kuailexs
                                last edited by

                                I want to test some of the applications we rely on. like : qq、weixin、etc.

                                UB 16.04 on Xiaomi 4
                                UB 20.04 on Xiaomi 6

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                                  kuailexs
                                  last edited by

                                  for my building , network cat not work

                                  UB 16.04 on Xiaomi 4
                                  UB 20.04 on Xiaomi 6

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                                    Ingo
                                    last edited by

                                    I case anyone wants to run the Anbox AppManager by tapping on an icon, here is my .desktop file to do that:

                                    [Desktop Entry]
                                    Name=Anbox AppManager
                                    Exec=/usr/bin/anbox launch --package=org.anbox.appmgr --component=org.anbox.appmgr.AppViewActivity
                                    Terminal=false
                                    Type=Application
                                    Icon=/home/phablet/.local/share/applications/anbox_logo.png
                                    X-Ubuntu-Touch=true
                                    
                                    

                                    Save this as /home/phablet/.local/share/applications/anbox_appmgr.desktop

                                    The logo is this one: https://docs.anbox.io/_static/logo.png
                                    I saved it as anbox_logo.png on the phone in /home/phablet/.local/share/applications/

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                                      trainailleur
                                      last edited by trainailleur

                                      On my OnePlus One test phone, FDroid cannot find the network connection so cannot download its repositories. Has anyone with a OpO gotten it to work?

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                                        A Former User
                                        last edited by

                                        Have time to test anbox on Nexus5. Have lots of time after career as engineer, but am Newbie on Development testing!

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                                          advocatux @Guest
                                          last edited by

                                          @Frank great, with your expertise you'll get the hang of it in no time 🙂

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                                            A Former User @advocatux
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                                            @advocatux Thanks man! 🙂

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                                              advocatux @Guest
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                                              @Frank you're welcome!

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