Need feedback about Anbox apps as a daily practice
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@prog-amateur the Signal App for Android is not running at all in Anbox. It always crashes when I try to register.
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I tried Anbox on my OPO some days ago. I was surprised having a couple of standard apps on my phone I do not need - as already posted above. If you do not want/need these apps you cannot delete them, you can only deactivate them, but not all, like on the most Android phones. This reminded me why I left Android for UT. Another drawback is the installation procedure. You can't install apps with the store, e.g. F-Droid.
Ok, nice experience, but not my cup of tea. I then tried to delete Anbox again. This is not easy. In the end I flashed my phone completely new with the UB-ports installer.
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@Keneda @domubpkm : Hello, yesterday, I made some online shopping and I was surprised by the same situation as yours (no more code through SMS), I had to :
- use the URL from the SMS (for me signing from an SMS URL is convenient but dangerous),
- or download the app (but tracking),
- or to just login manually to the bank website from a standard web browser (which lead you to the code webpage).
You can easily imagine that I have login from the web browser because to my opinion, it is the safest way, but I understand that it could be not as convenient as an app for some people.
@TobsEnd : hello, did you tried Signal alternatives such as Molly or Langis (they have a 3rd party repo on F-Droid, I don't know what are the consequences about it) ?
@odo : thank you for sharing a bad experience (and I hope you feel better now with everything solved). Such things happen and it is good to share to improve Anbox integration on UT devices.
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@prog-amateur
I must say that since my bank changed its online paiment policy, i didn't had to buy anything online, so you give me the hope that they have the same workaround as your bank, with browser. -
@prog-amateur said in Need feedback about Anbox apps as a daily practice:
TobsEnd : hello, did you tried Signal alternatives such as Molly or Langis (they have a 3rd party repo on F-Droid, I don't know what are the consequences about it) ?
Molly and Langis crash at the same point of registration process as Signal.
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@tobsend too bad... thank you very much for trying !
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There is on going call for Anbox improvement if you want to participate:
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@lduboeuf Yes I saw it in the thread shared by @Lakotaubp. Thank you very much for sharing it !
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Don't know if this is much help (I'm using a Sony Xperia X), but I needed Anbox for two reasons (and it worked even thogh the Xperia is not listed as one of the supported devices):
First, I can't seem to go without WhatsApp, since most people and a few essential groups aren't willing to switch to other messengers. It's not as stable as I wish and typing takes some patience. Since Anbox installs a few standard apps I could use the settings app to change the language/keyboard in WhatsApp which makes it much more comfortable. Most of the time I get notifications about new messages in a seperate window, even when not running the app, but not in the notifications bar (like for example Teleports messages). But it's not reliable. I need to check from time to time.
Second I really don't want to miss Spotify which I also installed using the apk-file. It runs perfectly and reliably and I'm happy!
I can't really tell whether it's using much more battery power, since I installed Anbox right at the beginning.
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@samue said in Need feedback about Anbox apps as a daily practice:
I really don't want to miss Spotify
Hi, have you checked this post ?
https://forums.ubports.com/topic/4346/futify-spotify-client-need-beta-testersJust for your information. The experience might be better than with Anbox or at least let us know.
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Thanks for the hint. I might try it one of theses days, but right now I'm perfectly fine with the solution I've found.
