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Waydroid apps won't hide especially on Volla 22 - Not a Waydroid issue!?

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    • J Offline
      jojumaxx
      last edited by jojumaxx 11 Nov 2024, 23:43 11 Nov 2024, 23:37

      Re: Show/Hide apps doesn't work since OTA-5

      I also do have the problem that all Waydroid apps appear in the launcher and can't be removed.

      So I checked what the Waydroid Helper does to hide them to see if there's something wrong like a path to the files or something like that.
      But the path is correct and what the helper does is simply setting the NoDisplay flag in the .desktop file to true or false.
      This mechanism works, the flag is set to true or false just as selected.

      So my conclusion is, that the launcher seems to ignore this setting and it therefore is not an issue of the Waydroid Helper.

      I am on a Volla Phone 22 with OTA-6 (OTA-5 also had this issue)

      Other Volla models do not seem to have this issue, it seems to be related to the Volla 22.

      Maybe someone has a clue.

      Removing or renaming the .desktop files caused issues and does not seem to be a solution.

      Happily running Ubuntu Touch:

      • BQ Aquaris E5 HD (Retired)
      • BQ Aquaris M10 HD (Retired)
      • Meizu MX4 Pro (Retired)
      • Meizu Pro 5 (Retired)
      • PinePhone UBPorts Edition
      • Volla Phone
      • Volla Phone X
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      • S Offline
        stanwood @jojumaxx
        last edited by stanwood 11 Dec 2024, 00:07 12 Nov 2024, 00:04

        @jojumaxx Did you try to manually hide them?

        You can try to do so:

        sudo -s
        for i in ~/.local/share/applications/waydroid.com.android.appname.desktop; do echo 'NoDisplay=true' >> $i; done
        

        Replace "appname" with the name of your app.

        A guide to hide all the duplicate apps is available here:

        https://forums.ubports.com/topic/5907/open-ubuntu-touch-to-all-android-applications/115?_=1731367244066

        Now it's perhaps a more complicated specific issue with Volla 22 (?)

        Redmi Note 9S Stable
        If God has a computer, it must be a GNU/Linux

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        • K Offline
          kristatos
          last edited by 12 Nov 2024, 07:57

          That's no device specific issue for the Volla22, it's a general issue of WaydroidHelper. Here's the bugreport. Long story short: You have to manually edit the .desktop-files and set the NoDisplay-Value to the correct section [Desktop Entry].

          BQ Aquaris E4.5 (UT 16.04)
          Vollaphone (UT 20.04)

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          • J Offline
            jojumaxx
            last edited by 28 Dec 2024, 14:23

            Solved with OTA-7 / current Waydroid version

            Happily running Ubuntu Touch:

            • BQ Aquaris E5 HD (Retired)
            • BQ Aquaris M10 HD (Retired)
            • Meizu MX4 Pro (Retired)
            • Meizu Pro 5 (Retired)
            • PinePhone UBPorts Edition
            • Volla Phone
            • Volla Phone X
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