<![CDATA[Aplications from Google Store.]]>Good day.

If we need to bring more people to use UT then we need applications from there.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/topic/10949/aplications-from-google-store.RSS for NodeSun, 10 May 2026 04:29:07 GMTWed, 30 Apr 2025 16:59:54 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Aplications from Google Store. on Mon, 02 Jun 2025 20:49:11 GMT]]>@developerbayman

Yes but Waydroid leaks all the available information as if you were running android.
If privacy is the main goal of using Ubuntu Touch, waydroid should be used carefully.
Of course it won't sniff around to find your juicy pictures, but still your location and usage of the android apps will leak.

Just like Meta cannot read your WhatsApp messages, but they're happy with "only" the metadata associated with such usage...

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/86116https://forums.ubports.com/post/86116Mon, 02 Jun 2025 20:49:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Aplications from Google Store. on Mon, 02 Jun 2025 04:47:05 GMT]]>there is no need to worry as waydroid is containerized you can run full google on waydroid and its all limited to whats on the waydroid container

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/86090https://forums.ubports.com/post/86090Mon, 02 Jun 2025 04:47:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Aplications from Google Store. on Thu, 01 May 2025 11:30:49 GMT]]>@bamboy360 said in Aplications from Google Store.:

UT's "guided" way of installing waydroid can let you access some GooglePlay apps via AuroraStore apk (a redistributor) without google services. In my experience however, this leads to some android apps needing those services, crashing and causing other problems with Waydroid. It's fiddly.

If WayDroid is used without GAPP module, it's recommended to install the MicroG services (a fake Google services library). This will allow "most" apps that need Google services to run properly in WayDroid.
The installation is simple and is described here:

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

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/85650https://forums.ubports.com/post/85650Thu, 01 May 2025 11:30:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Aplications from Google Store. on Thu, 01 May 2025 06:47:50 GMT]]>Pretty sure the UT system, Linux, is inherently different from Android, and so will never be fully compatible without the use of containers like Waydroid.

You can containerize+run GooglePlay apps under waydroid, with a GAPPS image. I followed this guide for enabling that, as well as enabling Google Play Services, which many first party apps will not work correctly because they require DRM to run.
But its worth noting that enabling Google Play Services will decrease your privacy/security, which is probably why it's not the default "guided" way to install waydroid on UT.

I'd like to think that running GooglePlay/Services in a container is more secure than just a vanilla android OS, but honestly I'm not entirely sure. It probably depends on what device settings/features you restrict app access to in waydroid?

UT's "guided" way of installing waydroid can let you access some GooglePlay apps via AuroraStore apk (a redistributor) without google services. In my experience however, this leads to some android apps needing those services, crashing and causing other problems with Waydroid. It's fiddly.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/85645https://forums.ubports.com/post/85645Thu, 01 May 2025 06:47:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Aplications from Google Store. on Thu, 01 May 2025 04:32:09 GMT]]>@PiotrBujakowski
For the few google apps i have to use, there is F-Droid or apk-extractor on a Android phone.
Using the Google app store is like having your cake and eating it too...
I'm glad I won't be interacting with that world anymore.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/85644https://forums.ubports.com/post/85644Thu, 01 May 2025 04:32:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Aplications from Google Store. on Thu, 01 May 2025 04:37:46 GMT]]>Some of their applications can run on Waydroid. But most people who are using Ubuntu Touch wish to get away from Google. Personally I want to avoid Android applications and the Google Playstore.

If we are going to do everything that Android does, what would make us special? Why would we even bother?

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/85642https://forums.ubports.com/post/85642Thu, 01 May 2025 04:37:46 GMT