<![CDATA[Development testers for Anbox]]>Hey all!

So anbox is slowly maturing, it has now come to the point where we need tests to verify that anbox works on all supported devices before we update docs and set anbox as "ready to test". So this is really really early testing so do expect failure. This is so called "development test" where many parts has not even been tested by the developer, in this case not all devices has been tested by me.

NOTE! If you don't know how to recover from failure, please wait for a "ready to test" version!

How to install
These are left vague for a reason

  1. Flash kernel for your device
  2. Mount rootfs sudo mount -o rw,remount /
  3. Do an apt upgrade
  4. Install Anbox sudo apt install anbox-ubuntu-touch
  5. Run anbox install tool anbox-tool install

Devices / Kernels:
NOTE! Not all these kernels has been tested YET!

Fairphone 2 / http://cdimage.ubports.com/anbox-images/anbox-boot-FP2.img
Oneplus one / http://cdimage.ubports.com/anbox-images/anbox-boot-bacon.img
Nexus 5 / http://cdimage.ubports.com/anbox-images/anbox-boot-hammerhead.img
BQ m10 HD / http://cdimage.ubports.com/anbox-images/anbox-boot-cooler.img
BQ m10 FHD / http://cdimage.ubports.com/anbox-images/anbox-boot-frieza.img
Meizu Pro 5 / http://cdimage.ubports.com/anbox-images/anbox-boot-turbo.img

Test list / status
I have tested some of the devices, but will not count my testing in this list.

  • FairPhone 2 | works
  • OnePlus One | works
  • Nexus 5 | works
  • BQ m10 HD | NOT TESTED
  • BQ m10 FHD | NOT TESTED
  • Meizu Pro 5 | works, but missing new kernel patch

Please let me know down below whats devices is working, I'll keep this test list up to date. As a bonus add an image of anbox running 🙂

Please report bugs you know is an anbox bug here: https://github.com/ubports/anbox/issues

Thanks everyone 🙂

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/topic/1676/development-testers-for-anboxRSS for NodeSat, 14 Mar 2026 19:19:45 GMTSat, 15 Sep 2018 18:28:53 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Development testers for Anbox on Wed, 31 Jul 2024 05:06:03 GMT]]>@Ricardo23 Both Ubuntu Touch 16.04 and Anbox are no longer in active development and way past their support date.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/81270https://forums.ubports.com/post/81270Wed, 31 Jul 2024 05:06:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Development testers for Anbox on Tue, 30 Jul 2024 21:59:25 GMT]]>Hello, I installed Ubuntu Touch 16.04 on my OnePlus One and Nexus 5 and got some Android apps running . However, I need navigation buttons for one app, but I can't enable them on Ubuntu Touch/Anbox. I tried using software navigation bar apps, but they don't show up.
Is there a way to solve this?

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/81267https://forums.ubports.com/post/81267Tue, 30 Jul 2024 21:59:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Development testers for Anbox on Fri, 11 Sep 2020 08:16:58 GMT]]>@gischpelino
had a quick look and nothing was jumping out so,
Just out of interest what did you alter? I'd love to use this on my OnePlus3t.
I have a op3t also and would love this feature.

Many thanks

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/40002https://forums.ubports.com/post/40002Fri, 11 Sep 2020 08:16:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Development testers for Anbox on Wed, 12 Aug 2020 03:57:52 GMT]]>Hi! Does someone know how to build anbox from source and set it up in a mobile device?

I would like to do some development on anbox for ubports, but I am struggling with making my builds work. I am using a Nexus 5 to test, which I managed to get up and running with the current release version of anbox in the repositories via apt.

So far I managed to compile the code following the steps on this thread, but I unfortunately didn't manage to get it up and running. Any ideas of what can I try? Do you know how to get the debug logs out of this anbox version? (All the info I found about that was regarding the snap version of anbox)

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/38571https://forums.ubports.com/post/38571Wed, 12 Aug 2020 03:57:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Development testers for Anbox on Sun, 26 Jul 2020 16:04:03 GMT]]>Is there a way to get Anbox up and running on Nexus 7 2013 (deb)?

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/37544https://forums.ubports.com/post/37544Sun, 26 Jul 2020 16:04:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Development testers for Anbox on Fri, 05 Jun 2020 00:19:37 GMT]]>I have an interesting problem - running Anbox on a Nexus 5. Fdroid can access the internet and install apps, but my android apps cannot. I've searched the forum and see the same question asked several times, but no answer. So hoping someone knows how to fix this?

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/34295https://forums.ubports.com/post/34295Fri, 05 Jun 2020 00:19:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Development testers for Anbox on Thu, 28 May 2020 17:13:50 GMT]]>Hi, I think one of the script creator wrote a post also on this Forum on the same subject. I'm referring to this if it's of any help for you or other interested people, at least it's in english. I'd like to help with Anbox myself, but I'm not competent enough, sorry to say.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/33864https://forums.ubports.com/post/33864Thu, 28 May 2020 17:13:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Development testers for Anbox on Thu, 28 May 2020 13:59:23 GMT]]>Hello together, I've tried Anbox now after installing UT with OTA-12 (stable channel) on my FP2.

To deal with the battery drain, here is an Explanation how to set up an "Anbox-Toggle" button for disabling/enabling Anbox with an easy button (in german, but the script itself could help anyone): https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Ubuntu_Touch/Anbox/#Automatisches-Umschalten-per-Icon

I've tried several apps.

  • Conversations (F-Droid): starts, but I have not set up an XMPP account
  • Dir (F-Droid): seems to work
  • DB Navigator (APK extracted via adb fromAndroid Smartphone): the latest version from Google Play crashes while starting up. A very old version of the app, which I am using on an old Android 4.0 Smartphone, starts up. But I cannot load online tickets (app crashes). I can also not look for Transport Connections because there is no Dropdown menu Opening to select a Train Station. So unfortunately, it is not usable at all.
  • KVV.ticket (APK extracted via adb fromAndroid Smartphone): it's an very "old style" Android app and it works
  • F-Droid (F-Droid Webpage): works
  • Öffi (F-Droid): Looking for Transport Connection works

Generally, the apps don't start up always, even when Anbox is definetively enabled. I have to try various times and sometime even reboot the phone. The apps in Anbox are all very slow, especially the touchscreen responds slow and sometimes I can hardly touch a button etc. Often, Anbox is just crashing for me, once also Lomiri crashed while I was using Annox.

As a result, unfortunately I would say that Anbox is still not for "productive daily driver use" and I'll say that realistically you still have to stick to the (web-based) UT apps for serious usage on a UT device. This is a pitty, because especially for public Transport many tickets can only be bought via iOS/Android mobile app.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/33858https://forums.ubports.com/post/33858Thu, 28 May 2020 13:59:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Development testers for Anbox on Sat, 09 May 2020 10:27:40 GMT]]>Would you be so kind and add
oneplus3t: "android-armhf-64binder"
to https://cdimage.ubports.com/anbox-images/devices.json.
It will work for the oneplus3t too, if this entry is in the .json file. The devices are very similar. I have tested it with a modified anbox-tool (changed the .json url in anbox-tool to a http server of mine and used a modified devices.json).

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/32746https://forums.ubports.com/post/32746Sat, 09 May 2020 10:27:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Development testers for Anbox on Thu, 16 Apr 2020 11:58:13 GMT]]>@mariogrip
But can Anbox error be the lack of video and audio playback in all android applications? And the fact that I use Anbox on the OnePlus 3t device.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/31376https://forums.ubports.com/post/31376Thu, 16 Apr 2020 11:58:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Development testers for Anbox on Sat, 07 Mar 2020 09:50:43 GMT]]>@ricardo65 It may be too late now, but I had the same issue and the video posted by a member of the forum helped me solve it.

@HendriXXX said in Series of my Ubuntu Touch related videos:
New video of Anbox install.. Because of fixed "wifi killer bug", installation is much easier and faster. ☺
https://youtu.be/dOfVTp1XtX4

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/29562https://forums.ubports.com/post/29562Sat, 07 Mar 2020 09:50:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Development testers for Anbox on Wed, 08 Jan 2020 22:10:07 GMT]]>@matteo Magic, thanks for that suggestion. Anbox was installable using the development channel without the need to flash a kernel for it separately, as you guessed. Regarding your Wi-Fi experience, I am not experiencing any Wi-Fi problems for native applications running while Anbox is running or for Anbox applications. For you and any others reading, the following UBports and Anbox versions were those I observed as being compatible:

System Version
UBports OS build number 2020-01-08
UBports Image part 20200108-27502
Ubuntu build description Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - armhf (20200108)
Device image part 20170608-43243
Device build description turbo-user 5.1 LMY47D 15 test-keys
Anbox pool/xenial/main/a/anbox/anbox-ubuntu-touch_8+0~20180916133012.39~1.gbpe34b59.deb
]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/27128https://forums.ubports.com/post/27128Wed, 08 Jan 2020 22:10:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Development testers for Anbox on Wed, 08 Jan 2020 10:15:36 GMT]]>@BlandCorporation Hi, as far as I know, on devel channel you don't need to flash the kernel image anymore because already embedded in the OS image. This step, according to my experience, led to break something (for instance the wifi connection). I didn't try myself yet and I don't know if it will resolve your issue either but I think that the best would be to restart from scratch in the devel channel and skip the part related to flashing the kernel image.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/27102https://forums.ubports.com/post/27102Wed, 08 Jan 2020 10:15:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Development testers for Anbox on Wed, 08 Jan 2020 01:52:33 GMT]]>Hey all. I'm trying to install Anbox on my PRO 5 and am running into a problem with anbox-tool install. I'd welcome any illumination, perhaps information on compatible versions of UBports and Anbox for the PRO 5.

I've got UBports 16.04 (OTA-11, stable) and anbox-boot-turbo-test.img flashed (as described here). When I attempt to install Anbox with anbox-tool install, I am presented with a Python error that concludes with the following:

json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)

Does anyone happen to have any ideas on what is going wrong and how I might get the latest possible Anbox running on the device?

I attempted to install anbox-ubuntu-touch on UBports 16.04 (20200107, devel) but it did not appear to be available.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/27090https://forums.ubports.com/post/27090Wed, 08 Jan 2020 01:52:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Development testers for Anbox on Sun, 03 Nov 2019 13:38:59 GMT]]>Here is a topic about that question: https://forums.ubports.com/topic/2963/uninstall-anbox

If you don't mind some remaining files laying around in /home/phablet you can just re-install UT without wipe. Kernel and rootfs modifications will be gone. The android rootfs plus apps will still be there, though. Not sure if anyone ever wrote instructions how to get rid of all anbox related things.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/24257https://forums.ubports.com/post/24257Sun, 03 Nov 2019 13:38:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Development testers for Anbox on Sun, 03 Nov 2019 13:29:25 GMT]]>@Ingo What command should I use to uninstall anbox? thank you

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/24256https://forums.ubports.com/post/24256Sun, 03 Nov 2019 13:29:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Development testers for Anbox on Sun, 03 Nov 2019 13:04:11 GMT]]>Not sure if it was you, but here is a fresh issue about the WiFi problem: https://github.com/ubports/anbox/issues/36

I don't have a Nexus 5, so unfortunately no idea 😞

What I know, in devel channel the so-called "edge merge" has happened (https://forums.ubports.com/topic/3293/what-s-this-edge-merge-anyway) and AFAIK it's not on RC yet. Not sure if that is related but it's an abvious difference between the two channels.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/24253https://forums.ubports.com/post/24253Sun, 03 Nov 2019 13:04:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Development testers for Anbox on Sun, 03 Nov 2019 12:53:48 GMT]]>@ricardo65 said in Development testers for Anbox:

@Ingo I've installed anbox on the nexus 5 channel devel and I can not connect by wifi.is any known bug?.I have restarted the mobile several times and I do not detect it

corfirmado, in RC works perfectly the wifi with anbox installed.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/24252https://forums.ubports.com/post/24252Sun, 03 Nov 2019 12:53:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Development testers for Anbox on Sun, 03 Nov 2019 12:29:36 GMT]]>@Ingo I've installed anbox on the nexus 5 channel devel and I can not connect by wifi.is any known bug?.I have restarted the mobile several times and I do not detect it

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/24251https://forums.ubports.com/post/24251Sun, 03 Nov 2019 12:29:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Development testers for Anbox on Sat, 02 Nov 2019 22:32:42 GMT]]>@Ingo said in Development testers for Anbox:

What exactly is not working for you? What did you try already? What's your general setup?

I have tried to install following the instructions that you have put in the link and I get that the ubports repositories are temporarily blocked and I can't install it.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/24225https://forums.ubports.com/post/24225Sat, 02 Nov 2019 22:32:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Development testers for Anbox on Sat, 02 Nov 2019 12:43:47 GMT]]>@moid and @ricardo65
All info should be here in this thread and https://docs.ubports.com/en/latest/userguide/dailyuse/anbox.html

What exactly is not working for you? What did you try already? What's your general setup?

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/24199https://forums.ubports.com/post/24199Sat, 02 Nov 2019 12:43:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Development testers for Anbox on Fri, 01 Nov 2019 19:27:34 GMT]]>@moid said in Development testers for Anbox:

@tricky i am trying to install anbox but unable can u help me

I want to install anbox in nexus 5 and it gives me problems. How can I install it?

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/24178https://forums.ubports.com/post/24178Fri, 01 Nov 2019 19:27:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Development testers for Anbox on Wed, 09 Oct 2019 11:16:31 GMT]]>@tricky i am trying to install anbox but unable can u help me

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/23502https://forums.ubports.com/post/23502Wed, 09 Oct 2019 11:16:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Development testers for Anbox on Sat, 28 Sep 2019 09:54:36 GMT]]>@dobey That's what I wanted to know. Thank you

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/23180https://forums.ubports.com/post/23180Sat, 28 Sep 2019 09:54:36 GMT