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    • M Offline
      marc_aurel
      last edited by 18 Dec 2018, 15:26

      I payed around with Google apps to check the system integration. It seems, that Anbox is completely isolated.

      Does someone know, where I can find the storage for Anbox? I try to import an adressbook export in the related Android App.

      B 1 Reply Last reply 7 Jan 2019, 13:53 Reply Quote 0
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        greentree
        last edited by 2 Jan 2019, 16:45

        @pawlinski try to use test image (anbox-boot-$CODENAME-test.img)

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          frapie
          last edited by 2 Jan 2019, 20:46

          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 7 Jan 2019, 13:53

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

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              marc_aurel @BodoW
              last edited by 8 Jan 2019, 15:34

              @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
                last edited by 8 Jan 2019, 17:41

                @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 8 Jan 2019, 17:42

                  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 9 Jan 2019, 21:04

                    @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 10 Jan 2019, 10:31

                      @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
                        last edited by 22 Jan 2019, 02:08

                        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 22 Jan 2019, 08:00

                          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 23 Jan 2019, 11:13

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

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                              kuailexs
                              last edited by 24 Jan 2019, 06:41

                              @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 24 Jan 2019, 16:34

                                @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 24 Jan 2019, 16:41

                                  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 24 Jan 2019, 16:59

                                    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 10 Feb 2019, 19:06

                                      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 17 Feb 2019, 16:18

                                        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 23 Feb 2019, 22:24

                                          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 23 Feb 2019, 22:31

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

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