Development testers for Anbox

matteo · 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.

Ingo · 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.

BodoW · 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?

marc_aurel · 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.

Guy · 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

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

Guy · 23 Jan 2019, 11:13

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

kuailexs · 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

kuailexs · 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

kuailexs · 24 Jan 2019, 16:41

I want to test some of the applications we rely on. like : qq、weixin、etc.

kuailexs · 24 Jan 2019, 16:59

for my building , network cat not work

Ingo · 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/

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?

A Former User · 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!

advocatux · 23 Feb 2019, 22:31

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

A Former User · 23 Feb 2019, 22:33

@advocatux Thanks man!

advocatux · 23 Feb 2019, 22:34

@Frank you're welcome!

baddea · 3 Feb 2019, 07:12

oh guys i face two problem

Rotate App not in full screen please check the link below :

advocatux · 1 Mar 2019, 09:29

@baddea hi, just in case you don't know it, you can drag&drop an image on this forum

baddea · 3 Feb 2019, 18:53

@advocatux

Also how to switch from headphone to speaker sound in ubports ?