Development testers for Anbox

[Ingo]

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]

@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]

@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]

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]

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]

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

[kuailexs]

@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]

@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]

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

[kuailexs]

for my building , network cat not work

[Ingo]

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]

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]

Have time to test anbox on Nexus5. Have lots of time after career as engineer, but am Newbie on Development testing!

[advocatux]

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

[A Former User]

@advocatux Thanks man!

[advocatux]

@Frank you're welcome!

[baddea]

oh guys i face two problem

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

[advocatux]

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

[baddea]

@advocatux

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

[advocatux]

@baddea you can only do it by plugging or unplugging the headphones jack afaik