Development testers for Anbox

dobey · 27 Sept 2019, 20:16

@Flohack Well, once the kernel side can be stable and not cause issues without anbox container installed, then it at least can be included in the images by default.

Once the container side is stable/usable enough, and doesn't kill battery and such, then probably the bits for installing and setting up anbox could also be included in the image, like how we have libertine.

But indeed, for now, anbox is not a priority, as there are many other things that need fixed in the system first.

Emphrath · 28 Sept 2019, 09:54

@dobey That's what I wanted to know. Thank you

moid · 9 Oct 2019, 11:16

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

ricardo65 · 1 Nov 2019, 19:27

@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?

Ingo · 2 Nov 2019, 12:43

@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?

ricardo65 · 2 Nov 2019, 22:32

@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.

ricardo65 · 3 Nov 2019, 12:29

@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

ricardo65 · 3 Nov 2019, 12:53

@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.

Ingo · 3 Nov 2019, 13:04

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.

ricardo65 · 3 Nov 2019, 13:29

@Ingo What command should I use to uninstall anbox? thank you

Ingo · 3 Nov 2019, 13:38

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.

BlandCorporation · 1 Aug 2020, 01:52

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.

matteo · 8 Jan 2020, 10:15

@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.

BlandCorporation · 8 Jan 2020, 22:10

@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`

chrisse · 7 Mar 2020, 09:50

@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

FBrain · 16 Apr 2020, 11:58

@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.

gischpelino · 9 May 2020, 10:27

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).

rom4nb · 28 May 2020, 13:59

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.

matteo · 28 May 2020, 17:11

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.

rocket2nfinity · 5 Jun 2020, 00:19

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?