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      aclifton314
      last edited by 27 Mar 2020, 22:40

      SYSTEM
      OS: 16.04
      Device: Oneplus One (bacon)
      Channel: release-candidate

      I was able to successfully install and use anbox on the stable channel. I have recently switched to the release-candidate channel and got annbox up and running. However, I did notice a few things:

      • When I started anbox, there were multiple instances of the default apps (i.e. calculator, calendar, contact, and 4 instances of Files). Does anyone know how to get these default apps to not show up when running anbox?
      • If I have to remove the default apps (or any apps I pull from my android), where are they installed to verify that adb uninstall has worked?
      • Finally, how would one go about completely uninstalling everything related to anbox and starting over?

      Thanks in advance for your help!

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        Emphrath @aclifton314
        last edited by 27 Mar 2020, 23:52

        @aclifton314 very interested by the third question since everytime I tried I ended up reinstalling the whole system

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          hankschwie @aclifton314
          last edited by hankschwie 1 Apr 2020, 10:08

          @aclifton314

          • multiple instances: Have a look at https://forums.ubports.com/topic/3939/app-menu-double-entries-w-anbox/ . Restarting Unity8 usually helps, or restarting the device, but there is no way to completely get rid of those duplicates.
          • You can't remove the default android apps. You could deactivate some calling the android Settings, go to Apps and deactivate those you don't need. I usually deinstall other anbox apps that don't work, or are not needed any more using the default android way via Settings->Apps within Anbox, too.
            Installed apps are - at least partly - stored in /home/phablet/anbox-data/data/app, but the whole content of path .../data/... is "invisible", and only accessible as root-user using a ssh or adb shell. You can navigate using cd PATH, and show contents using ls (-la].
          • Easiest and fastest way to remove anbox is to reflash your device with the current version and channel using the UBports Installer; but don't wipe the user data!
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            c4pp4 @aclifton314
            last edited by c4pp4 6 Jan 2020, 07:26 1 Jun 2020, 07:25

            @aclifton314 said in Anbox issues:

            • When I started anbox, there were multiple instances of the default apps (i.e. calculator, calendar, contact, and 4 instances of Files). Does anyone know how to get these default apps to not show up when running anbox?
            • If I have to remove the default apps (or any apps I pull from my android), where are they installed to verify that adb uninstall has worked?

            Ad 1 To get rid of multiple icons try to refresh the Drawer by pulling down and releasing.

            Ad 2 You can remove default packages directly from an android image, see https://forums.ubports.com/post/31776 (skip media_codecs.xml step)
            e.g. if you want to remove Contacts and Calendar delete the following dirs:

            squashfs-root/system/app/Calendar
            squashfs-root/system/priv-app/CalendarProvider
            squashfs-root/system/priv-app/Contacts
            squashfs-root/system/priv-app/ContactsProvider
            
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