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Anbox on the PinePhone?

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      PizzaLovingNerd
      last edited by 10 May 2020, 01:58

      Hello, is it possible to install Anbox on the PinePhone? Anbox doesn't seem to be supported from here but Anbox does work on Postmarket OS, and so I was wondering if it was possible to get it working on the PinePhone.

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        poVoq
        last edited by 10 May 2020, 11:08

        Theoretically yes. Probably just a matter of time to have it officially. However, the PinePhone has a not very fast SoC, so don't expect a smooth experience.

        Fairphone 5 (waiting for port)

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          AppLee @poVoq
          last edited by 10 May 2020, 12:18

          @poVoq
          I don't agree with this assumption.
          The CPU clock is not the limiting factor for a smooth experience: the software is.

          See how well UT performs on an old phone while android cannot even work.
          See how windows 10 is unable to work on older computers while Linux works fine.

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            poVoq @AppLee
            last edited by poVoq 5 Oct 2020, 15:03 10 May 2020, 15:03

            @AppLee said in Anbox on the PinePhone?:

            @poVoq
            I don't agree with this assumption.
            The CPU clock is not the limiting factor for a smooth experience: the software is.

            See how well UT performs on an old phone while android cannot even work.
            See how windows 10 is unable to work on older computers while Linux works fine.

            You do realize the context of my post, which is Android apps via Anbox on UT? These Android apps do not run better on UT than they would on Android itself. So far in fact they run even slower.

            Fairphone 5 (waiting for port)

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              PizzaLovingNerd
              last edited by 10 May 2020, 17:53

              I'll be honest, I don't intend on using it daily, I just want to make a YouTube video about Anbox.

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                poVoq
                last edited by 10 May 2020, 18:11

                Anbox is included in standard x86 Ubuntu. Very easy to try there.

                Fairphone 5 (waiting for port)

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                  AppLee @poVoq
                  last edited by 10 May 2020, 18:51

                  @poVoq
                  Well my remark was more generic.
                  And to be specific a smooth experience with anbox depends mostly on its implementation within UT and on the android app itself IMHO.

                  Most android apps are crappy I agree so your assessment is correct. But pointing the finger to the hardware is something I don't like and I prefer to point out the real culprit: crappy software

                  I'm not pointing the finger to people working on Anbox, just that it's really alpha stage and not fully optimized even more on UT.
                  My personal opinion about anbox is that it is too much effort for a bad result but I wish them the best of luck and to succeed.
                  And with crappy android apps we will have people complaining about anbox or UT instead of the android app.

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                    PizzaLovingNerd @poVoq
                    last edited by 12 May 2020, 02:42

                    @poVoq I meant, I'm making a video showcasing on the PinePhone on all the supported OSes.

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                      dobey @AppLee
                      last edited by 12 May 2020, 16:59

                      @AppLee There's no point arguing the pedantry in this thread. Even on my AMD Ryzen 3950x with 64 GB of RAM, Anbox will not necessarily be a smooth experience, because so many things are limited, and hardware acceleration is just not there for most things.

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                        dobey @PizzaLovingNerd
                        last edited by 12 May 2020, 17:01

                        @PizzaLovingNerd There is no technical reason that anbox could not work on the PinePhone, however it is still an extremely experimental feature even on the devices where it is currently available, and work has been going toward more important things for the PinePhone.

                        Also, I think anbox on UT has no arm64 support yet. So, it would take someone contributing on making it work to get it to the point where it could be installed and run.

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