Waydroid Helper app - A collection of scripts to improve the Waydroid user expierience.
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Waydroid has come to a point where it is very usable on many devices. There still are some annoying things about it though that might be easy to fix for advanced users but not for beginners.
For that reason I started developing an app called WaydroidHelper. It is a qml + Python app that has scripts to:
- Hide Apps installed by waydroid one by one
- Add an Icon to the appdrawer that lets you stop waydroid (waydroid session stops)
Thinks I would like to add:
- A guided waydroid installer
- The ability to install and remove apk's through waydroid (?)
- The ability to sync contacts between Waydroid and UT (?)
The points marked with a (?) are where I need your help as I dont know how to achieve them yet.
Do you have other Ideas or tricks that should find its way into the app? If so it would be great if you can let me know down below.
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@aarontheissueguy Mebay take a look add the code of UT Tweak Tool how it's done to run a command of WayDroid via QML....
https://gitlab.com/myii/ut-tweak-tool
This is how i do it into my apps same way as Tweak Tool do it.
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@xray2000 Yeah im blind. I looked at the waydroid docs again and it seems like installing apps through the commandline is very easy. https://docs.waydro.id/usage/install-and-run-android-applications
Just didnt find this information when I first looked for it
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@aarontheissueguy Yes indeed it is easy i was think you one make it possible also in your app
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This is super useful and I may now need to get a device that can run Waydroid!
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- The ability to install and remove apk's through waydroid (?)
This work is awesome! Thank you help popularize WayDroid on Ubuntu Touch.
Concerning the above mentioned point, it's very interesting. Though I believe most apps can be easily handled by the user through F-Droid or Aurora Store (?)
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@aarontheissueguy I seem to have read somewhere that a goal was to make waydroid user friendly or more easy to use by the end of the year. This work will go a long way towards achieving this goal, which would be a nice end of year gift for all users.
But it's true that in general, I think there are a lot of great developments especially (not only) in the last few months.
When I speak of beautiful developments, there are those that can be seen, but there is also the unglamorous work that cannot be seen, the work of the shadow..
Thanks to all the developers.
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@domubpkm When we quit the campaign of WayDroid this was the goal yes and i think this would not be changed.
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@aarontheissueguy
Could the app also install Wasydroid container start/ session start buttons? -
@homer I think that is possible. This also happens if you open any app though.
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@aarontheissueguy I published a first version of the app on Github: https://github.com/Aarontheissueguy/WaydroidHelper
It currently can do 2 things:
- Show and Hide apps
- Add a "Waydroid Stop" app to the drawer
If you want to try it you can download this .click package and open it with the openstore: https://cloud.aaron.place/index.php/s/ftfLL7XJcGStoCa
You really shouldnt be able to break anything with this app. With that being said there has not been much testing. Use it at your own risk. It would be great if you could let me know if things work as expected. ( @ruditimmer )
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@aarontheissueguy Ok thanks for the links and the update i will test it out and let you know
Edit: I just have test it and it works as it should be Aaron good works !!
I found it also a good idea about adding this Waydroid stop icon good found....
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I noticed that the WayDroid helper app has just been released in the openstore!
https://open-store.io/app/waydroidhelper.aaronhafer
Thank you and congrats @aarontheissueguy !!
A new step has been accomplished to get WayDroid more accessible and more easier on Ubuntu Touch!
