Hi there,

i am new to ubuntu touch - currently still using a Jolla Phone, but kubuntu on Desktop.

As i have been using my phone as daily driver and i am thinking about pinephone as my next i got a question:

Are there ways to use Android Apps with Ubuntu touch?
Jolla uses alien dalvik - maybe it would be possible to use this via some license to. Also i know about anbox - but all news i could find about that are some years old.

In general i try to use native ones as much as possible - but for some it is impossible and probably always will - like with apps for public transportation (buying tickets) and banking.

As i would need these to use e.g. pinephone with ubuntu as daily driver - and couldn't find answers to that i wanna aks you guys:
is it possible? Which ways are available?

Hi there,

i am new to ubuntu touch - currently still using a Jolla Phone, but kubuntu on Desktop.

As i have been using my phone as daily driver and i am thinking about pinephone as my next i got a question:

Are there ways to use Android Apps with Ubuntu touch?
Jolla uses alien dalvik - maybe it would be possible to use this via some license to. Also i know about anbox - but all news i could find about that are some years old.

In general i try to use native ones as much as possible - but for some it is impossible and probably always will - like with apps for public transportation (buying tickets) and banking.

As i would need these to use e.g. pinephone with ubuntu as daily driver - and couldn't find answers to that i wanna aks you guys:
is it possible? Which ways are available?

beeing a potential buyer i can only tell pine: I am waiting for the finished product. And i will not buy an android phone.
I am currently using a Jolla - and also have a cheap android to sync my sportswatch (as it needs BLE). My next sportswatch will be recognizable by linux (like amazfit, currently polar).

So the phinephone for me is only interesting because of plasma mobile (using kubuntu on private and debian at work) and ubport beeing the possible main os.
If it would be android i would get a cheap alternative like my current motorola.

What should be the reason for people not to let go of their android/ios phones? For sure NOT the os itself - but simply the amount of available apps. And for the apps you can probably bring it down to only a few essentials.
I know this discussion from jolla quite well. And there - in my opinion - the main reason apps are missing are a) no option for paid apps in webstore (even if you are opensource fan - good software doesn't develop itself) b) mass. No bank, service provider etc. will develop their app for a small number of people.
But that leaves you only with a few apps you might use not beeing available. The rest probably is already there.

So the much better solution will be to get an android emulator working. And not conclude that Android/ios might be more appealing. Its all about apps.

i know this is quite old - but as the question (at least to me) is still quite up-to date your thoughts 2019 would be interesting.

Friends of mine use whatsapp, threema, telegram and viber - i tried out riot/matrix (on sailfish (sorry) - thinking about pinephone as next devices)). Also i tried delta chat. Threema and whatsapp are most used.

Problem is to find common ground - as i first of all don't want my phone book taken and second most dont see the point in switching (entering more then a phone number to start is soooo hard, and also no one uses it). Thats why i tried delta chat - but not sure so far.

Anyways - as i am new to ubuntu touch i would like to know what messengers (prefered the "full package" - meaning, chat, calls, video) work or are planned with this os?