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What do you use Waydroid for? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I tried Waydroid on Arch and its amazing. It runs Android apps flawlessly. And with a touchscreen device, I feel like I have an Android tablet running inside my Linux machine.

But I still don't know what to use it for...

What apps do you use with Waydroid? What use cases do you have for it?

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Playing Slay the Spire.

It does have a native Linux version but it doesn't sync cross-platform. So since I like playing on the go it is nice to also be able to play at home on a bigger screen.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

If it's the Steam version, why not play through proton?

[–] 1111 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Did it work out of the box for you? Doesn't load for me on either of my machines that have waydroid

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Do you have an ARM emulator installed? I don't think the game ships an x86 build. Other than that it just worked.

[–] 1111 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Is that what libhoudini is? I heard of it, but don't recall if I installed it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I think so. IIRC there are a few different implementations. But if you configure any of them Android will automatically use it to run non-native apps.