I ditched Android emulators for this open-source app, and I can't imagine ever going back
www.androidauthority.com
With Microsoft killing the only official way of running everyday Android apps on PC, I found an alternative that doesn't use emulation at all!

The open source project I stumbled upon that allows you to run Android apps on PC is Waydroid…it takes a container-based approach to running a full Android system directly on Linux

Alas given how it works it only works on Linux.

  • hendrik@palaver.p3x.deEnglish
    21·
    1 day ago

    Yes. Waydroid is very nice. What do you use it for? I’ve come to the realization I don’t really need a lot of Android apps on my laptop, I have good Linux software for 99.9% of the stuff I do. So Waydroid mostly sits there, unused, while I use a regular Linux messenger client and Google Maps on the website.

    • northernlights@lemmy.todayEnglish
      6·
      14 hours ago

      I use it exclusively to control my a/c’s thermostats as an ios or android app is the only way to do it remotely.

    • RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      4·
      1 day ago

      I confess I haven’t used it but I’ve been wanting to try and get my preferred RSS reader app (Feeder) on my computer - that’s the only one that I want though