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What are the other options to get Android app support?

• saidinesh5 2y ago
  There's waydroid: https://github.com/sailfishos-open/waydroid https://github.com/sailfishos-open/waydroid There were also rpms of Alien Dalvik (the official Android app runner on paid Sailfish devices) that you can install. But that's kind of piracy.
  • gbraad 2y ago
    So they are using waydroid... nice! Use this myself a lot on Linux-based tablets/computers, like the Legion GO. Wonder how well this integrates with the (edit: Sailfish) OS. Unfortunately, this also does not do screenlocks and therefore has security restrictions and certain apps refuse to work properly.
    • saidinesh5 2y ago
      The good thing is waydroid is fully open source. So you can add OS integrations yourself too. It's not too difficult imo.
      • gbraad 2y ago
        I get your point: "patches are welcome", but I meant to understand what it does with Sailfish besides launching applications. Android and MeeGo had the idea of intents, like sending a file through a certain application. Also, the filesystems are probably separated.
        • saidinesh5 2y ago
          Filesystems are separated but i used to bind mount Folders like Documents, Downloads, Pictures etc.. into the Android container.. thereby sharing the important data. Other integrations could include making sure your contacts between Android and Sailfish are in sync. Not sure what the status of notifications is. Keeping the clipboards in sync. Half of these things can be "hacked into" by using something like kde connect in the waydroid container. Integration with Android intents like share etc .. would be stretching it.. It'd still be nice to do it properly.