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Anbox, the Android-to-Linux tool the developers have been waiting for

The Anbox is like a dream come true to many developers. The tool has the ability to run android apps natively in a Linux desktop environment.

Simon Fels, the lead software engineer at Canonical has described about pre-alpha release of the Anbox platform. He says " It was born out of the idea of putting Android into a simple container based on LXC and bridging relevant parts over to the host operating system while not allowing any access to real hardware or user data," .

Some of the pros in Anbox are, it takes Linux namespaces like user, network and cgroup, the source code is entirely open source and groups like UBports and Sailfish OS community have been working toward using Anbox for Android application on the mobiles.

Anbox promises that it is possible to run mobile apps on a PC and also supports virtualization. It also uses snaps and LXC containers that can run on smartphones.

It' s unlikely that Anbox will be a game-changer from the standpoint of applications, however, said Peter Christy, research director at 451 Research. He also added that running Android apps on Linux would not be as useful as enabling apps that can run in windows or MacOS, and thus the impact would be limited.

Let' s see if Anbox makes it big on the market. If it does, major renovations in the world of Linux and Andriod may happen.

Tag : Linux Android
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FAQ
Q
Anbox doesn't start on my device. What did I do wrong?
A
Most likely it's not your fault. Anbox is still in its early days and doesn't have much test coverage across a wide range of different systems yet. If Anbox doesn't start for you, please follow the instructions here and file a bug report so that a developer can look into the problem.
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How can I install applications into the Anbox runtime?
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There is no easy way yet for a user to install applications into the Anbox runtime, other than using the Android Debug Bridge (adb). When you have adb installed on your host system you can install applications like this:

$ adb install path/to/my-app.apk
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Is it possible to install the Google Play Store?
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Yes, this is generally possible. However Google doesn't allow anyone to ship its applications as long as the device is not certified and the vendor didn't sign an agreement with Google.

The Anbox project does not have any interest in shipping the Google Play store and we're not allowed to do so. We may add an easy way for our users at a later point which allows easy distribution of Android applications suited for the Anbox runtime environment.
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What is Anbox tool?
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The Anbox is like a dream come true to many developers. The tool has the ability to run android apps natively in a Linux desktop environment.
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Can run Android apps on Linux?
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Google is working on its own ARC Android runtime in Chrome. On Windows and Mac OS X, BlueStacks provides an Android experience that works pretty well. ... It works natively on Linux and doesn't require Chrome. Ubuntu could even use this as the basis of a project to allow Android apps to run on Ubuntu phones.