How to Install Waydroid Android 10 on Ubuntu
Android Emulator
Android emulators are a popular way to run Android apps on your computer. They allow you to test apps, websites and games without having an actual device.
There are many android emulators for Linux, but only a few of them are worth using. In this tutorial, I'll show you the best Android emulator for Linux based on my personal experience.
Waydroid Android Emulator
If you want to see the list of available android emulators for Linux, you will notice that Gennymotion, Anbox,Android AVD is on the top of the list. But now here comes Waydroid. Light weight , fast and device integrated the best Linux emulator is here. This article will guide you through installing an emulator on Linux (Ubuntu) and also Fedora 36.
Install Waydroid on Ubuntu
I have already written an article about Waydroid Emulator. Let's install Waydroid to Your Ubuntu as well as Fedora.
Run this Command one by one.
sudo apt install curl
Waydroid Installer script
Grab the installation script
curl -s https://gist.githubusercontent.com/cniw/7a0220ce8b75368f7f57aa422d3fea97/raw | bashIt will take some time, please be patience. Now let's install system images. For that , first we have to create a directory on system.
sudo mkdir -p /usr/share/waydroid-extra/images
Download System and Vendor
Now Download System Image and Vendor File.
Extract Downloaded Files
Downloaded file contain system.img and vendor.img. Lets copy them to our created directory.
sudo cp system.img vendor.img /usr/share/waydroid-extra/images
Waydroid Installtion done, Now lets initialize Waydroid.
sudo waydroid init
Run Waydroid Emulator
waydroid show-full-ui
Enjoy your Waydroid Emulator on your Ubuntu.
Conclusion
In this article we talk about best android emulator for Linux as well as Ubuntu and How to install it. If anything goes wrong, feel free to let me know in comment section.