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Anbox is a container application for running Android apps on GNU/Linux systems, currently in alpha. NOTE: As of Feb 3, 2023, the Anbox project is no longer developed.

From the Official Website:

Anbox puts the Android operating system into a container, abstracts hardware access and integrates core system services into a GNU/Linux system. Every Android application will behave as if it is integrated into your operating system like any other native application

NOTE: As of Feb 3, 2023, the Anbox project is no longer developed.

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How to add Google Play support in Anbox?

I know it's a relatively new and unstable application but I figured if anyone has suffered through the issue and solved it then they can help me too. Anbox does't come with Google Services, As Google Services can't be installed on an Unregistered…
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How do I hide the loop partitions in Nautilus created by Snap app?

I've a lot of partitions named loop they're likely created by a snap app called Anbox, I could care less about lopp0 to loop4 but the partition named loop5 which is mounted at /media/sumeet/disk appears in nautilus 326mb volume is the loop…
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How to launch Anbox?

I understand, that Anbox is in super alpha, but I need help. I cannot launch it. There is terminal entries: $ anbox launch [EE 2017-04-27 16:03:20] [launch.cpp:76@operator()] Anbox session manager service isn't running! $ anbox…
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How to install and run Anbox in Ubuntu 18.04?

I am a newbie to Ubuntu and I want to install Anbox (GitHub). I am having trouble installing Anbox the way given in the current tutorials.
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Anbox on 19.10 - claims kernel modules are missing

I've installed anbox from the default repositories. The ashmem and binder modules are loaded: $ lsmod | grep _linux binder_linux 163840 0 ashmem_linux 20480 0 The anbox-container-manager system service is running: $ systemctl…
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Anbox snap broke my system

I wanted to install some android apps on my PC and I found Anbox as a solution, but when I installed it, didn't work and now when I try to open the browser or press CTRL+ALT+T for opening terminal it takes almost a minute. How to repair my…
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Anbox isn't starting up on my PC at all

I know it's a relatively new and unstable application but I figured if anyone has suffered through the issue and solved it then they can help me The Problem when I click on the Anbox icon from gnome app drawer it stays in launcher for 5 secs or so…
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Module "ashmem" doesn't load with Secure Boot on (but "binder" does load with secure boot on)

Summary I'm running Ubuntu 20.04.1 with default kernel 5.4.0-42-generic (installed from Main) on a UEFI system. I want to load two kernel modules ("ashmem" and "binder") with Secure Boot enabled. At least for me, "binder" loads fine with Secure Boot…
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Where is anbox share folder with ubuntu

i have installed anbox in my ubuntu distro.i want to install share files in anbox and i do not now how to share with anbox from ubuntu.and how to share data from anbox to ubuntu
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Anbox snap installation fails

I'm trying to install Anbox in my new Ubuntu 16.04 using instructions from this page. It seemed to work, but I got no icon in my dash, so I suspect that the installation is not complete. With Synaptic Package Manager I can see that anbox-common &…
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ls -1 /dev/{ashmem,binder} yields anticipated result for /dev/ashmem, but an error for /dev/binder

Background In another post, I reported that: I'm running Ubuntu 20.04.1 with default kernel 5.4.0-42-generic (installed from Main) on a UEFI system. I want to load two kernel modules ("ashmem" and "binder") with Secure Boot enabled. At least for…
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How can I access anbox filesystem?

I know anbox is still unstable, i installed the latest version of anbox in ubuntu 16.04 and it works fine but it seems i cant save or download files in the anbox filesystem. I noticed anbox installation created a volumen of 326Mb where there is a…
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What'sApp installed on anbox on ubuntu 17.10 doesn't work – probably it can't acces the internet

I installed anbox with whatsapp on my ubuntu computer just as explained here. I started whatsapp an typed in my phone number. By the way, my phone is no smartphone and that's why I need whatsapp on anbox. I get this error message all time: Unable to…
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Anbox can't be started

I am very curious about the new Anbox emulator for running Android apps on PC. Unfortunately I can't make it work on my PC. After having installed via snap there is a new entry in the Gnome menu list. When I use it, nothing happens. I then tried to…
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NO_MATCHING_ABIS error when installing *some* Android apps in Anbox

Since Anbox currently does not come packaged with an app store, the only way to install applications is through ADB as follows: adb install /path/to/file.apk I have been able to successfully install QuickPic and Snapseed this way, however when I…
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