Google's new Developer Registration Program is catastrophic for F-Droid and open source app distribution. In this interview, Marc Prud'hommeaux from the F-Droid Board of Directors explains what's h...
Besides Waydroid there’s also SailfishOS which has AndroidAppSupport, which works a lot better than Waydroid, but still isn’t perfect. Of all the Linux mobile OSes, I think SailfishOS has the best design and ecosystem. You might have seen the preorder campaign for the new Jolla phone that might be interesting if you want to move away from Android phones.
Sadly some parts of SFOS is closed source. I think it should work in the US, they just currently don’t sell anything from their stores outside of the EU. Any community port should be able to run, but then without the official AndroidAppSupport and only with Waydroid.
I know that waydroid exists but will it work on Linux phones in the same way that Xwayland can seamlessly or relatively seamlessly allow X11 apps to work on a wayland compositor without the user having to think about it too much.
That doesn’t sound too bad for if I have a Linux phone. What I’m more thinking about is can you use all the gestures for navigation and stuff that you’re used to and will the app work full screen and basically can you forget that you are not using a native app.
I guess this is all hypothetical and some apps will work better than others just like anything else.
So, like, will Linux phones be able to run a compatibility layer that lets FDroid Android apps work on them?
Besides Waydroid there’s also SailfishOS which has AndroidAppSupport, which works a lot better than Waydroid, but still isn’t perfect. Of all the Linux mobile OSes, I think SailfishOS has the best design and ecosystem. You might have seen the preorder campaign for the new Jolla phone that might be interesting if you want to move away from Android phones.
That sounds like good work being done!
Afaik Jolla doesn’t work in USA but if the is is open-source maybe I can find a way to install it
Sadly some parts of SFOS is closed source. I think it should work in the US, they just currently don’t sell anything from their stores outside of the EU. Any community port should be able to run, but then without the official AndroidAppSupport and only with Waydroid.
AFAIK the only closed source component has something to do with the AndroidAppSupport, or am I wrong?
Closed source is closed source in any case though, and we don’t like closed source.
Yes, that’s called Waydroid.
I know that waydroid exists but will it work on Linux phones in the same way that Xwayland can seamlessly or relatively seamlessly allow X11 apps to work on a wayland compositor without the user having to think about it too much.
It’s not as seamless as it should be sadly. You have to use a command to install it on Ubuntu Touch.
That doesn’t sound too bad for if I have a Linux phone. What I’m more thinking about is can you use all the gestures for navigation and stuff that you’re used to and will the app work full screen and basically can you forget that you are not using a native app.
I guess this is all hypothetical and some apps will work better than others just like anything else.
UT has a unique interface and gestures, so it does take time getting used to but it’s getting nicer to use overtime.
Waydroid is running LineageOS, so I believe so.