How To Run Android Apps On Linux

  1. Go to Google.com/Chrome and download the “64 bit .deb (For Debian/Ubuntu)” version. Download and install it (double click on the package or sudo apt install $THEFILE.deb)
  2. Open Chromi (or Chromium) to install the Arc Welder app to your Chrome/Chromium browser.
  3. Most Android apps require WebGL which is strangely not enabled by default on my Debian box. So a quick search on DuckDuckGo (yes, I try to avoid the great G these days) told me «How To Enable WebGL In Chrome On Ubuntu?». As Ubuntu is a Debian derivative it also apply to my case. http://webglreport.com/ told me I already got WEbGL 1 and 2:
    1. Enable the “Override software rendering list” option in Chrome. You can access it typing chrome://flags in Chrome address bar
    2. quit Chrome (check with “system monitor” that it hasn’t left some underground process. Otherwise kill it) and restart it.
    3. Go to chrome://settings and enable Use hardware acceleration when available.
  4. Now you should be able to add your APKs in the Arc Welder Chrome app.

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