{"id":4621,"date":"2018-10-08T21:00:28","date_gmt":"2018-10-08T19:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/?p=4621"},"modified":"2018-10-14T21:24:16","modified_gmt":"2018-10-14T19:24:16","slug":"how-to-run-android-apps-on-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2018\/10\/08\/how-to-run-android-apps-on-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Run Android Apps On Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>How To Run Android Apps On Linux?<\/a> <\/em><\/h1>\n

Very informative, but the answer is summarized in “install Google Chrome plus arc-welder extension<\/a>“. If I had to run proprietary sw then one more doesn’t make such a difference<\/p>\n

Update:<\/strong> well, it’s not that<\/strong> simple. So let’s write all the steps.<\/p>\n

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  1. Go to Google.com\/Chrome<\/a>\u00a0and download the \u201c64 bit .deb (For Debian\/Ubuntu)\u201d version. Download and install it (double click on the package or sudo apt install $THEFILE.deb<\/code>)<\/li>\n
  2. Open Chromi (or Chromium) to install the Arc Welder app<\/a> to your Chrome\/Chromium browser.<\/li>\n
  3. Most Android apps require WebGL which is strangely not enabled by default on my Debian box. So a quick search on DuckDuckGo<\/a> (yes, I try to avoid the great G these days) told me \u00abHow To Enable WebGL In Chrome On Ubuntu?<\/a>\u00bb. As Ubuntu is a Debian derivative it also apply to my case. http:\/\/webglreport.com\/<\/a> told me I already got WEbGL 1 and 2:\n
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    1. Enable the “Override software rendering list” option in Chrome. You can access it typing chrome:\/\/flags<\/code> in Chrome address bar<\/li>\n
    2. quit Chrome (check with “system monitor” that it hasn’t left some underground process. Otherwise kill it) and restart it.<\/li>\n
    3. Go to chrome:\/\/settings<\/code> and enable Use hardware acceleration when available<\/code>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
    4. Now you should be able to add your APKs in the Arc Welder Chrome app.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      How To Run Android Apps On Linux? Very informative, but the answer is summarized in “install Google Chrome plus arc-welder extension“. If I had to run proprietary sw then one more doesn’t make such a difference Update: well, it’s not that simple. So let’s write all the steps.<\/p>\n

      Read more →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[101,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-android-2","category-proprietary-software"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6daft-1cx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3717,"url":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2018\/01\/28\/how-to-install-skype-for-linux-beta-on-debian-9-stretch-linuxbabe-com\/","url_meta":{"origin":4621,"position":0},"title":"How to Install Skype for Linux Beta on Debian 9 Stretch – LinuxBabe.Com","author":"Paolo Redaelli","date":"2018-01-28","format":false,"excerpt":"How to Install Skype for Linux Beta on Debian 9 Stretch - LinuxBabe.Com Skype for Linux beta 5.3 was released on May 31, 2017. 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