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		westurner on May 2, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide Waydroid (Android in containers) requires binder and optionally ashmem, though ashmem is not required anymore because memfd works with vanilla kernel: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Waydroid#Kernel_Modules There is a Google Play Certification process for waydroid devices: https://docs.waydro.id/faq/google-play-certification (That manual provisioning step is not necessary for e.g. optional widevine DRM on other OSes)

westurner on May 2, 2023 [–]

IIRC, when I tried to install LEGO Boost app (before I found pybricks and wokwi simulator) on Waydroid, I had trouble patching Bluetooth BLE on the host through to the waydroid container; due to device virtualization less than modules fwiu

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