Anbox is a

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that aims to allow

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s and

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s developed for Android to run on

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introduced Anbox Cloud, for running Android applications in a cloud environment. Anbox executes the Android

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by using

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(Linux Containers), recreating the

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of Android as a mountable loop image, while using native

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to execute applications. It makes use of

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through LXC for isolation. Applications do not have any direct hardware access, all accesses are sent through the Anbox

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Anbox

Port to Sailfish OS
(not maintained anymore)
Port to Purism / Librem 5

Port to postmarketOS
Android emulation software Compatibility layers Free system software Linux emulation software {{emulation-stub

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