Was it ever actually supported? I was waiting for it to be ready to switch to Windows 11 since android emulators are all extremely heavy, I just remember it being on a preview version.
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It worked well. But only with Amazon AppStore apps, so nothing useful
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Damn, this was going to be my workaround for using authy now they're discontinuing the desktop app inexplicably.
I tried to use it for a few apps but the WSA susbsystem takes up too much RAM for me.
You could use BlueStacks. It's a bit ad laiden, but it's not bad.
Hard disagree. They (and most other Android emus) are sketchy as hell, I believe using them for anything authentication related would be dangerous
waydroid, idk if it works on windows, i've only used it linux
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Aegis, Bitwarden (now has 2FA in free plan), KeePass...
Can confirm KeePassXC works. But Aegis is android only and Bitwarden TOTP code generation is still paid right now.
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Host a vaultwarden for free somewhere
That was quick
I knew WSL was a thing but had absolutely no idea about WSA.
lol I didn't realise it had been released
It really hadn't rolled out across the globe yet, so no, it wasn't even really released before getting pulled.
If they hadn't locked into amazon appstore, I feel like they could have made it work.
Either cough up money for Playstore or better yet just make windows store compatible with android and easier to use.
TIL there's an Amazon app store.
Lol. Yeah, they've got quite the wall around their garden. It's hell getting the play store running on their hardware.
I recently discovered Aurora, which allowed me to easily install Firefox on my Fire HD. Lots of other stuff too (better launcher, for instance) but I found it because the web just sucks without Ublock
Have you ever tried using aurora instead of the play store for devices that don't natively have it?
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Nice, I actually used this to make a nice time of reading manga and comics on my surface with tachiyomi. Now I have to find a different workflow.
I host my own Suwayomi server and use the web interface, bonus points that it keeps progress synced with my other devices (Using Tachij2k now that Tachiyomi is defunct)
Btw, Tachiyomi isn't being developed anymore after the cease and desist they got. The fork that replaced it is Mihon.
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Lmao just another thing Linux does better anyway.
So could theoretically install waydroid in WSL?
someone did that before microsoft had even released WSA but I don't see anything about people doing it recently. probably someone is working on it right now though, given this news.
What's the easiest way to run Android apps on Linux?
Waydroid or run Bliss OS in a VM.
I've been using BlueStacks. How do those compare to BlueStacks?
I'm guessing at the very least they have less ads than blue stacks, lol.
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Think there's also an official emulator from android studios but I could be wrong
Yes. Built into Android Studio. Has existed for at least five years. However I only ever used it with the apps I was developing and never even considered using it as a means to launch outside apps. That probably would have been painful.
Waydroid
Waydroid
That was fast