Android Apps
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Running apps on Ubuntu
Prerequesite for all: you have to have the APK.
AChrone
"Installing Android Apps on Linux with ARChon [ July 2015 ]" ... with Chrome ...
- https://www.linux.com/learn/installing-android-apps-linux-archon
- http://archon-runtime.github.io/
- https://github.com/vladikoff/chromeos-apk
Creating a addon package (zip) from an installed app with Archonpackager for android:
Shashlik
"How to install and run Android Apps (APKs) on Linux with Shashlik [ HowToforge 2016 ]"
- https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/how-to-install-and-run-android-apk-on-linux-with-shashlik/
- http://www.shashlik.io/what-is
Creating / getting an APK from an installed application with "App Share and Backup":
Error: Failed to load libGL.so
When starting an app with shashlik-run you get the error: ... Failed to load libGL.so ...
On Ubuntu 16.04 (64 bit) this helped:
sudo ln -sv /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/mesa/libGL.so.1 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so
Apps and storage management
Link2SD
[UPDATE 02/2017]
Link2SD will not be developped any more. You can use App2SD (free) or Apps2SD (pay) instead. You will not have the problems described here.
When using SD-Cards bigger than 32GB be aware of the following problems (nnot for App2SD):
Summary according to the above post (thanks to user "regli"):
- all partitions need to start in the first 32GB
- link2sd insists that the ext2/ext4 partition is the second partition
- create a small Linux swap partition first (32MB)
- then add a ext2 Apps partition (as /system often is only 2GB use e.g. 2, 4 or 6 GB)
- there should directly follow a fat32 Data partition of your desired size
- leave spare, unallocated room for overprovisioning
- finally mark the fat32 partition "active" by setting the boot flag
e.g. SD-CARD 64GB | 32GB-border --> | 32GB | Partionioning sheme: |swp | ext2 | fat32 | prov | |====|===============|======/ /===============| | | MB | max. 30GB | | 10% |
Cal / Card-Dav based calendars
I am using these with Zentyal.
Backup and restore
Backup with Titanium Backup. Restore
- CardDav
- CalDav
- JB Workarounds
- OpenTasks
Reboot the phone. Change to settings->accounts and activate the synchronisation for your saved accounts.
Voilà (completely without google :-) )
Terminal Emulator
Manually boot into recovery mode
You need the following free app called androidterm:
e.g. for booting into TWRP:
su hit enter reboot recovery hit enter
Apps Launcher
Nova lauchner
My absolute favorite. Easy, fast, simple. Almost free.
KISS Lauchner
File Manager
Best file manager for me: ES File Explorer
Problems with accessing the SD Card: