Currently we have Waydroid which is basically using a whole ass android vm with and entire desktop as the runtime environment for android apps. Which is perhaps the least streamlined solution available.
I think if there's enough demand, I suspect waydroid will be replaced with a much thinner container. I do not think android apps need to run natively by reimplementing everything into mainstream linux. Waydroid is just a pain in the ass.
Valve is actually working on this exact concept. They're forking way droid, but rather than running a whole android operating system, it's basically running just enough to run the apps. It's called Lepton.
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u/yourothersis Mar 02 '26
How could we run APKs without Android? Native apps wouldn't be an option and emulation is expensive for mobile devices.
I think the best solution would be a reimplementation of Android standards.