I can confirm that the kernel I compiled and gave a link above for the pi4 does work. My main obstacle was I did not know how to start anbox. I was trying to do it from the command line with out knowing there was pre-configured commands associated with anbox in it’s link in the Menu’s.
In testing I installed a lot of programs and most would crash so I am not very impressed with it so far. Maybe things will get better down the road.
Does this kernel work on the pinebook pro as well or would that be a separate mirror?
No. That kernel was for the RPi. (It is now in the unstable branch as a side note).
I believe the latest kernel for the pbp in the testing branch has the android modules enabled. It will have the same kernal name you are using but higher version. @Strit can correct me if I am wrong.
If you decide to play with it I put together some steps to get it going here for another member:
@nightmare-2021 Not working on 5.9 Kernel for me. Has it not been implemented yet?
anbox launch --package=org.anbox.appmgr --component=org.anbox.appmgr.AppViewActivity
[ 2020-10-22 17:26:07] [daemon.cpp:61@Run] [org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown] The name org.anbox was not provided by any .service filesHave a look yourself in GitLab - there are the packages to look up 
It’s included into the Kernel-build via config.android and should work same as in 5.8
So I have to recompile the Kernel every time? I don’t really understand what to make of this
CONFIG_ASHMEM=y
# CONFIG_ION is not set
CONFIG_ANDROID=y
CONFIG_ANDROID_BINDER_IPC=y
CONFIG_ANDROID_BINDERFS=y
CONFIG_ANDROID_BINDER_DEVICES="binder,hwbinder,vndbinder"
# CONFIG_ANDROID_BINDER_IPC_SELFTEST is not set
When I looks at the PKGBUILD, I see that config.anbox is already included. So everything should already be set, but it doesn’t work for me. With kernel 5.6 it does
Found the solution. I had to mount the binderfs
throws an error:
mount: /dev/binderfs: unknown filesystem type ‘binder’.
run
$ zgrep -i -e android -e ashmem /proc/config.gz
and post output
zgrep -i -e android -e ashmem /proc/config.gz
# Android
# end of Android
# Android
# CONFIG_ANDROID is not set
# end of Android
Snap store also doesn’t launch, is this related?
snap-store
Warning: Schema “org.gnome.system.locale” has path “/system/locale/”. Paths starting with “/apps/”, “/desktop/” or “/
system/” are deprecated.
Warning: Schema “org.gnome.system.proxy” has path “/system/proxy/”. Paths starting with “/apps/”, “/desktop/” or “/sy
stem/” are deprecated.
Warning: Schema “org.gnome.system.proxy.http” has path “/system/proxy/http/”. Paths starting with “/apps/”, “/desktop
/” or “/system/” are deprecated.
Warning: Schema “org.gnome.system.proxy.https” has path “/system/proxy/https/”. Paths starting with “/apps/”, “/deskt
op/” or “/system/” are deprecated.
Warning: Schema “org.gnome.system.proxy.ftp” has path “/system/proxy/ftp/”. Paths starting with “/apps/”, “/desktop/”
or “/system/” are deprecated.
Warning: Schema “org.gnome.system.proxy.socks” has path “/system/proxy/socks/”. Paths starting with “/apps/”, “/deskt
op/” or “/system/” are deprecated.
02:26:28:0606 Gtk Failed to load module “canberra-gtk-module”
02:26:28:0712 Gtk Failed to load module “colorreload-gtk-module”
02:26:29:0123 Gs enabled plugins: odrs, rewrite-resource, snap, icons, key-colors, key-colors-metadata
02:26:29:0123 Gs disabled plugins: appstream, desktop-categories, desktop-menu-path, dpkg, dummy, fedora-langpacks, f
edora-pkgdb-collections, fwupd, generic-updates, hardcoded-blacklist, hardcoded-popular, modalias, os-release, package
kit, packagekit-history, packagekit-local, packagekit-offline, packagekit-proxy, packagekit-refine, packagekit-refine-
repos, packagekit-refresh, packagekit-upgrade, packagekit-url-to-app, provenance, provenance-license, repos, systemd-u
pdates02:27:30:0750 Gs /etc/PackageKit/Vendor.conf file not found
02:27:30:0967 Pango pango_font_get_hb_font: assertion ‘PANGO_IS_FONT (font)’ failed
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
what kernel are you running?
its 5.4.77-1
Should i change it(from Add/Remove software)? I am not very familiar with linux…
Update to the latest kernel from the kernel manager. and try again.
installed 5.9.8-2
zgrep -i -e android -e ashmem /proc/config.gz
# Android
CONFIG_ASHMEM=y
# end of Android
# Android
CONFIG_ANDROID=y
CONFIG_ANDROID_BINDER_IPC=y
CONFIG_ANDROID_BINDERFS=y
CONFIG_ANDROID_BINDER_DEVICES="binder,hwbinder,vndbinder"
# CONFIG_ANDROID_BINDER_IPC_SELFTEST is not set
# end of Android
it worked after i ran
mkdir /dev/binderfs
mount -t binder binder /dev/binderfs
Thanks alot
I can’t install on manjaro with the anbox-git package. can you help?
In the kernel 5.10.2 Anbox isn’t working. You should either wait until the stable branch gets the kernel update or switch to testing branch.
I’m on linux 5.9
Even in that Anbox isn’t working. As I tested, it worked in 5.10.4
so can I just switch to testing branch,update the kernel and switchback to stable branch?
No, if you switch back to stable branch the kernel will get downgraded to the current one.