Install and Run Android Applications

Waydroid is able to perform a few various operations found by using the waydroid app -h command:

usage: waydroid app [-h] {install,remove,launch,list} ...

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit

subaction:
  {install,remove,launch,list}
    install             push a single package to the container and install it
    remove              remove single app package from the container
    launch              start single application
    list                list installed applications

You can install Android applications with:

waydroid app install xyz.apk

Then you can launch the application through your desktop Application Menu.

If you know the Android package name of the app (com.xxx.yyy) you can also use the commandline with:

waydroid app launch com.foo.bar

The apk files you will sometimes find on the internet tend to only have arm support, and will therefore not work on x86_64.

You may want to install F-Droid to get applications graphically. Or use the Play Store if you installed a GAPPS image.