Android in Docker without QEMU/emulator

Re:Android in Docker without QEMU/emulator by Tepix on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @07:59AM (#29794224)

This could be useful for running WhatsApp inside a vm instead of your phone for those rare instances where it is needed.

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Re:Android in Docker without QEMU/emulator by yetanother-1 on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @08:30AM (#29794465)

Frankly I just install Island, and then run Whatsapp (and all not-always-needed apps) inside it. Plus bonus: you can freeze the apps you don't need and keep the island running.

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Re:Android in Docker without QEMU/emulator by ivanche on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @10:06AM (#29795521)

TIL about the Island app. Thank you!

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Re:Android in Docker without QEMU/emulator by mathfailure on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @04:08PM (#29800542)

Shelter.

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.typeblog.shelter/

https://github.com/PeterCxy/Shelter

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Re:Android in Docker without QEMU/emulator by ivanche on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @06:22AM (#29807690)

Also very useful, thank you!

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Re:Android in Docker without QEMU/emulator by nik5 on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @08:11AM (#29794301)

Exactly, what I am going to use it for. I tried using whatsapp for long in a VM of android x86 image didn't work too well for me.

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Re:Android in Docker without QEMU/emulator by aunetx on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @09:04AM (#29794827)

I recommend you to use web.whatsapp.com then, it's pretty decent now (except that it does not support calls)

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Re:Android in Docker without QEMU/emulator by detaro on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @10:54AM (#29796128)

That needs whatsapp running on your phone to work as far as I know (because it basically runs the communication on the phone and then syncs that to the browser)

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Re:Android in Docker without QEMU/emulator by 369548684892826 on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @12:00PM (#29796980)

If you can work out how to get on the beta release of web.whatsapp.com then it's no longer required for your phone to be online.

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Re:Android in Docker without QEMU/emulator by beagle3 on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @06:57PM (#29802813)

but you still need to feed a QR code to the android's "camera" on each browser you want to use.

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Re:Android in Docker without QEMU/emulator by alaq on Thursday January 06, 2022 @11:53AM (#29826024)

Multi-device [1] which is now in beta lets you use WhatsApp on the web without the phone connection.

[1] https://faq.whatsapp.com/general/download-and-installation/a...

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Re:Android in Docker without QEMU/emulator by j4hdufd8 on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @08:01AM (#29794237)

What do you mean? Where is it needed?

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Re:Android in Docker without QEMU/emulator by Tepix on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @09:03AM (#29809020)

There are unfortunately situations where the only way to reach someone is via WhatsApp. I have avoided them but i can see WhatsApp in a VM being useful for those purposes.

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Re:Android in Docker without QEMU/emulator by flatiron on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @08:38AM (#29794535)

i believe they are referring to the whatsapp bug that the saudi prince used on jeff bezos. simply sending bezos a message gave the saudi prince root access on his phone and he dumped all his messages and photos and released them to the press. running in a vm would just have whatsapp so they can send and receive messages without exposing all the private information on their phone in case of some 0day

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Re:Android in Docker without QEMU/emulator by qwertox on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @10:51AM (#29796073)

So you would run the VM on a phone? Because if not, you'd need to carry an open and connected laptop around.

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Re:Android in Docker without QEMU/emulator by Tepix on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @09:06AM (#29809042)

You could connect to the VM using somelike like TeamViewer running on your phone.

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Re:Android in Docker without QEMU/emulator by qwertox on Friday January 07, 2022 @01:46AM (#29835835)

You would run TeamViewer on your phone 24/7 with a persistent connection to a server? Now would you receive the notifications?

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