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Community about running GNU/Linux on phones. Projects like Ubuntu Touch, Plasma Mobile, PostmarketOS, Mobian etc. Either on former Android phones or hardware like the PinePhone.

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Are there any android emulators on Linux phones? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by deerdelighted@lemmy.ml to c/linuxphones@lemmy.ml

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As much as I'd love to completely get rid of Google/Apple apps, it's not always possible. My main concern is that I am sometimes required to use two factor authentication apps such as my banking app for example.

I expect these are only available on android/apple store, so my question is, is it somehow possible to emulate android on let's say pinephone (or any other Linux phone) and get these two factor authentication apps still work?

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[–] schmurian@lsmu.schmurian.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

There is waydroid. I wanted to try something similar to what you‘ve described. I think it would have worked in theory, the issue I was facing was the lack of camera support, which made it impossible to scan 2FA codes, which is sometimes the only option with these apps. So give it a try and find out how far you can come with it. If that would have been possible, I think I could have switched…