At first install the package.
sudo pacman -S waydroid
then download the image.
sudo waydroid init -s GAPPS
Update it if you had it before.
sudo waydroid upgrade
enable the service
sudo systemctl enable --now waydroid-container
Now you are going to notice that you can’t add your google account.
its fine as google services is not ready to be used yet.
sudo waydroid shell -- sh -c "sqlite3 /data/data/*/*/gservices.db 'select * from main where name = \"android_id\";'"
you will get letters and numbers copy them and put them in
https://www.google.com/android/uncertified
now restart waydroid
sudo waydroid session stop
sudo systemctl restart waydroid-container
sign in with your google account.
yeah not everything will be working out of the box.
At first stop waydroid
sudo waydroid session stop
sudo systemctl stop waydroid-container
At first copy the vendor.img from /var/lib/waydroid/images.
mkdir -p ~/Waydroid
cp -a /var/lib/waydroid/images/vendor.img ~/Waydroid/vendor.img
Now Expand it by 100mb.
sudo dd if=/dev/zero bs=1M count=100 >> ~/Waydroid/vendor.img
sudo e2fsck -f ~/Waydroid/vendor.img
sudo resize2fs ~/Waydroid/vendor.img
Now its time to mount it to replace amd gpu vulkan with working ones from lineage-20-20250503-MAINLINE-waydroid_x86_64-vendor.
mkdir -p ~/Waydroid/vendor
sudo mount -o loop,rw ~/Waydroid/vendor.img ~/Waydroid/vendor
Now Download this file and unzip it.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/15e_ukNAgIQB-fdt7dKEb2RSQWnet4LLn/view?usp=sharing
Copy files.
sudo cp -a ~/Documents/Waydroid/vendor2/lib/hw/vulkan.radeon.so ~/Waydroid/vendor/lib/hw/vulkan.radeon.so
sudo cp -a ~/Documents/Waydroid/vendor2/lib64/hw/vulkan.radeon.so ~/Waydroid/vendor/lib64/hw/vulkan.radeon.so
Now unmount it and replace the file.
sudo umount ~/Waydroid/vendor
sudo cp -a ~/Waydroid/vendor.img /var/lib/waydroid/images/vendor.img
Now edit this file /var/lib/waydroid/waydroid.cfg
in [properties] add ro.hardware.gralloc = minigbm_gbm_mesa
Update waydroid config files
sudo waydroid upgrade -o
Start waydroid.
sudo systemctl start waydroid-container
so above did not work for me.
so i found a fix.
download.
lineage-20-20250503-MAINLINE-waydroid_x86_64-vendor
unzip it.
Stop waydroid and replace the vendor file.
sudo waydroid session stop
sudo systemctl stop waydroid-container
sudo cp -a ~/Waydroid/vendor.img /var/lib/waydroid/images/vendor.img
Now edit this file /var/lib/waydroid/waydroid.cfg
in [properties] add ro.hardware.gralloc = minigbm_gbm_mesa
Update waydroid config files
sudo waydroid upgrade -o
Start waydroid and use it.
sudo systemctl start waydroid-container
At first stop waydroid
sudo waydroid session stop
sudo systemctl stop waydroid-container
At first copy the system.img from /var/lib/waydroid/images.
mkdir -p ~/Waydroid
cp -a /var/lib/waydroid/images/system.img ~/Waydroid/system.img
Now Expand it by 100mb.
sudo dd if=/dev/zero bs=1M count=100 >> ~/Waydroid/system.img
sudo e2fsck -f ~/Waydroid/system.img
sudo resize2fs ~/Waydroid/system.img
Mount it.
mkdir -p ~/Waydroid/system
sudo mount -o loop,rw ~/Waydroid/system.img ~/Waydroid/system
Now run this to disable root.
sudo cp -a ~/Waydroid/system/system/build.prop ~/Waydroid/system/system/build.prop.bak
sudo sed -i 's/^ro.secure=.*/ro.secure=1/' ~/Waydroid/system/system/build.prop
sudo sed -i 's/^ro.debuggable=.*/ro.debuggable=0/' ~/Waydroid/system/system/build.prop
sudo sed -i 's/^ro.build.tags=.*/ro.build.tags=release-keys/' ~/Waydroid/system/system/build.prop
sudo grep -q "^persist.sys.root_access=" ~/Waydroid/system/system/build.prop || echo "persist.sys.root_access=0" | sudo tee -a ~/Waydroid/system/system/build.prop
Now unmount it and copy it.
sudo umount ~/Waydroid/system
sudo cp -a ~/Waydroid/system.img /var/lib/waydroid/images/system.img
Start waydroid.
sudo systemctl start waydroid-container
Waydroid does not support Multi-Gpu PC setup.
and it only supports intel or amd.
use this script to make it only use 1 gpu.
https://github.com/Quackdoc/waydroid-scripts/blob/main/waydroid-choose-gpu.sh
use it like
sudo ./waydroid-choose-gpu.sh
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to add Arm support.
First install Wayland extres.
paru -S waydroid-script-git
Secound install libndk into waydroid.
sudo waydroid-extras install libndk
Install PyClip
paru -S python-pyclip
Install the clipboard for xorg or wayland.
Xorg: sudo pacman -S xclip
Wayland: sudo pacman -S wl-clipboard