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What apps are you using in Waydroid? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by lukecooperatus@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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It's been a while since the last time this was asked, so here goes again: what specific apps do you use Waydroid to run?

Whenever I get the itch to play around with this impressive project, I quickly remember that I can't think of anything to actually do with it. There's already a Linux native app for almost everything that isn't an ad infested game, so I'm curious if anyone has use cases for Waydroid that they can share. I'd love to hear about something cool that I didn't think of!

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[–] Arkhive@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I’ve used it for a fairly niche case. I check out audiobooks from my local library through an app called Libby. There is a “desktop” version, but it’s just a wrapper of the webpage and you cannot do any offline listening. On android the app downloads its data unencrypted and simply tries to hide it in a big folder maze broken up into smaller files. With Waydroid I can download an audiobook and then automate the finding, formatting, and merging of all the files to get a proper audiobook I file I can stream from my home server to my various devices.

[–] utopiah@lemmy.ml 7 points 4 days ago

“desktop” version, but it’s just a wrapper of the webpage and you cannot do any offline listening.

Maybe mitmproxy could help there.