I’m drooling over this. I hope the community picks this up, this could be extended to better support Android apps on Linux phones for example.
I love it, but I’m personally more interested in FEX. I just prefer playing actually good games on my phone than playing bad games on my pc :P
I wonder if lepton will solve the Minecraft problem. Waydroid was broken by some recent drm changes which are unlikely to be reverted although mcplauncher still seems to work although it’s been awhile since I tested on my SteamDeck.
Have you tried io.mrarm.mcpelauncher?
Yes, I misspelt it in my comment. It’s currently working well but I worry that the main developer will burn out. They usually have to add new thunks every new Minecraft release.
What benefits does Minecraft Bedrock have over Java? Cross-play? My kid plays modded Java. Mainly Cobblemon.
Pretty much cross play with tablets and the PlayStation.
Can Linux phones run normal apps from Android with this?
Games are great and all about having cross-platform abilities to run stuff makes a massive difference.
From the gitlab front page:
Lepton disables various Android services that are not required to run games possibly breaking compatibility with some applications.
It is probably possible, but just as using Proton to run MS Office is a real bear to configure, this tool is also pretty specific in application and environment.
Note my reply is not an answer, just more questions.
I would assume it mainly talks about the Google services, that are also disabled by alternative Android versions like e/OS (fork of LineageOS). But they come with an Open Source service implementation microG, to be somewhat compatible, but it doesn’t guarantee 100% compatibility. Sooo, does Leptop disable those Google services without a replacement? Can it use microG?
