How should I run android os lxc container on native Linux(ubuntu 16.04 LTS)

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I want to create the android OS container which shall run on native Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Some reference or guidelines will be helpful to achieve this

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Hi!

What expectations do you have of this Android container? Show Android GUI?
LXC/LXD are not VM, meaning you would need the container to run the same architecture as the host, i.e. Android-x86 would be suitable. Also, you would need to have Android output the GUI on a X11 server.

Having said that, have a look at the Halium project, which I think they already use LXC https://halium.org/ They have a Telegram channel where you can ask for details.

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I am trying to run android-x86 on lxd container.
Will that be supported by lxd ? or lcd only runs linux containers ?

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Have a look at the Anbox project, which is Android on x86 (not sure if based on android-x86).
There is a snap package for the easy installation. This snap package is used as just a packaging format.
You install in a way that your host is not protected at all (software is running in devmode).

There is mention to use LXD in Anbox. For example, https://github.com/anbox/anbox/issues/1203

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