I wonder how it deals with gapps and how it compares to waydroid
I think right now the main focus is actually running Oculus/Meta Quest native games on the Steam Frame - the Quest headsets run Android and the games are actually APKs. No GAPPs involved
I’m sure I everything will be working about as soon as the community gets ahold of it though
The problem with running quest games outside of quest is actually that meta has a specialized vr version of android, that even people haven’t figured out how to get their apps running on the pico (bytedance) android headsets. This is pretty crazy considering how easy it is to pirate on quest
Lepton is not designed for general Android use, instead opting to keep the bare minimum functionality required to launch into games.
So it’s nothing more then a layer for games to get shipped via steam sans Gapps integration.
I know that way to ride makes some steps towards faking Gapp or offering some Gapp compatibility, but relying on Play services is essentially a non-starter for me these days, so all of the best games I have for Android mobile would require finding cracked copies.
It’s so strange that I got to skip essentially all piracy for a decade and a half in my gaming life, only to watch all of the platform operators except valve enshitify all at once and to an untenable degree
Lepton is a fork of Waydroid.
That Valve has worked on in their own after forking it.
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 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.
Minecraft problem? I’ve been playing Minecraft happily on cachyos with no compatibility layers for a few months now (it uses java)
The comment is talking about bedrock. Linux user usually play the android version, as opposed to the windows one, because it actually works better.
I’ve had no issues with java edition, on 1.21 or 1.7. on cachyos Pretty sure android would have less features too.
Bedrock gives you cross platform with Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, basically anything that isn’t a pc. So it is worth it depending on what you need.
And how many modpacks does it have? I haven’t really played vanilla in years.
Again, the issue isn’t mods. It’s cross platform compatibility. Feature wise, yes, java wins, but that’s completely irrelevant to what I said. Plus, some people probably just prefer bedrock over Java.
Ok now I’m more confused because the initial post was saying “the Minecraft problem” like it doesn’t work on Linux, but it works very well natively, is the problem that the other versions don’t? Actually I think I might have bedrock lying around somewhere, I guess I can see what my laptop thinks… I suppose over the last 17 years I’ve just never really seen the point in downgrading or trying to play it on a console.
All of the good mods require the java version.
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?
