I successfully rebuilt Android Studio librarieslayoutlib_jni.so and libandroid_runtime.so for AArch64.

This fixes the XML Layout Editor, menu and resource previews, and Compose Preview on Linux ARM64. I believe this closes the last major functionality gap between Android Studio on ARM64 versus x86_64.

As far as emulators go, Ika works great on Apple Silicon. If someone wants broader support, rebuilding Ika for a different ARM64 platform should not be be a too heavy a lift.

Tested and working on:

• MacBook Pro M1 running Asahi Fedora 44
• Debian 13 (Trixie) on 2018 Razer Phone 2 (via Trixie.apk)

https://github.com/DesktopECHO/android-studio-aarch64-install

Android Studio is now fully functional on ARM64 Linux

I successfully rebuilt Android Studio librarieslayoutlib_jni.so and libandroid_runtime.so for AArch64.

This fixes the XML Layout Editor, menu and resource previews, and Compose Preview on Linux ARM64. I believe this closes the last major functionality gap between Android Studio on ARM64 versus x86_64. The install script was tested in Debian 13 and Fedora 44 chroot instances, it should be fine with proot environments as well.

https://github.com/DesktopECHO/android-studio-aarch64-install

Android Studio is now fully functional on ARM64 Linux

I successfully rebuilt Android Studio librarieslayoutlib_jni.so and libandroid_runtime.so for AArch64.

This fixes the XML Layout Editor, menu and resource previews, and Compose Preview on Linux ARM64. I believe this closes the last major functionality gap between Android Studio on ARM64 versus x86_64.

As far as emulators go, Ika works great on Apple Silicon. If someone wants broader support, rebuilding Ika for a different ARM64 platform should not be be a too heavy a lift.

Tested and working on:

• MacBook Pro M1 running Asahi Fedora 44
• Debian 13 (Trixie) on 2018 Razer Phone 2 (via Trixie.apk)

https://github.com/DesktopECHO/android-studio-aarch64-install

Android Studio is now fully functional on ARM64 Linux

Ika Virtual Desktop

Ika /ee-kah/ - Japanese for "cuttlefish" - began as an effort to run the Cuttlefish Android emulator on Fedora Asahi Remix (upstream included tooling for Debian only). It has since evolved into a full-blown desktop operating environment for Apple Silicon and x86-64 hosts. The project scope changed but the name stuck.

Features

• LineageOS 23.2 (Android 16) reimagined as a desktop-first operating system.
• Dynamic display window resizing that preserves DPI settings.
• Accelerated GPU rendering with OpenGL ES and Vulkan support.
• Native builds on Asahi Linux and x86-64 systems with as little as 16 GB of RAM.
• Flexible build options for MindTheGapps, microG, or a de-Googled ROM

See the project page for more info on ika-build for x86-64 or ARM architectures.

I've been hacking away at Cuttlefish on and off with the aim to build Android on lower-RAM Apple Silicon machines.

Ika Virtual Desktop

Mission accomplished, 100% native ARM64 build, no FeX or MuVM required. Added bonus, GPU acceleration is mostly working on Apple Silicon.

https://github.com/DesktopECHO/ika