guide how to install android 13 (lineage 20) in waydroid

cleanup

if you messed up your waydroid installation, you can clean it up, all your apps and data will be deleted

sudo systemctl stop waydroid-container.service
sudo rm -rf /etc/waydroid-extra /var/lib/waydroid /home/.waydroid ~/waydroid ~/.share/waydroid ~/.local/share/applications/*aydroid* ~/.local/share/waydroid

run waydroid with android 11

in order to get android 13 working, first we should run waydroid with android 11

init waydroid

sudo waydroid init --system_channel=https://ota.waydro.id/system --vendor_channel=https://ota.waydro.id/vendor -f
sudo waydroid upgrade

start waydroid container service

sudo systemctl start waydroid-container

if it fails to start, try to disable selinux

sudo setenforce 0
sudo systemctl start waydroid-container

or you can try to start it without using systemd

sudo waydroid container start

launch waydroid

waydroid show-full-ui

run waydroid with android 13

if you succeeded to start android 11, then you can try to start android 13

download android 13 images and init

sudo curl -L https://github.com/gmankab/waydroid/releases/download/jul-12-2024/system.img -o /etc/waydroid-extra/images/system.img --create-dirs
sudo curl -L https://github.com/gmankab/waydroid/releases/download/jul-12-2024/vendor.img -o /etc/waydroid-extra/images/vendor.img --create-dirs
sudo waydroid init -f -i /usr/share/waydroid-extra/images

start waydroid container service

sudo systemctl start waydroid-container

launch waydroid

waydroid show-full-ui

go back to android 11

all your apps and data will be deleted

sudo systemctl stop waydroid-container.service
sudo rm -rf /etc/waydroid-extra /var/lib/waydroid /home/.waydroid ~/waydroid ~/.share/waydroid ~/.local/share/applications/*aydroid* ~/.local/share/waydroid
sudo waydroid init --system_channel=https://ota.waydro.id/system --vendor_channel=https://ota.waydro.id/vendor -f
sudo waydroid upgrade

special thanks to

• @Benjamin-Loison for building android 13 image - Benjamin-Loison/waydroid#16 (comment)
• waydroid developers
• lineage os developers