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Installing Anbox

1. Setting up compatible Kernel, Headers, and Modules:

1.1. Installing the Kernel and Headers: Perform one of the below options (Either 1.1.1. or 1.1.2. not both)

1.1.1. Install a patched kernel:

1.1.1.1. Choose a kernel from here: List of Arch Linux Kernels patched for Anbox. For simplicity, this guide talks about the installation of linux-xanmod-anbox. However, you could use any of the kernels from the above link and follow similar steps to install the kernel and the corresponding kernel header.
Caution: We have only tested with linux-xanmod-anbox and linux-zen-anbox kernels.
1.1.1.2. Install the above kernel (along with headers) using

yay -S --needed linux-xanmod-anbox linux-xanmod-anbox-headers

1.1.2 (Not recommended if you have not built a kernel before) Build your kernel with configuration options: Follow How to Build Linux Zen Kernel with Configuration Options for Anbox.

1.2. Boot through the new kernel: This guide assumes that you use Grub as the bootloader (this is the default in RebornOS). Instead of steps 1.2.1. and 1.2.2., you could alternatively use grub-customizer to accomplish the same tasks

1.2.1. Edit the Grub file:

sudo gedit /etc/default/grub

to add the following lines (modify existing lines if they exist):

 GRUB_DISABLE_SUBMENU=y
 GRUB_DEFAULT=saved
 GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT=true

(Save and exit)

1.2.2 Regenerate grub.cfg:

sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

1.2.3. Reboot and choose the patched kernel that you just installed

1.3. Setting up Kernel Modules:

1.3.1. Enable module loading at boot:

sudo gedit /etc/modules-load.d/anbox.conf

to create anbox.conf and add the below lines:

 ashmem_linux
 binder_linux

(Save and exit)

1.3.2. Load Modules: (As of 14-March-2021, linux-zen-anbox has the following modules already enabled, and hence this step can be skipped if you chose the linux-zen-anbox kernel.)

sudo modprobe -a binder-linux ashmem-linux

1.3.3. Enable creating mount point of binderfs at boot:

sudo gedit /etc/tmpfiles.d/anbox.conf

and add the following line:

 d! /dev/binderfs 0755 root root

(Save and exit)

1.3.4. Mount binderfs:

 sudo mkdir -p /dev/binderfs
 sudo mount -t binder none /dev/binderfs

1.3.5. Enable mounting binderfs at boot:

sudo gedit /etc/fstab

and edit the file to add the following line:

 none                         /dev/binderfs binder   nofail  0      0

(Save and exit)

2. Setting up Anbox:

2.1. Install Anbox:

yay -S anbox-git

(Select one of the options. If you are not sure, you can pick anbox-image-gapps-magisk-xposed)

2.2. Configure Networking:

sudo systemctl enable --now systemd-networkd

2.3. Enable the Container Manager Service:

sudo systemctl enable --now anbox-container-manager.service

2.4. Enable the Session Manager Service:

systemctl --user enable --now anbox-session-manager.service

2.5 Verify modules: Check if the modules are loaded correctly by running the below:

 anbox system-info | grep binder -1
 anbox system-info | grep ashmem -1