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Microsoft is sunsetting the Windows Subsystem for Android soon. For those of us who rely on running Android apps on Windows, this news is a bit of a bummer so I’ve looked into alternatives.
One option I found hidden away in Intels software stack is Celadon. Celadon is basically an Android runtime environment that Intel developed. It’s designed to be flexible and can be run bare-metal or within a virtual machine. From what I understand (which ain’t much), running it in a VM currently works best with Linux as the host operating system.
Celadon is an open-source. This is a big plus because it means the community can get involved, contribute, and hopefully get it working on Windows. Perhaps if enough people are interested in continuing running Android apps in a performant way on windows, the community could make it usable with Hyper-V.
We have to keep in mind that Celadon is an Intel project, and from what I’ve seen, the latest source code is written for their hardware. Even then the newest Android 15 is only supported by the newest Intel chips, whilst older ones such as Android 11 have support for broader hardware.
If you want to read about it, hered a link: Overview would be great to hear if anyone in the community has experimented with Celadon or has thoughts on its potential as a WSA alternative. What are your takes? Any other alternatives?
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Microsoft is sunsetting the Windows Subsystem for Android soon. For those of us who rely on running Android apps on Windows, this news is a bit of a bummer so I’ve looked into alternatives.
One option I found hidden away in Intels software stack is Celadon. Celadon is basically an Android runtime environment that Intel developed. It’s designed to be flexible and can be run bare-metal or within a virtual machine. From what I understand (which ain’t much), running it in a VM currently works best with Linux as the host operating system.
Celadon is an open-source. This is a big plus because it means the community can get involved, contribute, and hopefully get it working on Windows. Perhaps if enough people are interested in continuing running Android apps in a performant way on windows, the community could make it usable with Hyper-V.
We have to keep in mind that Celadon is an Intel project, and from what I’ve seen, the latest source code is written for their hardware. Even then the newest Android 15 is only supported by the newest Intel chips, whilst older ones such as Android 11 have support for broader hardware.
If you want to read about it, hered a link: Overview would be great to hear if anyone in the community has experimented with Celadon or has thoughts on its potential as a WSA alternative. What are your takes? Any other alternatives?
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