Waydroid in non-wayland desktop (requires cage)

waydroid.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

set -euxo pipefail

if [ -v INSIDE ]; then
  sleep 10s
  waydroid show-full-ui
  exit 0
fi

# don't spawn display in main xdg runtime dir, as this causes wayland-supporting apps to spawn in cage
NEW_XDG=$(mktemp -d)
# fix audio
for f in $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/pulse* $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/pipewire*; do
  ln -s "$f" "$NEW_XDG/$(basename "$f")"
done

# NOTE: this is compatible with multi-window mode!
# enable with: waydroid prop set persist.waydroid.multi_windows true

# NOTE: resize window to maximum (if not already maximized) BEFORE sleep 10s is over
# otherwise waydroid won't pick the size up

XDG_RUNTIME_DIR="$NEW_XDG" XKB_DEFAULT_LAYOUT=de INSIDE=1 cage -s -m extend -- bash "$(readlink -f "$0")"