Some apps constantly crash (e.g. Skyshowtime)

[michaldybczak]

Describe the bug
I manged to run Waydroid without issues on Manjaro. I installed Aurora shop from apk. It run with the setup steps, I logged in to Google and then it crashed. It looks like it opens the usual, main app screen but it doesn't load fully, because it crashes before any app or graphic shows up.

I also wanted to run Skyshowtime app (streaming TV) and it let me to log in and the main screen, but when clicking on any of the show or movie icons, it minimizes and on second try it crashes.

Apps installed via F-Droid work. There is some additional problem with F-Droid not updating repos on the next launch, but that is a different issue that we can ignore here.

During crashes, I get in log:

(015983) [09:51:03] % tail -n 60 -F /var/lib/waydroid/waydroid.log
(015983) [09:51:03] *** output passed to waydroid stdout, not to this log ***

The path above is the path to the general log, but it still doesn't have the details. So where is this output passed and how to access it? When I use waydroid --details-to-stdout log it just show the usual log entries, nothing more (see the log below).

General information (please complete the following information):

• Waydroid tools Version 1.4.1
  arch = x86_64
  vendor_type = MAINLINE
  system_datetime = 1690085411
  vendor_datetime = 1690089493
  suspend_action = freeze
  mount_overlays = True
  images_path = /var/lib/waydroid/images
  system_ota = https://ota.waydro.id/system/lineage/waydroid_x86_64/VANILLA.json
  vendor_ota = https://ota.waydro.id/vendor/waydroid_x86_64/MAINLINE.json
  binder = binder
  vndbinder = vndbinder
  hwbinder = hwbinder
  binder_protocol = aidl3
  service_manager_protocol = aidl3

Desktop (please complete the following information):
Operating System: Manjaro Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.6
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.108.0
Qt Version: 5.15.10
Kernel Version: 6.4.6-1-MANJARO (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz
Memory: 7.6 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® HD Graphics 530
Manufacturer: Alienware
Product Name: Alienware 17 R3
System Version: 1.13.1

Additional context
Add any other context about the problem here.

Logs (please upload as file)

 michaldybczak  alienware-PC  ~  waydroid --details-to-stdout log
(016283) [09:55:16] % tail -n 60 -F /var/lib/waydroid/waydroid.log
(016283) [09:55:16] *** output passed to waydroid stdout, not to this log ***
    bus = cls._new_for_bus(address_or_type, mainloop=mainloop)
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NotSupported: Using X11 for dbus-daemon autolaunch was disabled at compile time, set your DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS instead

(002288) [08:36:13] % /usr/lib/waydroid/data/scripts/waydroid-net.sh start
vnic is waydroid0
(002288) [08:36:13] % systemctl is-active -q nfcd
(002288) [08:36:13] % chmod 777 -R /dev/dri
(002288) [08:36:13] % chmod 777 -R /dev/fb0
(002288) [08:36:13] % chmod 777 -R /dev/video1
(002288) [08:36:13] % chmod 777 -R /dev/video0
(002288) [08:36:13] % mv /var/lib/waydroid/config_session /var/lib/waydroid/lxc/waydroid
(002288) [08:36:13] % mount -o ro /var/lib/waydroid/images/system.img /var/lib/waydroid/rootfs
(002288) [08:36:13] % mount -t overlay -o ro,lowerdir=/var/lib/waydroid/overlay:/var/lib/waydroid/rootfs,upperdir=/var/lib/waydroid/overlay_rw/system,workdir=/var/lib/waydroid/overlay_work/system,xino=off overlay /var/lib/waydroid/rootfs
(002288) [08:36:13] % mount -o ro /var/lib/waydroid/images/vendor.img /var/lib/waydroid/rootfs/vendor
(002288) [08:36:13] % mount -t overlay -o ro,lowerdir=/var/lib/waydroid/overlay/vendor:/var/lib/waydroid/rootfs/vendor,upperdir=/var/lib/waydroid/overlay_rw/vendor,workdir=/var/lib/waydroid/overlay_work/vendor,xino=off overlay /var/lib/waydroid/rootfs/vendor
(002288) [08:36:13] % mount -o bind /var/lib/waydroid/waydroid.prop /var/lib/waydroid/rootfs/vendor/waydroid.prop
(002288) [08:36:13] Save config: /var/lib/waydroid/waydroid.cfg
(002288) [08:36:13] % lxc-start -P /var/lib/waydroid/lxc -F -n waydroid -- /init
(002288) [08:36:13] New background process: pid=5771, output=background
(002288) [08:36:13] % lxc-info -P /var/lib/waydroid/lxc -n waydroid -sH
RUNNING
(005723) [08:36:23] waydroidusermonitor: Received transaction: 1
(005723) [08:36:23] Android with user 0 is ready
(005723) [08:36:23] % adb start-server
(005723) [08:36:23] % adb connect 192.168.240.112
already connected to 192.168.240.112:5555
(005723) [08:36:23] Established ADB connection to Waydroid device at 192.168.240.112.
(002288) [08:36:39] % lxc-info -P /var/lib/waydroid/lxc -n waydroid -sH
RUNNING
(005723) [09:14:56] waydroidusermonitor: Received transaction: 2
(005723) [09:16:21] waydroidusermonitor: Received transaction: 2
(005723) [09:18:56] waydroidusermonitor: Received transaction: 2
(005723) [09:19:39] waydroidusermonitor: Received transaction: 2
(005723) [09:20:51] waydroidclipboard: Received transaction: 2
(005723) [09:20:51] Could not setup clipboard
(005723) [09:20:54] waydroidclipboard: Received transaction: 2
(005723) [09:20:54] Could not setup clipboard
(005723) [09:20:54] waydroidclipboard: Received transaction: 2
(005723) [09:20:54] Could not setup clipboard
(005723) [09:24:21] waydroidclipboard: Received transaction: 2
(005723) [09:24:21] Could not setup clipboard
(005723) [09:24:21] waydroidclipboard: Received transaction: 2
(005723) [09:24:21] Could not setup clipboard
(005723) [09:24:23] waydroidclipboard: Received transaction: 2
(005723) [09:24:23] Could not setup clipboard
(005723) [09:24:23] waydroidclipboard: Received transaction: 2
(005723) [09:24:23] Could not setup clipboard
(005723) [09:27:17] waydroidclipboard: Received transaction: 2
(005723) [09:27:17] Could not setup clipboard
(005723) [09:32:54] waydroidclipboard: Received transaction: 2
(005723) [09:32:54] Could not setup clipboard
(005723) [09:37:57] waydroidclipboard: Received transaction: 2
(005723) [09:37:57] Could not setup clipboard
(005723) [09:41:05] waydroidusermonitor: Received transaction: 2
(005723) [09:42:57] waydroidusermonitor: Received transaction: 2
(014768) [09:44:39] % tail -n 60 -F /var/lib/waydroid/waydroid.log
(014768) [09:44:39] *** output passed to waydroid stdout, not to this log ***
(015983) [09:51:03] % tail -n 60 -F /var/lib/waydroid/waydroid.log
(015983) [09:51:03] *** output passed to waydroid stdout, not to this log ***

Additional info:

 michaldybczak  alienware-PC  ~  zgrep -i -e android -e memfd -e ashmem /proc/config.gz
CONFIG_X86_ANDROID_TABLETS=m
# Android
CONFIG_ANDROID_BINDER_IPC=y
CONFIG_ANDROID_BINDERFS=y
CONFIG_ANDROID_BINDER_DEVICES="binder,hwbinder,vndbinder"
# CONFIG_ANDROID_BINDER_IPC_SELFTEST is not set
# end of Android
CONFIG_MEMFD_CREATE=y

EDIT: I tried Disney+ from APK and it runs, but when I try to play the video, it informs me that it plays in full screen mode, I hear the sound (very quietly thou) but the screen is black, as if the output was to some other screen.
waydroidusermonitor: Received transaction: 2

It looks like Manjaro kernel is compatible, but the issue lies elsewhere.

[michaldybczak]

I installed Aurora from F-Droid and it finally works. However, Skyshowtime (installed via Aurora) is still crashing, but since this is an only app that does that, I assume this is something specific to that app.

I checked other streaming apps like: Disney+, HBO Max and they have similar issue: they work, but when trying to get to the video, I can see only subtitles and low or no voice, and black screen. So no video is displayed.

Is it something specific to Waydroid on arch = x86_64, or is it just me?

[JW10234]

The app is probably crashing due to the lack of play services or google services framework. You can either switch to the release with GAPPS or try to install microG which may or may not solve the problem as the waydroid images don't have signature spoofing support.

[michaldybczak]

Thanks. I'll try to switch to GAPPS version (when I find some time) and will let you know if that helped.

[cipitaua]

You can either switch to the release with GAPPS

how can I remove a container and install the one with gapps?

[blaueente]

I installed Aurora from F-Droid and it finally works. However, Skyshowtime (installed via Aurora) is still crashing, but since this is an only app that does that, I assume this is something specific to that app.

I did a fresh installation of Aurora from F-Droid, and it crashes with the same symptoms as you described. How did you resolve that problem?

[michaldybczak]

I didn't :(. I had to give up for now, but someone above suggested to install the version with Google, which should work, but from lack of time, I haven't checked it out.

[filuslolol]

I installed the gapps version of waydroid, but unfortunately the same problem happens, logcat reports

Process: com.aurora.store, PID: 2194
java.lang.IncompatibleClassChangeError: Class 'java.lang.String' does not implement interface 'java.util.List' in call to 'boolean java.util.List.add(java.lang.Object)

which is followed by

Process com.aurora.store (pid 2194) has died: prcp CRE

a few lines later. This is from a manual install through the f-droid store, but same results happen with sideloading the application.

As a sidenote: I'm trying to get libhoudini installed right now to get arm>x86 translation, maybe that'll help with some crashes. I'm baffled this isn't included with waydroid by default

[blaueente]

I found this: https://gitlab.com/AuroraOSS/AuroraStore/-/issues/998

[wilsontulus]

As a sidenote: I'm trying to get libhoudini installed right now to get arm>x86 translation, maybe that'll help with some crashes.

Aurora Store is actually a Java & Kotlin software. There's no native libraries in aurorastore's apk. (from auroraoss)

I'm baffled this isn't included with waydroid by default

It's not surprising in Waydroid's case of being FOSS: other than QEMU-User and AArch64-TCG, the most used translators like libhoudini and libndk_translation are both completely proprietary. It's just obvious enough that Waydroid is not shipped with architecture translation support in the first place, and why you need a 3rd-party tool such as waydroid_script to install one of them.

[sebma]

@wilsontulus Do this mean I need to install the java runtime before installing Aurora Store ?

If yes, how do I do that ?

[wilsontulus]

Do this mean I need to install the java runtime before installing Aurora Store ?

No, not at all. What I meant by Java APK without any native libraries is that it's 99% guaranteed it'll work on every Android compatible CPU architectures, even including the riscv64 builds if it's proper enough.

Android has it's own Java Runtime since the beginning so there's no need for a Java Runtime (unless if it requires some extensions like LWJGL & Minecraft).

It's a separate issue plaguing Waydroid for some reason, which is why AuroraStore needs to be in older version, specifically v41: https://f-droid.org/repo/com.aurora.store_41.apk

[sebma]

@wilsontulus Your aurora Store v41 link is dead, do you mean this instead ? : https://f-droid.org/archive/com.aurora.store_41.apk

The release corresponds to v4.1.1, is the last release working with waydroid ?

[raxod502]

The Aurora Store developers comment that this is not an issue with their app. They say here that the problem is with Waydroid. It's not ideal to remain on an older, unpatched version of critical software like a package manager, so this presents an issue with my trying to migrate to Waydroid.

Can anybody comment on what the cause of the issue might be, or what is needed to assist in getting more recent versions of Aurora Store to work?

[jd1]

The issue seems to be Android 11. Android 11 is unupported since February 2024. I think the package manager is not the biggest issue here.