waydroid-helper: fails to launch

[typedrat]

Nixpkgs version

• Unstable (25.05)

Describe the bug

waydroid-helper crashes on launch.

Steps to reproduce

1. Add waydroid-helper to environment.systemPackages.
2. Try to run it.

Expected behaviour

The program should launch.

Screenshots

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Relevant log output

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/nix/store/fpnx8lcvn8kf2p6p95lax6hsvl5knzsq-waydroid-helper-0.1.2/bin/.waydroid-helper-wrapped", line 85, in <module>
    start_gui()
  File "/nix/store/fpnx8lcvn8kf2p6p95lax6hsvl5knzsq-waydroid-helper-0.1.2/bin/.waydroid-helper-wrapped", line 63, in start_gui
    gi.require_version('Adw', '1')
  File "/nix/store/m9y1ffs5jyvra1zc95spdgyxcg852wv1-python3.12-pygobject-3.50.0/lib/python3.12/site-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 122, in require_version
    raise ValueError('Namespace %s not available' % namespace)
ValueError: Namespace Adw not available

Additional context

I'm running Hyprland, so I might not have some assumed GNOME dependency installed.

System metadata

• system: "x86_64-linux"
• host os: Linux 6.12.17-xanmod1, NixOS, 25.05 (Warbler), 25.05.20250309.e3e32b6
• multi-user?: yes
• sandbox: yes
• version: nix-env (Nix) 2.24.12
• nixpkgs: /nix/store/g4ppspdl4fy7hnp4jgjl4ll03v7i08w3-source

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