zaphod Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 I haven't seen any discussion here yet, and I have yet to set up a Win 11 system - has anyone tried this yet? Does it work properly. Seems like it could be a better solution than something like Bluestacks which has a lot of adware/crapware. FYI this still appears to be in beta: https://mybroadband.co.za/news/software/426260-this-new-tool-lets-you-install-any-android-app-on-windows-11.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 App doesn't work - no google play services...i may have to try extracting the Amazon Appstore version Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QLOGIC Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 I run the android app in a android emulator called bluestacks. works great Neo1738 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphod Posted December 15, 2021 Author Share Posted December 15, 2021 I use Bluestacks as well, it works but as I mentioned in the OP it has a lot of crapware/adware and the UI is very game-centric. It took me a while to realize the tab that says "My Games" really means "My Apps". So I am looking forward to having more of a native implementation within Windows. They are implementing WSA - Windows Subsystem for Android which is analagous to WSL, Windows Subsystem for Linux which is getting pretty good and allows you to run most Linux stuff in kind of a native VM under Windows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_Ckun Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 5 hours ago, msgreenf said: App doesn't work - no google play services...i may have to try extracting the Amazon Appstore version it worked when i tried it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Did you pull the side load apk from what device? I can't get it to load on mine. But then again I find the asl to be finicky overall. I'm in dev channel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew luecke Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Just a heads up.. If you're international like me, Android Subsystem isn't available yet (and yes, +1 for bluestacks) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphod Posted December 16, 2021 Author Share Posted December 16, 2021 That's kind of annoying that it is US only. I wonder what the rationale is for that? Doesn't make sense from the context that Android's market share is way higher outside of the US than in the US so there is more need for Android apps outside of the US. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_Ckun Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 7 hours ago, Andrew luecke said: Just a heads up.. If you're international like me, Android Subsystem isn't available yet (and yes, +1 for bluestacks) try this if out of the us https://allthings.how/how-to-download-windows-subsystem-for-android-without-microsoft-store-msixbundle/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_Ckun Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 15 hours ago, msgreenf said: Did you pull the side load apk from what device? I can't get it to load on mine. But then again I find the asl to be finicky overall. I'm in dev channel Fold z 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Beta or dev branch of win? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_Ckun Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 beta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 13 minutes ago, Jack_Ckun said: beta Ok. It's not working in dev..kinda over dev but no easy way to get out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew luecke Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 5 hours ago, zaphod said: That's kind of annoying that it is US only. I wonder what the rationale is for that? Doesn't make sense from the context that Android's market share is way higher outside of the US than in the US so there is more need for Android apps outside of the US. I suspect it's because they use the Amazon store, so maybe it's a licencing agreement /politics thing more than anything. Not sure when we're getting it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew luecke Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 2 hours ago, Jack_Ckun said: try this if out of the us https://allthings.how/how-to-download-windows-subsystem-for-android-without-microsoft-store-msixbundle/ Thanks. But tried this shortly after launch and procedure didn't work properly. Also, figured it would simply be best to use blue stacks until proper integration is available (to eliminate any other unwanted flow on effects in the future). Microsoft should simply release it worldwide though. msgreenf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_Ckun Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 1 hour ago, Andrew luecke said: Thanks. But tried this shortly after launch and procedure didn't work properly. Also, figured it would simply be best to use blue stacks until proper integration is available (to eliminate any other unwanted flow on effects in the future). Microsoft should simply release it worldwide though. you may have to manually enable the VM platform in add remove features. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew luecke Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 33 minutes ago, Jack_Ckun said: you may have to manually enable the VM platform in add remove features. Yeah.. I had all the dependencies enabled.. Was in development mode, etc. the correct file simply didn't show in the list.. But either way, I think it's better I wait until it's official. I'll be extremely disappointed if it doesn't go international on the first release (at least for countries without export restrictions) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleon Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 On 12/15/2021 at 2:10 PM, msgreenf said: App doesn't work - no google play services...i may have to try extracting the Amazon Appstore version This is actually wrong, it works just fine. C4 doesn't require google play dependencies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleon Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 On 12/15/2021 at 7:53 PM, msgreenf said: Did you pull the side load apk from what device? I can't get it to load on mine. But then again I find the asl to be finicky overall. I'm in dev channel I got it from apkmonk. Give it a shot, it's actually quite great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphod Posted December 18, 2021 Author Share Posted December 18, 2021 41 minutes ago, fleon said: I got it from apkmonk. Give it a shot, it's actually quite great! So the C4 app works well in WSA? Any comparison to other options, like Bluestacks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleon Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 I haven't used Blue stacks in a couple of years. But it definitely seems pretty responsive, doesn't spike my CPU to crazy percentages, and aside from a couple of graphical glitches sometimes, seems okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphod Posted December 18, 2021 Author Share Posted December 18, 2021 Great, thanks for the feedback. Bluestacks works, but this seems like a better solution that is, hopefully, less resource intensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjh Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Has anybody got this to work *without 4sight*? We don't have 4sight right now and it won't connect without. Have got it running (yeah) on a win11 beta channel system. It logins and starts pulling all the properties but doesn't finish b/c requires 4sight. I'm guessing it sees the android stack on a different IP and thus assumes it isn't on the same home network. Any way to change the IP range that the android stack uses? Also, I tried adding the android IP CIDR to allowed networks but that didn't change the outcome. Welcome options from the community. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR2 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 You have to set a static IP address. I use MEmu. It works perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaas Mayer Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 got the app installed by the windows subsystem. Its running, but i received an ip address from a different network. 172.x.x.x instead of 192.x.x.x. Therefore the app cant connect to the controller. any idea to bridge the IP? btw: Nox player with network bridge can run the c4 app. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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