Guide: How to Run Windows 10 Apps on Android using Wine 5.0
Wine is one of my indispensable tools for working on Linux. If you don’t know wine it’s one compatibility layer between Windows and Linux, bridging and permitting the gap between the two Windows applications to work on LinuxAlmost magical. Although Wine has been available for a long time, the 3.0 release brought a major update – support for AndroidThat means you can now efficiently run Windows apps on Android. And through this post, I will just tell you how to do that. Let’s take a look.
Requirements
Wine for Android is a simple app and you only need an Android device with a working internet connection to download and run it. You can also download the required app (Wine’s APK) and Windows apps (.exe’s) on your computer and upload it to your mobile device in case your smartphone does not have a working network connection.
Download and install Wine
Follow the instructions below to get started tutorial
Try out Wine on Android
After downloading and installing Wine on your device, it’s time to experiment with it. Just follow the steps below to proceed with this guide
Download apps and tools
Since most of us have a device powered by an ARM CPU, we can only run WinRT apps with Wine on Android. The list of supported WinRT apps are small, as you must have guessed by now; and you can access the full app list in this thread on XDA Developers. However, if you are lucky enough to have one device with an Intel CPU like ASUS ZenFone 2, you have many more choices to choose from the supported apps. That’s because you can run win32 apps, i.e. x86, 32-bit apps with Wine for Android. If you need to install a Windows app in Wine, the process is as simple as the steps below:
Alternatively, Wine Command Prompt can install or run a program in Wine. Just type the full path of the executable file in the command prompt, and Wine will show the program installer. After that, just follow the on-screen instructions and the program will be installed at the end of the process. And you will see entry under the Start menu
For example, if you try to install Notepad ++ (with “npp.exe” as file) and its installer is present in the Downloads directory, which is located in “/ sdcard / Downloads”. Next, you need to type “/sdcard/Downloads/npp.exe” in the command prompt window.
Resolving problems
Following are some of the most common wine problems and some instructions about them how to solve them. If you can’t install it, you can download the APK file is damaged in this case, just download it fresh and try to install it again. If you get a message while installing Wine that says “should not install unknown apps“Then you have to change a setting. You can do it by going to Settings Safety and then switch on “Unknown sources.”
If you’re not using Google’s Android version, this setting may be in a different place – just search for it in Settings or google the procedure for your device. After changing this option, you can try installing this app – it will work. If you can install Wine but can’t start or run the same thing, there are some problem with your device – probably a compatibility issue. Also keep in mind that Wine 3.x (up up to 3.2 at the time of writing) does not support Android 8 (Oreo) platform. That said, Wine 3.x on Android 8 will always get stuck on the “Setting up the Windows environment… ”screen. Additionally, during my testing with Android Emulator, I found that Wine 3.2 does not work on emulated devices – for both ARM and x86 versions. Although the devices have allocated enough resources, I was unable to reach the classic desktop on Wine with an emulator. That said, please know Wine 3.2 may not work on AVD (Android virtual device). Wine 3.2 is not yet complete in terms of features and this bug is one of the evidences of its imperfection. That said, you will need a physical keyboard (such as Bluetooth keyboard) to work with Wine. It is because a soft keyboard is not displayed up on the screen in case you want to type something, and the only solution is to connect a hard keyboard Windows default setting requires you to double-click an item (such as a file or folder) to open it, as you must have done in Windows. Since we are talking about touch controlled devices, we have to double tap to emulate a double clickAnd I found it doesn’t work that well, at least for now. That is why it is good to use a physical keyboard and use the navigation keys to navigate through windows, options, folders, etc. or select a file or folder.
That’s all about using Wine on Android
I hope you are successful in installing and running Windows apps on Android with Wine. If you run into any problems, you can ask for a solution on WineHQ Forums, and you can also write a comment below to ask me directly.
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