「The Steam Deck Masterclass Vol 11 - Android on Steam Deck via Waydroid」

Mobile Games are a guilty pleasure of mine so I figured it was only a matter of time before I covered it.
In a previous video I covered Android on Steam Deck via Genymotion but this is a FAR better method. Better performance too with ACTUAL controller support.
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[@HiTechLoLife]

PSA: You MAY need to re-run the installation script every now and then if a Steam Deck update breaks Waydroid.

[@2Y1nG]

can u help downloading the script is so slow i have good internet

[@virginiafenderhead2449]

Is there anyway to install Waydroid onto a microSD instead of the SSD?

[@hypnogri5457]

I find it befuddling how Linux has no good android emulators, with android being based on linux and all that...

[@Helion-nl4wv]

Android is not based on linux, android based on inux kernel

[@hypnogri5457]

@@Helion-nl4wv which means.. that it is linux-based?

[@Helion-nl4wv]

@@hypnogri5457 no, it is really not linux-based

[@valetudan234]

@@hypnogri5457 nope, it has a completely different userspace from normal Linux

[@bugs2814]

@@hypnogri5457 stahp, he won't understand it haha

[@DrVonBoogie]

Still no LoL: WR on anything other than mobile.... 😢

[@WMan37]

You don't have to play Vampire Survivors mobile vertically, I play it on my phone landscape. "Orientation" is what changes this, unless changing that option crashes waydroid for some reason.

[@HiTechLoLife]

Not gonna lie, I didn't even check it out lol. But it's good to know for future reference.

[@WMan37]

@@HiTechLoLifeNo worries at all, I'm not pointing this out for a "UM AHYCULLY", I'm saying it for "Ah, but you _can_ do [cool thing]!"

[@theoteno]

I use Waydroid on the Steam Deck to run one of my favorite games, which is mobile only. It's called Dawncaster, I enjoy this deckbuilder game and played it before on my phone for a while!

[@Avalische]

hoping Blue Archive issue would be fixed someday, so far it's the only game I want to get it running on Steam Deck, granted I can run it on my phone but after it went through hardware failure I don't want to strain the device any further playing the JP version isn't a great experience as the thing this game offers the best is the story 😥

[@ShinetoZeroX]

I can confirm that With the latest version, you can play blue archive na now. The game allowed me to install and update with no problem.

[@Avalische]

@@ShinetoZeroX real shit?!?!?!? gonna have to update waydroid asap then

[@ShinetoZeroX]

@@Avalische It was working when I tried using the tutorial, but now I'm having an issue when I try to use my main account. Which is weird 'cause the J P version works perfectly

[@HiTechLoLife]

Seems like there's a patch now. I've yet to try it out for myself though. github.com/waydroid/waydroid/issues/788#issuecomment-2167334937

[@Avalische]

@@HiTechLoLife tried that one, it works decent aside from the fact that the game is a bit finicky during boot and requires me to restart a few times

[@Limes_not_Lemons]

Thank you so damn much. Fingers crossed I can get some very hyper specific games running, especially older APK versions of Minecraft Pocket Edition. I've got the Bedrock Launcher on my Steam Deck but I'm gonna experiment with older versions and what works. It's weird I've got a weird obsession with installing as many editions of the game as possible. I've got Java (current, alpha and beta), Bedrock, Xbox 360, PS3, Wii U, 3DS etc. Mainly for my own curiosity AND if I ever feel like getting back into content creation as a hobby again I'll have a killer topic on my hands 😂 "how many versions of Minecraft can be run on Steam deck" or something like that

[@soiltek2015]

Spread the gospel of HTLL

[@Sairiui]

I love seeing other posts for this Waydroid app, only to find out they don't actually work like they say they do. I'm on 3.5.19 and I can't get Waydroid to launch properly after any reboot of the SD itself, and Final Fantasy Dimensions 1.1.3 always throws an error at me when I try to open it, yet I hear it's supposed to work. I feel like all the guides I followed are missing some detail or they have some fixed build that works properly that hasn't been uploaded.

[@nil1121]

Kind of mad that you would put Blue Archive on both the thumbnail and first 20 seconds of the video if this method doesn't work for it (even if it's only the global version) but ah well. Could you link the video on that other emulator that can run it? I'm fine with no controller support tbh, I just want to play BA in English without it crashing every time I try to do the tutorial so I can reroll for himari. I can't seem to find it.

[@nil1121]

Found the video already an (Honestly, as expected for an outdated version) didnt work

[@paulomacatangay8593]

Don't you guys have phones?😅 justt kidding! This is really cool, thanks for the easy to follow tutorial

[@permeus2nd]

I do I use it to make calls with you know like a phone 😊 I also have this great thing for playing games on it’s called a steamdeck, I been sarcastic and salty I know your joking but I’ve been trying to find a simple faf free phone simulator for the deck since I first got it I just can’t believe the community hasn’t got one working by now what with all the others we have running for every other system. I’m not exactly what you would call well off so if I’m getting a phone it’s because I need it for calls not gaming so my phone is like 15 or more years old I plan to get a new one but it’s on the list a very long list 😢and it wasn’t the newest model when I got it to make matters worse but it’s still working and luckily hasn’t don’t that balloon trick that most other battery did which is a miracle by itself.

[@boriseto]

Oooh nice! Is there a way to hide that my device is 'rooted' for certain apps? I wonder if I should install magisk for it.

[@UhAlexWorks]

Is there a way to add obb files? I wanna play pvz reflourished, but I can't add the obb file to the obb folber

[@10MinuteSteamDeckGamer]

Hi author of the script here. I've created a guide regarding OBB files.

[@acelach4224]

Hi, thank for this video it really helped me a lot setting up waydroid on my steam deck but Is there an alternative way to add waydroid (android) games on my steam deck library? I looked into Home/Android_Waydroid folder ... and there wasn't any template.sh file. (not sure how to proceed😅)

[@jamesmcdaniel4927]

Yes, I can’t find that file

[@HiTechLoLife]

Interesting... Perhaps the file was removed in updated versions. This is something you'll have to ask the developer about.

[@10MinuteSteamDeckGamer]

Hi author of the script here. I've created a guide to easily add APKs and launch directly in Game Mode.

[@neko4286]

Hello, Is there any way to "tilt" or "shake" with Waydroid? I explain myself, I want to play the Dead Space Mobile but in that game it is mandatory to tilt or shake the phone to change the type of shot. Without doing that, it is impossible to finish the first chapter😭

[@mr.poontang386]

Can you try tower of fantasy on waydroid on sd oled?

[@Foristful]

There is a shortcut in Steam but the program does not open(

[@masterdrewt6698]

Well this actually has worked surprisingly well….although the only downside is that the storage is full and I can’t play any android games….why is that?

[@Moonman914]

How do I connect to wifi

[@makratorian]

Use a fake wifi

[@thomascrawford9127]

No controller support for deck joypad on tarisland.....was upset lol

[@PapaDopamine]

Are you sure? Maybe there is a solution? I also installed waydroid to play Tarisland. But I can’t use StDeck controller… what should we do?

[@HiTechLoLife]

Tarisland straight up does not have controller support. There is a program you can use to map onscreen buttons to controller buttons but I think 10min Steam Deck Gamer has a tutorial on that. That said I MIGHT update my own android tutorial.

[@PapaDopamine]

Heey! It’s all good but my SteamDeck controller (sticks, buttons, etc) is not working! Any solutions?

[@nick-q]

Anyone have any luck getting Pokemon Unite to play with this? I got up to the point I could login - getting an email confirmation of the login and such. But the game just gets stuck "Loading" and won't go past that screen

[@josephaguilarjr6462]

You still having that issue?

[@nick-q]

@@josephaguilarjr6462 Yeah, never got it working

[@zerodefault3069]

Is it possible to side load gacha games instead of directly getting them from the playstore to make them work? Just an idea I have. As the jp version of Blue Archive works, but not the global version. I'll try to do this on my end to test. Thanks for the video

[@HiTechLoLife]

It is. In fact I've demonstrated how to sideload. You can also use Qooapp to manage your other region games too.

[@chariothe9013]

@@HiTechLoLife I'm new to android, how to sideload paid game, which I bought on emulator on my pc, on the waydroid?

[@hexxtheswagger5893]

@@chariothe9013 if you bought it on google play you should be able to install it through google play no?

[@wolfwoof2000]

I use this on my fedora laptop and it's awesome for getting missing apps on linux

[@akira21cs]

Hello I am having a hard time with this being that none of what your showing adds up and ik that your just trying to help but I been trying this out and watching myself fail for the last 2 hours trying to figure out how in the hell did you get it to say waydtoid on the terminal without it having already been downloaded I have no words on my terminal other than dekysteamdeck

[@xXLoneSoulXx]

lol every game i ran crashed and froze.not worth the upset smh

[@Pancake_Madness]

Is there a link to the compatibility page for games? Wanna see if Arknights, HSR, or ZZZ will play on this...

[@HiTechLoLife]

There's a link to the Google Sheets in the github page.

[@LiquidPL]

HSR works through Proton using a certain "anime launcher", so does Genshin.

[@Bistinglolwut]

@@LiquidPL and it works really well

[@hexxtheswagger5893]

Arknights works on waydroid, on my regular linux install (not steam deck), but I see no reason why it wouldn't work on steam deck

[@Bentmetal13]

Castlevania SOTN has a native android port but unless if you are emulating on deck you are SOL.. I think it’s a travesty they don’t release a port on steam

[@defaultuser632]

Man I was looking to play BA here because the global version ALSO crashes on most IOS devices ever since last year 💀

[@Khepri01331]

Hello. I completed all these steps but for some reason the Android Short cut will not show up anywhere in my library

[@SwangoZone]

Go to library and hit RB till you get to non steam apps section and it'll be there

[@origTacoking]

I don't feel like it. I just wanna play Jump assembled.😭

[@keyaamabrahams7984]

Most games work on Bluestacks so why so negative?

[@NYstate2011]

What's the name of that anime game in the video?

[@theenvl1760]

Blue archive

[@BLANKLefty]

Cod mobile works?

[@mikerampagebyrne]

Hello, I'm trying to play some games on waydroid steam deck that require gyro / accelerometer sensor such as Doodle Jump. Does anyone know how I can activate this? Many thanks 🙏

[@user-Nate-b33]

Bro can you check for me if pubg mobile works on waydroid on steam deck oled

[@TheSpamForNeo]

Imo waydroid isn't very good since it seems to break all the time for me, especially when moving it to my sd card.

[@2Y1nG]

any update on waydroid its not working on new steam os patch

[@dmisk2010]

Something installed not sure what but it wasn't what you said it was

[@brokenwingsx2098]

I downloaded waydroid a week or two ago just to have the game i wanted not be playable (Blue archive) 😂😢

[@eatatdeowees1183]

is there a feature to map certain parts in the touch screen to abutton? similar to bluestacks?

[@HiTechLoLife]

You can do this with Steam Input.

[@Yumegipsu]

@@HiTechLoLife Can you? I haven't found any option to map specific touch screen regions to buttons in steam input.

[@10MinuteSteamDeckGamer]

​@@Yumegipsuhi author of the script here. You can use mantis gamepad pro. I tried this on two sample games - Project Bloodstrike and NBA Infinite. Will be releasing an updated guide soon.

[@SwangoZone]

​@Yumegipsu go to action sets and select always on command then select touch screen command on the last section I believe and you're good to go

[@SneeziLoki]

Have you tried call of duty warzone mobile?

[@JustSamPlays]

Testing now will update when I know

[@JustSamPlays]

No, it just gets stuck on the screen with logos on been there for 10 minutes

[@SneeziLoki]

Thanks for checking

[@saulohernandez9113]

Hero work

[@JasperPlays]

Wonder if dualbooting bliss os works

[@MrGageJ]

I wanted to download the game Brawl Stars, but it says that the device is not supported. How to fix it?

[@HiTechLoLife]

On the play store? It's not something you can fix. You could try side loading the app but there's still no guarantee that the game will actually work.

[@MrGageJ]

@@HiTechLoLife I suspect that this is due to the fact that there is an old version of Android. could you update it to the latest? and the device is rather weak - Google Pixel 5.

[@LeftyPencil]

Great there are options Windows is gonna drop WSA in a year

[@user-Nate-b33]

I want to know if it can PUBG mobile please tell me

[@mythicsnap594]

Why cant there just be an app like blue stacks 😭

[@kevinnorbury5267]

Any way to add magisk yet and get this rooted!?

[@MK_1Ultra]

I just want Legal Genshin Impact on my deck 🤞🤞 hopefully one day

[@ESGamingCentral]

What games? There are good apps that are Android exclusives

[@vascomanteigas9433]

Office 365 from Microsoft are a nice Android app that Run fine on Waydroid. I use it on my Debian 12 laptop where I use it to test converted files from LibreOffice to make the final touches.

[@Chatanugo]

And the script?

[@gulobazubair]

Can you play call of duty mobile?

[@luznoceda423]

Blue Archive global version? 😭

[@quest2782]

I want to do this on Honkai Star Rail but i head linux user been getting banned for using different methods to play native;y on linux do you or anyone know if ill getting banned for using this method?

[@HiTechLoLife]

That has to do with playing the Windows version of the game on Linux/Steam Deck, not necessarily related to the Android version. I don't know if the Android version works or not.

[@vascomanteigas9433]

​@@HiTechLoLifeThe Android version of StarRail runs fine on Waydroid.

[@itsforsight7450]

Will cod Mobile or warzone work edit I really should watch the vid before I type imma just leave my shit here

[@bigvic71C]

Can you play roblox this way?

[@jimbobcheezeburger2020]

I wanna know too

[@vascomanteigas9433]

Yes. It works.

[@michaelsanchez1000]

Better than installing bliss os?

[@10MinuteSteamDeckGamer]

hi author of the script here. imho its better than BlissOS as you dont have to leave SteamOS Game Mode.

[@DrewPasta]

Damn python version issue 😭

[@tntflo_V2]

Sadly my Kernel is unsupported

[@10MinuteSteamDeckGamer]

Hi author of the script here. What kernel are you on? Are you on SteamOS Preview?

[@tntflo_V2]

@@10MinuteSteamDeckGamer i was on BOOT 2

[@tntflo_V2]

@@10MinuteSteamDeckGamer and how do i get mantis gamepad running

[@-nufzy-]

No Blue Archive?! Uuuuuoooooooaahhhhh😭😭😭

[@EeveeLO6]

🎮

[@MusicMelody1.0]

Bro why is this video titled like a udemy course

[@neelamgandevia3500]

Cuz it's part of the masterclass series bro

[@chariothe9013]

meh can't download ex astris it says not compatible

[@HiTechLoLife]

Ah yeah you can always sideload games even if Google Play says it's not compatible with your system. Of course there's no guarantee that it'll work, but it's worth mentioning.

[@quest2782]

can one launch it in desktop mode if one wants to?

[@HiTechLoLife]

Yes

[@quest2782]

@@HiTechLoLife nice thanks bro I'm subscribing now. Do it run playable in desktop mode?

[@HiTechLoLife]

The Android UI works in desktop move, but game performance depends on the game.

[@quest2782]

@@HiTechLoLife what about honkai star rail?

[@quest2782]

@@HiTechLoLife my bad i was responding two people at the same time i did mean to ask you the same question three times in a row.

[@akira21cs]

This is extremely frustrating IDK why you couldn't just do a simple step by step it's annoying as hell trying to reach out to you KZbinrs because y'all do not respond to anything that isn't getting them more likes and views so please prove me wrong

[@HiTechLoLife]

I should mention that the script has likely been updated and has changed since I made this video. FYI, I'm more active on my Discord server where you can get help more effectively as you can provide screenshots of how you're failing the installation process.

[@akira21cs]

@@HiTechLoLife sorry I should have been more polite just was frustrated and and well wuthering waves crashes every time so it was pointless anyways thanks

[@werethless12]

Why does it sound like you have something in your mouth?

[@iamleaf7855]

im gonna use this to play roblox on deck since they banned it LOL

[@Fuckface02]

Does it work??

[@10MinuteSteamDeckGamer]

​@@Fuckface02hi author of the script here. Roblox does work. I've created a guide for it.

[@Fuckface02]

@@10MinuteSteamDeckGamerLETS GOO

[@Fuckface02]

@@10MinuteSteamDeckGamer any links??

[@infectexd1491]

you are horrible explaining