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App name, app ID and code package: DroidDeck, com.droiddeck.launcher (sources moved to com/droiddeck/launcher, the 68 JNI functions renamed with them). The new app ID installs beside SteamDeck rather than over it. Everywhere the name was the app's own: the sidebar title, the session report, share zips, the shell title, wake-lock and log tags, User-Agents, the Compose theme, the Download folder and switch files (droiddeck-env, -osc, -driver, -tu-debug, -no-pad, -pad-log, -no-hud, -wlr-renderer; the old names are not read), and inside the runtime (droiddeck-desktop, Firefox's droiddeck.js, the shortcuts tag, the rumble socket, debug and cache paths). Build scripts, CI artifact (droiddeck-apk), CMake project, README and the progress log follow. Kept on purpose: Valve's Steam Deck (the -steamdeck flag, steamdeck_publicbeta/stable, 'Steam Deck mode', the steamos.cloud package URLs) and names inside the hosted desktop package (steamdeck.png, steamdeck-steam, steamdeck-bigpicture). 'Desktop installed' now tests for labwc instead of the launcher the app stages itself. A committed __pycache__ .pyc is removed.
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DroidDeck
Run Valve's native ARM64 Steam client on an Adreno Android device. Steam runs in a Linux runtime under proot, with gamescope and an in-app Vulkan compositor. Windows games use Valve's ARM64 Proton and FEX. A desktop with LXQt, Firefox, and emulators is also available.
Requirements and install
Use Android 9 or newer on a supported Adreno device (730 or newer, or 8xx). Mali, Xclipse, PowerVR, and Adreno 710 are unsupported. No root is required. Allow about 3 GB for the runtime and 1.1 GB more for the desktop and emulators. Install the APK from Releases, install the Linux runtime, then press Play and sign in. Steam downloads on first launch. Install Desktop & apps to use the desktop and emulators.
On Android 12+, if Steam exits without a log, turn off Restrict child processes in Developer options.
Build
Run tools/build_local.sh with Docker, Java 17, the Android SDK/NDK, and zstd installed. It builds the ARM64 audio sinks from PulseAudio 13.0 and packages them into the APK at app/build/outputs/apk/release/app-release.apk. Set DROIDDECK_PA13_SOURCE_DIR to an existing PulseAudio 13.0 source directory to skip downloading it. To install the APK on an attached device, run tools/deploy_local.sh.
Limits
Compatibility and performance vary by device; hardware validation is limited. Desktop compositing uses software rendering. Firefox sandboxing is reduced under proot. See the session logs in Download/DroidDeck/ when diagnosing problems.
Credits and licence
GPL-3.0. Runtime, shim, input, and controller work build on WinNative and Bannerlator (maxjivi05). See LICENSE. Steam and Proton belong to Valve Corporation; this project is not affiliated with Valve.