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Here'south how to install Play Store and other Google apps on Windows Subsystem for Android

Windows Subsystem for Android is finally here. What's more interesting is that y'all tin unofficially try it right now — even if you're not enrolled in the Beta channel of Windows 11. In case you're non happy with the mandatory Amazon Appstore integration, you should be happy to hear that the app sideloading procedure isn't difficult either. It is also possible to install a 3rd-party Google Play Store client, but the lack of Google services in the Windows Subsystem for Android makes it a scrap hard to use apps that are dependent on them.

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Different traditional Android devices, the Windows Subsystem for Android doesn't come with a user-accessible recovery environs. As a result, an finish-user can't simply compile a custom recovery like TWRP for the Android Subsystem and straightaway install ane of those popular GApps (curt for Google Apps) packages. But what if you can directly patch the underlying system image with the necessary suite of Google apps and libraries to get the Play Store working? XDA Senior Member ADeltaX has now come with a solution named WSAGAScript that does exactly so.

How to install Google Play Store on the Windows Subsystem for Android

Step 1: Install Windows Subsystem for Linux

1. Open the Windows Features tool by executing the optionalfeatures control from the Run prompt or a Terminal window. You can too click on the Start menu and search for the term "Turn Windows features on or off" to do the same.
2. In the new window, place checkmarks for the Virtual Car Platform and the Windows Subsystem for Linux entries.
   
3. Click OK and wait for Windows to download the required components.
4. Restart your PC.
5. Install the latest Ubuntu LTS release under WSL from Microsoft Shop using this link and configure it as necessary.

You should skip this step if you have already installed Ubuntu on WSL.

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Step ii: Preparing Windows Subsystem for Android for patching

1. Download the installer bundle of the Windows Subsystem for Android. Y'all can refer to the first step of this tutorial if you need whatever help.
2. Once you have the MSIXBUNDLE file, excerpt the architecture-specific installer using 7-Goose egg.
   • If you accept a regular x86-64 PC, then extract the file named WsaPackage_x.x.x.x_x64_Release-Nightly.msix.
   • If you take a Windows on ARM device, then extract the file named WsaPackage_x.x.x.x_ARM64_Release-Nightly.msix.
     
3. At present excerpt the MSIX file related to your device's compages to a folder, e.g. D:\WSA.
4. Delete the post-obit objects from the binder: AppxBlockMap.xml, AppxSignature.p7x, [Content_Types].xml, and the AppxMetadata folder.

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Step 3: Patching Windows Subsystem for Android with GApps

1. Download a GApps packet. The programmer recommends the "Pico" variant of OpenGApps.
   • If you accept a regular x86-64 PC, then opt for the x86_64 platform.
   • If you have a Windows on ARM device, then opt for the ARM64 platform.

     

     OpenGApps parcel selection for x86-64 Windows Subsystem for Android

2. Start Ubuntu on WSL and install the unzip and lzip packages.

                       sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install unzip lzip                  

3. Clone the WSAGAScript repo by ADeltaX:

                       git clone https://github.com/ADeltaX/WSAGAScript                  

4. Follow the readme of the aforementioned repo to perform the actual patching process.
   • Remember to adjust the paths in the commands according to where you extracted the MSIX file in the previous pace.

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Step iv: Installing the GApps-patched Windows Subsystem for Android

Make sure you've uninstalled the official Windows Subsystem for Android bundle earlier attempting this step. You can easily do then by locating the respective shortcut in the Start card, right-clicking on it, and finally selecting the "Uninstall" option. Keep in mind that the Amazon Appstore will be automatically uninstalled alongside.

1. Open the Settings app and navigate to Privacy and Security => For Developers. Then plow on Programmer Mode.
   
2. Launch Windows Terminal as Administrator with the built-in the PowerShell contour.
3. Paste the following command into the Terminal window:

                       Add-AppxPackage -Annals <path-to-the-extracted-MSIX-folder>\AppxManifest.xml                  

   For instance, if y'all originally extracted the contents of the MSIX file to D:\WSA and subsequently patched them, so the command should be:

                       Add-AppxPackage -Register D:\WSA\AppxManifest.xml                  

4. Wait for the installation to stop. Then open the Start menu and you should see a new icon for the Google Play Store alongside the familiar Windows Subsystem for Android.
   • Optionally, y'all tin can sideload a launcher app in the Android Subsystem and access the Play Store icon from there.
     
5. Click on the "Sign in" option and enter the credentials of your Google Account information. If everything goes right, then y'all should meet the main page of the Google Play Store.
   

That'southward information technology! You just installed Google Play Store and a gear up of necessary Google Services required for running many pop apps in Windows Subsystem for Android. Now you should be able to install Android apps on your Windows 11 PC right from the Play Store.

In instance yous're looking for a video guide, ADeltaX has published one too. Keep in listen that the script is evolving heavily, hence some steps shown in the video might be obsolete already.

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Let us know which apps you lot're planning to install on the Windows Subsystem for Android using the Google Play Shop!

Well-nigh author

Skanda Hazarika

DIY enthusiast (i.due east. salvager of quondam PC parts). An avid user of Android since the Eclair days, Skanda also likes to follow the recent evolution trends in the earth of single-board calculating.

Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/how-to-install-google-play-store-windows-subsystem-for-android/

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