Has anyone successfully run the Starlink Android app on a PC via an emulator or VM?
I know of accessing the web GUI of Starlink by URL with http://dishy.starlink.com/ or 192.168.100.1. However, a lot of features are not available unless configured via the app. In some windows, parts are greyed out with a message stating Edit these settings using the Starlink mobile application for iOS or Android
I have attempted so far with Windows 10 to run Starlink on emulators suggested from here such as BlueStacks, MeMU Play, NoxPlayer, and Android Emulator with Android Studio. I have also attempted to run Android x86 with the steps provided here, but still no success. Each try, the app attempts to load, but then crashes and never fully loads.
I should add that the Starlink app does not appear in my search when I try to find it on an Android Studio emulator with the Google Play Store enabled.
This post that I found leads me to believe there is some kind of check to determine whether it is being loaded on an emulator.
My current specs for my Win10 PC are the following:
OS Name: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
OS Version: 10.0.19045 N/A Build 19045
OS Build Type: Multiprocessor Free
System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
System Model: Precision 5560
System Type: x64-based PC
Processor(s): 1 Processor(s) Installed.
11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-11850H @ 2.50GHz 2.50 GHz
[01]: Intel64 Family 6 Model 141 Stepping 1 GenuineIntel ~2496 Mhz
BIOS Version: Dell Inc. 1.19.0, 3/10/2023
Windows Directory: C:\Windows
System Directory: C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device: \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Total Physical Memory: 32,492 MB
Available Physical Memory: 12,525 MB
Virtual Memory: Max Size: 65,260 MB
Virtual Memory: Available: 29,946 MB
Is it possible that the Starlink app simply cannot be run via an emulator or VM due to technical limitations?
EDIT:
As suggested in the comments, I side loaded the Starlink app on the android emulator, and I also had crashes. In an attempt that took less than 5 seconds, I only extracted error messages that seem to relate to the Starlink app crash from Logcat from android studio to avoid bloat (here is a pastebin link for full log):
2023-06-13 10:43:18.323 9504-9504 SoLoader pid-9504 E couldn't find DSO to load: libjscexecutor.so
SoSource 0: com.facebook.soloader.DirectorySoSource[root = /data/app/~~qoOC8gBYQvkgf0PRhrZKRQ==/com.starlink.mobile-LPC2LUqn-Tbl-QKGoc-Jtw==/lib/x86 flags = 0]
SoSource 1: com.facebook.soloader.DirectApkSoSource[root = (/data/app/~~qoOC8gBYQvkgf0PRhrZKRQ==/com.starlink.mobile-LPC2LUqn-Tbl-QKGoc-Jtw==/base.apk!/lib/x86, )]
SoSource 2: com.facebook.soloader.DirectorySoSource[root = /vendor/lib flags = 2]
SoSource 3: com.facebook.soloader.DirectorySoSource[root = /system/lib flags = 2]
Native lib dir: /data/app/~~qoOC8gBYQvkgf0PRhrZKRQ==/com.starlink.mobile-LPC2LUqn-Tbl-QKGoc-Jtw==/lib/x86
result: 0
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2023-06-13 10:43:20.773 9504-9557 Manish pid-9504 E createNativeModules
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2023-06-13 10:43:20.817 9504-9557 AndroidRuntime pid-9504 E FATAL EXCEPTION: create_react_context
Process: com.starlink.mobile, PID: 9504
java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: dlopen failed: library "libviro_renderer.so" not found
at java.lang.Runtime.loadLibrary0(Runtime.java:1087)
at java.lang.Runtime.loadLibrary0(Runtime.java:1008)
at java.lang.System.loadLibrary(System.java:1664)
at com.viromedia.bridge.module.MaterialManager.<clinit>(MaterialManager.java:58)
at com.viromedia.bridge.ReactViroPackage.createNativeModules(ReactViroPackage.java:111)
at com.facebook.react.ReactPackageHelper.getNativeModuleIterator(ReactPackageHelper.java:42)
at com.facebook.react.NativeModuleRegistryBuilder.processPackage(NativeModuleRegistryBuilder.java:42)
at com.facebook.react.ReactInstanceManager.processPackage(ReactInstanceManager.java:1456)
at com.facebook.react.ReactInstanceManager.processPackages(ReactInstanceManager.java:1427)
at com.facebook.react.ReactInstanceManager.createReactContext(ReactInstanceManager.java:1338)
at com.facebook.react.ReactInstanceManager.access$1200(ReactInstanceManager.java:135)
at com.facebook.react.ReactInstanceManager$5.run(ReactInstanceManager.java:1109)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:923)
It looks like there was a fatal crash when attempting to find libviro_renderer.so.
For those who would like to attempt to recreate this error, drag the apk to the emulator and wait for it to install. Once installed click on the starlink and you should see it display its splash screen and promptly crash/disappear.
Current emulator specs:
Emulator Version: 31.3.13-9189900
Android Version: 11.0 (R) - API 30
AVD Configuration: Nexus_5X_API_30
Host Machine: Windows 10 Pro
EDIT2:
Regarding a different suggested comment from Ramhound, the Android subsystem for Windows 11 also had trouble launching the app.
I will try and follow Andrew's comment with a specific ARM-based image within Android Studio soon.
