Full Technical Support Request: Waydroid stuck on "Failed to get service waydroidplatform" - Kali Linux (X11/Weston) Hello everyone,

[Alone in the Dark]

I am seeking help to run Waydroid on my Kali Linux system (Rolling release). I am running XFCE on X11, and I have set up Weston as a compositor to provide the necessary Wayland environment.

Current Progress and Configuration:

Memory Optimization: I have successfully created and enabled a 10GB Swap file to ensure memory is not a bottleneck, as my CPU usage was hitting 85% earlier.

Compositor: Weston is running and properly initialized.

Initialization: Waydroid was initialized with GApps, and the system/vendor images were extracted successfully.

Binder Service: The gbinder service manager indicates that /dev/anbox-binder has appeared successfully.

The Persistent Problem:
Despite the binder being active, when I attempt to launch the UI using WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-1 waydroid show-full-ui, the terminal enters an infinite loop with the following error:
[04:46:19] Failed to get service waydroidplatform, trying again...

Troubleshooting Steps Taken:

Increased Swap to 10GB and verified via free -h.

Restarted the waydroid-container service multiple times.

Confirmed the correct WAYLAND_DISPLAY variable for the Weston session.

System Environment:

User: adnan

OS: Kali Linux (XFCE)

RAM/Swap: 8GB physical RAM + 10GB Swap

Question:
What could be preventing the waydroidplatform service from connecting to the hardware or the container, even though the binder is present? Are there specific kernel modules or graphics configurations unique to Kali that I might be missing?

Attached Images:

The terminal loop with the service failure.

My /etc/fstab showing the 10GB Swap configuration.

The Weston session window.

Thank you for your help!

 

[Brickwizard]

from memory waydroid is not in the Kali repository, where did you download it from?

have you read the Kali doccumentation in full???? if you did you would have read...

"A minimal and trusted set of repositories: given the aims and goals of Kali Linux, maintaining the integrity of the system as a whole is absolutely key. With that goal in mind, the set of upstream software sources which Kali uses is kept to an absolute minimum. Many new Kali users are tempted to add additional repositories to their sources.list, but doing so runs a very serious risk of breaking your Kali Linux installation"

 

[Alone in the Dark]

from memory waydroid is not in the Kali repository, where did you download it from?

have you read the Kali doccumentation in full???? if you did you would have read...

"A minimal and trusted set of repositories: given the aims and goals of Kali Linux, maintaining the integrity of the system as a whole is absolutely key. With that goal in mind, the set of upstream software sources which Kali uses is kept to an absolute minimum. Many new Kali users are tempted to add additional repositories to their sources.list, but doing so runs a very serious risk of breaking your Kali Linux installation"

"Hello Brickwizard, thank you for your reply. I installed Waydroid following the official documentation using the automated script. To ensure system stability, I have already configured a 10GB Swap file. Currently, Waydroid is running successfully inside Weston, but I am facing an issue with Google Play Protect certification."

 

[Brickwizard]

I don't have any google products, and you have not given a good description of the problem so have a look at the results of search see which solution is the best match to your problem

in your browser run
net runner problem Google Play Protect certification.

 

[Alone in the Dark]

I don't have any google products, and you have not given a good description of the problem so have a look at the results of search see which solution is the best match to your problem

in your browser run
net runner problem Google Play Protect certification.

Hi Brickwizard, I need your expertise regarding two persistent issues on my Kali Linux (XFCE) setup running on a ThinkPad T15 (i5-1135G7 / Intel Iris Xe Graphics):

1. Black Screen Issue with Cage & Waydroid:
When I attempt to launch the full UI using:
cage waydroid show-full-ui
A black window opens, but the Android interface never renders. I have confirmed that the Waydroid container is running, but it seems there is a rendering conflict with the Intel Iris Xe drivers or environment variables within the Cage compositor.

2. Google Play Protect Certification:
The system constantly displays a "Device is not certified" message. I need the correct procedure to extract the Android ID (or GSF ID) from within the Waydroid environment in Kali so I can manually register it on Google's device registration page.

Note: I have already configured 10GB of Swap to ensure system stability during these processes.

Looking forward to your guidance on how to resolve these rendering and certification roadblocks.