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    Google Play Services for Alien Dalvik in Sailfish OS

This guide is currently updated to Sailfish 4.5. Some things have changed, so check the history if you need guide for an older version.
Devices I have tested the guide:

Xperia 10 II
Currently not working: Xperia XA2

Requirements

You need unzip, wget and squashfs-tools.
If you have Debian/Ubuntu/etc. run the following:
sudo apt install unzip wget squashfs-tools
Instructions

In the host Linux machine


retrieve OGApps pico from: https://opengapps.org/

Xperia 10 II: ARM64 / Android 11.0
Xperia XA 2: ARM / Android 10.0 (interestingly, the hardware supports 64bit..)


download also md5 checksum


copy /opt/alien/system.img to a Linux, e.g.:
scp defaultuser@PHONE_IP:/opt/alien/system.img system-original.img


extract required apps and support files, i.e, run the following in bash/zsh/ksh:


zip=$(ls open_gapps-arm*-*-pico-*.zip | sort -rn -k3,5 -t- | head -n1)
echo "USING PACKAGE $zip, CHECK THAT IT HAS CORRECT ANDROID VERSION\!"
if md5sum -c "$zip.md5"; then
  mkdir -p to-system/
  for f in \
      Core/defaultetc-common.tar.lz \
      Core/defaultframework-common.tar.lz \
      'Core/gmscore-*.tar.lz' \
      Core/googlebackuptransport-all.tar.lz \
      Core/googleonetimeinitializer-all.tar.lz \
      Core/googlepartnersetup-all.tar.lz \
      Core/gsfcore-all.tar.lz \
      'Core/setupwizarddefault-*.tar.lz' \
      'Core/vending-*.tar.lz' \
      ; do
    echo ".. $f:"
    unzip -p "$zip" "$f" | tar -vx --lzip --strip-components 2 -C to-system/
  done
  # remove execute from data files
  find to-system/ -type f -print0 | xargs -r0 chmod -x
  # extract shared libs
  if [ "$zip" = "${zip#*-arm64-}" ]; then native=armeabi-v7a; else native=arm64-v8a; fi
  for apk in to-system/priv-app/*/*.apk; do
    pushd "${apk%/*}"
    rm -rf lib/*/
    unzip -x "${apk##*/}" "lib/$native/*"
    [ -e lib/armeabi-v7a ] && mv lib/armeabi-v7a lib/arm
    popd
  done
fi


optionally, you can include Aurora Store as system app at this point (fork of YalpStore)
Google Play store works with Xperia 10 II, so if you prefer that, no need to install this.

mkdir -p to-system/priv-app/AuroraStore
wget \
  -U 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/111.0.0.0 Safari/537.36' \
  -O to-system/priv-app/AuroraStore/AuroraStore.apk \
  'https://files.auroraoss.com/AuroraStore/Stable/AuroraStore_4.1.1.apk'
echo "0c4a74b84c94deec64f68d75fd18e73fbaa8393fb324945e6c25cd8943418507 to-system/priv-app/AuroraStore/AuroraStore.apk" | sha256sum -c
If the last line, doesn't say OK, then there was a problem with the download, do not use the image! .


open squashfs image, fix, copy apps and repackage (requries squashfs-tools)
NOTE: If you find a better method to keep file owners and permissions than sudo, let me know!
sudo bash -c "
  # unpack
  root=/dev/shm/sailfish-android
  unsquashfs -d \$root system-original.img
  # copy
  cp -vr to-system/* \$root/system/
  # fix ownership of new files
  find to-system -type f | while read f; do chown 500000:500000 \"\$root/system/\${f#*/}\"; done
  # repackage
  mksquashfs \$root/ system.img -comp lz4 -Xhc -noappend -no-exports -no-duplicates -no-fragments
  # clean
  chown $USER:$(id -ng) system.img
  rm -rf \$root
"


upload image scp system.img defaultuser@PHONE_IP:/tmp/


cleaup rm -rf to-system system.img (note: let's keep original-system.img as a backup)


In your phone, e.g. ssh defaultuser@PHONE_IP. Remember to be a root devel-su.


Install the new image:
# stop alien
systemctl stop aliendalvik
# backup system.img
cp /opt/alien/system.img /home/alien-system.img
# replace it
cp /tmp/system.img /opt/alien/system.img
rm /tmp/system.img
# clear system app cache
rm -vrf /home/.android/data/system/package_cache/*/Settings-*
# remove updated google apps
rm -vrf /home/.android/data/app/com.android.vending-*
rm -vrf /home/.android/data/app/com.google.android.gms-*
# fix android bootup with Sailfish 4.1
rm -vrf /home/.android/data/misc/audioserver/
# force rerunning permission and storage migrations
rm /home/defaultuser/android_storage/.privilege_migration_done
rm /home/defaultuser/android_storage/.storage_migration_done
# you can start alien now
systemctl start aliendalvik


Note that startup after the installation will take a long time as the Android is caching and compiling files.
You can follow the progress with the following command.
However, it will show a lot of errors and warnings, so it might be alarming, even though everything is ok.
appsupport-attach /system/bin/logcat


When you install google play services for the first time:


open google play and sign in


retrieve GSF ID:
Sadly, neither Sailfish 4 or Android contains sqlite3 anymore, so you need to do some manual work.
Either copy the database to your computer or install sqlite3 to your phone.
Copy:
# on sailfish after devel-su
cp /home/.android/data/data/com.google.android.gsf/databases/gservices.db /tmp/
chmod a+r /tmp/gservices.db
# on your computer
scp defaultuser@PHONE_IP:/tmp/gservices.db
sqlite gservices.db 'select * from main where name = "android_id";'
# copy the id from the output
rm gservices.db
# on sailfish after devel-su
rm /tmp/gservices.db
Or Install:
# on sailfish after devel-su
pkcon install python3-sqlite
python3 -c 'import sqlite3;
  c = sqlite3.connect("/home/.android/data/data/com.google.android.gsf/databases/gservices.db").cursor();
  c.execute("select value from main where name=\"android_id\";");
  print(c.fetchone()[0])'


Register your device: https://www.google.com/android/uncertified/


Known issues:


Android/apps believe the device is rooted (well, it is, but they shouldn't know that).
Fast location doesn't work with wi-fi polling
Google Backup Transport doesn't seem to work (requires investication)
Xperia XA2:

Google Play Store can't install applications. Seems android biometric interface is not implemented (at least up to SFOS 4.1, works in Xperia 10 II SFOS 4.2)


Troubleshooting:


for location service, disable google wi-fi checking, it doesn't work. This means that accurate location will take some time, of course (e.g. Jodel will take few minutes to login).


when aliendalvik is running, you can stream android logs with
appsupport-attach /system/bin/logcat


If google backup is disabled, you can re-enable it:
# enter Android shell
appsupport-attach /system/bin/sh

# in Android system
bmgr transport com.google.android.backup/.BackupTransportService