- create overlayfs for system img (as root)
    mkdir /tmp/from
    mkdir /tmp/to
    mkdir /tmp/work
    mount /opt/alien/system.img /tmp/from
    # if for some reason mount didn't work, go with this (and skip the mount -t overlay)
      unsquashfs /opt/alien/system.img
      mv squashfs-root/ /opt/alien/rootfs

    mount -t overlay -o lowerdir=/tmp/from,upperdir=/tmp/to,workdir=/tmp/work overlay /opt/alien/rootfs

- edit init file in rootfs to comment out memfd override
    nano /opt/alien/rootfs/system/etc/init/hw/init.rc
    # comment out this line
      setprop sys.use_memfd false

- chmod device files (as root)
    # TODO: if there's no binder devices, either create using binder_linux
      modprobe binder_linux devices=
    # or binderfs module (and link whatever devices are available)
      mkdir /dev/binderfs
      mount -t binder binder /dev/binderfs
      ln -s /dev/binderfs/anbox-binder /dev/binder
      ln -s /dev/binderfs/anbox-hwbinder /dev/hwbinder
      ln -s /dev/binderfs/anbox-vndbinder /dev/vndbinder
    chmod 777 /dev/binder
    chmod 777 /dev/hwbinder
    chmod 777 /dev/vndbinder
    chmod 777 /dev/dri/card0

- chmod wayland socket
    chown YOUR_USER:aliendalvik-wayland /run/user/YOUR_UID/wayland-0
    chmod 775 /run/user/YOUR_UID/wayland-0

- setup the waydroid vendor blob with another overlayfs (as root)
    mkdir /tmp/from2
    mkdir /tmp/to2
    mkdir /tmp/work2
    mkdir /tmp/waydroid-vendor
    mount waydroid/vendor.img /tmp/from2
    mount -t overlay -o lowerdir=/tmp/from2,upperdir=/tmp/to2,workdir=/tmp/work2 overlay /tmp/waydroid-vendor
    # remove gatekeeper, that seems to be the only HAL that's loaded (and it also crashes)
    rm /tmp/waydroid-vendor/lib64/hw/android.hardware.gatekeeper@1.0-impl.so
    rm /tmp/waydroid-vendor/lib/hw/android.hardware.gatekeeper@1.0-impl.so

- replace webview with waydroid one
    mkdir /tmp/waydroid-system
    mount waydroid/system.img /tmp/waydroid-system
    cp /tmp/waydroid-system/system/product/app/webview/webview.apk /opt/alien/rootfs/system/app/webview/webview.apk

- optional: copy overlay for gesture navigation from waydroid into alien (as root)
    cp -r /tmp/waydroid-system/system/product/overlay /opt/alien/rootfs/product/

- copy lxc-config into /tmp/aliendalvik/config
    mkdir -p /tmp/aliendalvik/config/
    cp /opt/alien/lxc-config/* /tmp/aliendalvik/config/

- set data dir in LXC config
    nano /tmp/aliendalvik/config/10-bsp_config
    # set __DATA_DIR__ to /opt/alien/data

- set UID in LXC config
    nano /tmp/aliendalvik/config/10-bsp_config
    # set __UID__ to your UID in this line
    lxc.mount.entry = /run/user/__UID__/wayland-0 run/display/wayland-0 none bind,nodev,nosuid,create=file 0 0

    nano /tmp/aliendalvik/config/20-privilege_config
    # set __UID__ to your UID (this maps your UID to UID 100000 inside the container)
    lxc.idmap = u 100000 __UID__ 1
    lxc.idmap = g 100000 __UID__ 1

- setup networking for container
    /usr/lib/lxc/lxc-net start

- now check if lxc wants to startup
    /usr/bin/lxc-start --rcfile=/tmp/aliendalvik/config/config --lxcpath=/tmp/aliendalvik -n aliendalvik -F
    # shouldn't error out immediately, but should crash after like 30 seconds
    # there should be stuff in /opt/alien/data now, and logs in /opt/alien/data/logcats/log
    # if you got to this point, you're very close :)

- setup at least 7 ssh sessions on the device to run all the daemons

- get connman shim up and running (as root)
    gjs shimming/connman/mock.js

- get maliit shim up and running (as user)
    WAYLAND_DEBUG=1 python shimming/maliit/maliit-shim.py

- start the systemd service that runs the container (as root)
    systemctl start aliendalvik

- right after that start integration daemons (as user) 
    alienaudioservice  -d /dev/binder -n /dev/vndbinder -w /dev/hwbinder -p pulseaudio --verbose
    QT_DEBUG_PLUGINS=1 QTCONTACTS_MANAGER_OVERRIDE=folks QT_LOGGING_RULES="*.debug=true" apkd-bridge
    QT_LOGGING_RULES="*.debug=true" apkd-bridge-user
    QDBUS_DEBUG=1 alienkeyboardservice

- things are running now, android settings app should appear on your app grid
    if it doesn't, but you can see it in .local/share/applications/, relogin for shell to pick it up

- can now install fdroid via (as user)
    wget https://f-droid.org/F-Droid.apk
    apkd-install F-Droid.apk

- optional: run commands inside the android container from alien-post-startup.sh script

- optional: use gesture navigation in android to have swipe-back gesture
    # go into container and disable -> enable the overlay
    lxc-attach --name=aliendalvik --lxcpath=/tmp/aliendalvik -- /system/bin/sh
    cmd overlay disable com.android.internal.systemui.navbar.gestural
    cmd overlay enable com.android.internal.systemui.navbar.gestural

notes:
 - when apps don't draw after startup, touch the screen to trigger the app to start drawing