I don't need to do any development/builds, just run a couple of free apps from F-Droid.

You can not as far as I know, unless in an emulator. For instance, the Android developer tools for Linux contain QEMU based emulators which allow you to run an application. If you ask me, it's complete overkill if all you want is to run an Android app.
Suggestion: buy an Android device.

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@FlinchX

Install in a virtual machine like VMware Player the Android-x86.

Also, the Android is a different operating system than Slackware, the first one being a small Linux system running the shiny Android Desktop made in JAVA.

So, I guess no integration is possible, only running it stand-alone in its virtual machine.

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What about https://anbox.io/? I'm reading it requires snapd (https://snapcraft.io/) but that doesn't seem to support Slackware. If this is not an option, I'm definitely going to try Android-x86 in a VM.

The ANBOX is just an specialized virtual machine.

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I tried getting anbox to work when it first came out and kept getting segfaults (Arch was getting them too, so I didn't feel too bad about it since it wasn't specific to Slackware). I eventually gave up and haven't returned to it in months, but if really desired, I could probably find my SlackBuild and other work and try it again, or at least push it to my github for others to try...

Hi, this would be interesting, especially since it's been a long time and the project is developing. I would be grateful if you gave a link to working SlackBuikds on github!

Unfortunately, I'm in the middle of a move and working on finding a new house at our new location. The computer is packed and will likely remain that way for a while. Once I get it unpacked, I'll try to remember to add that to my github. The process might have improved since I originally worked on it and the program might actually function without much, if any, tweaking.

Doesn't the Android SDK include a full emulator ?

Edit : Ugh -sorry - I see Eric mentioned the "developer tools" - implying the SDK. I scanned the replies for "SDK" and seeing none, typed my response.

I think the path of least resistance will be to grab the quemu-kvm packages from slackbuilds.org and install androidx86 as Darth Vader suggested. Quemu is a lot more Slackware friendly than VMWare; which although has some nice features which may be valuable to some is certain to be a painful process to get running and will probably come with exciting new problems with each kernel upgrade etc; Quemu will in all likely hood just work. If you are only using it to run an android VM you can probably skip all the lib virt stuff as well and just use the GTK interface.

If you go the Android-x86(_64) you could use the SlackBuild I made that repackages the rpm they publish : https://github.com/gwenhael-le-moine...ap/android-x86

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