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Windows had something like this (Windows Subsystem for Android) which worked really well until Microsoft went and killed it.

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Yeah, Microsoft tried 'both ways' to expand their quite small Windows Phone applications catalogue. And while Project Astoria [1] aimed at bringing Android apps, Project Islandwood was about easing porting of iOS applications [2]. Then MS decided that Windows Phone platform has no future.

[1] - https://www.windowslatest.com/2016/02/26/project-astoria-por...

[2] - https://www.windowslatest.com/2016/02/09/project-islandwood-...

Still wish Windows Phone was around. Having basically no apps was a positive and at least some people at Microsoft understood it when they advertised WP as being for people who didn't want to use their phones all the time.

Being able to say "Oh sorry I can't run that I have a Windows Phone" was fantastic, and if like 10-15% of the young adult population could say that, random services and venues would not be able expect you to install unwanted mobile apps.

WSA was (or is, since still works unofficially) running Android in VM underneath.

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