About the Android Emulator

[Myles Braithwaite]

First you can't really install anything from the Google Play store on
the stock Google Android Emulator. But lets say you have access to the
APK[1] file of the application you want to run. You can load it on the
stock Android Emulator[2].

Now the Android Emulator was really designed to be run by developers
so pretty much every logging/debugging application is running which
will most likely slow down your application (especially if it's a 3D
game). I tried to play Temple Run 2 and it horrible.

BlueStack[3] is a (proprietary) project that is trying to bring
Android apps to the desktop natively but it currently in beta and only
available on Windows, Mac, and Windows 8.  I tried to play Angry Birds
and it wasn't horrible but not great (comparing it to playing the
native version on my Mac).

[1]: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APK_(file_format)>
[2]: <http://stackoverflow.com/a/3480235>
[3]: <http://www.bluestacks.com/>

On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 10:45 AM, Antonio Sun <antoniosun-N9AOi2cAC9ZBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Anyone here has some experiences with the Android Emulator? Can it behave
> like true Emulator like VirtureBox for PC?
>
> I mean, can I use it in such a way that I have a "real" Android device
> sitting on my desktop? I don't care about calling but I want to install some
> Android apps that only available for Android device, and according to my
> reading, it seems to be troublesome.
>
> Please share your experience/knowledge
>
> Thanks
>
> Antonio
>
>



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