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':''This page is about emulating Android apps and games on PC as it is slowly building off an important library of exclusivesdesktops. For emulating specific platforms, and emulation coupled with CheatEngine is certainly interesting. If youwe're interested in ll usually list Android ports of emulators on the target platform's page; for example, a Game Boy emulator for your Android phone, check [[:Category:Consoles]] and see individual console would be listed at the Game Boy emulators page.'''
Like Android is like a Linux distribution in that it uses the Linux kernel to facilitate communication with the hardware and manage processes on the system. Unfortunately, the similarities end there as Android uses an entirely different toolset from standard Linux distributions and no support is given for running it on PCs. (Software development on Android is also nothing like Linux development as apps are compiled into architecture-specific <code>APK</code>s via Java which, like IPA files on [[Nintendo DS iOS emulators|iOS]], the computer mouse is used to emulate touchscreen presses (which can are specially designed Zip files. They may be less than ideal in many casesoccasionally coupled with <code>OBB</code> files.)While Android can technically run Linux binaries, and the keyboard emulates the button controller add-onsdoing so requires superuser privileges that Android does not provide by default. Some emulators support X360 controllers For many devices, you can expect to see a custom ROM that has an integrated su binary (or a means to install it easily, such as well with some more tweaksa custom recovery) but not all devices have one.
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'''[[wikipedia:Android(operating system)|Android]]''' is a mobile operating system (OS) based on the Linux kernel and currently developed by Googleand the Open Handset Alliance. Unlike It was originally developed in secret before launching in 2008 as a competitor against Apple's [[iOS emulators|iPhone]]. While other mobile operating systems had been made throughout the years, none have emerged in terms of market share nearly as well much as older cell-phone models and older Japanese Galapagos mobile phones, emulating Android software on PC is more developed, though no open source emulator with a high degree of game compatibility exists yet.
However, the Linux kernel is flexible enough that it can be emulated well unlike iOS, older cell-phone models, and older Japanese Galapagos mobile phones. While Android apps come in natively supports mice,<ref group=N>If you have an Android device you can confirm this by connecting a Bluetooth mouse or a USB mouse via a USB On-the -Go adapter.apk file format (occasionally coupled with .obb files). Just </ref> most apps expect users to have a touchscreen, so Android emulators will usually default to emulating touchscreen presses like its [[IOS Nintendo DS emulators|iOSDS emulation]] equivalent (IPA filesthough it can be less than ideal in many cases). The host's keyboard may often emulate the button controller add-ons, their innards can be opened and some emulators support [[Xbox 360 emulators|Xbox 360]] controllers as a regular ZIP filewell with some more tweaks.
==Emulators==
Pass in a kernel option to grub when booting. Select the boot entry and then press 'e' to edit it, and then 'e' to edit again. Add the kernel option here. For example, to use a video resolution of 1920x1080, add 'video=1920x1080'. Press return to save the changes (for this boot session only), and 'b' to boot (the keys to edit and boot may be different depending on your grub version, there are usually instructions on the grub screen for the requisite keys)
==See also==
[[Category:Consoles]]
[[Category:Android emulators]]
==Notes==
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