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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 your Android phoneexample, check [[Emulators on a Game Boy emulator for Android|this would be listed at the Game Boy emulators page]] instead.'''

'''[[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.

Like Android is like a Linux distribution in that it uses the Linux kernel to facilitate communication with DS emulatorsthe hardware and manage processes on the system. Unfortunately, the computer mouse similarities end there as Android uses an entirely different toolset from standard Linux distributions and no support is used to emulate touch screen presses 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 can , like IPA files on [[iOS emulators|iOS]], 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.

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 apk file format (occasionally coupled with obb files)-Go adapter. Just </ref> most apps expect users to have a touchscreen, so Android emulators will usually default to emulating touchscreen presses like its iOS equivalent [[Nintendo DS emulators|DS emulation]] (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.

<div style="color:#000;background:#eef2ff;border:1px solid #b7c5d9;border-radius:8px;padding-left:1em;display:inline-block;padding-right:1em;">'''Important Note:''' These emulators are usually closed source and while they're distributed for free, their devs look for roundabout ways to monetize them. One such high profile case was BlueStacks. Make sure to check if there are pre-installed apps on your emulator (and disable them), monitor your Internet connection download caps and processor activity to detect any abnormal activity (and block domains accordingly if the need arises) and avoid as much as possible giving sensitive account data (just in case it's key-logged). Besides basic safety, these precautions often make impacted emulators run much faster when the adware services and apps are turned off.</div> {| class="wikitable"|+PCstyle="text-align:center;"

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! colspan="8"|PC / x86|-|[[Genymotion]]|stylealign="textleft|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[https://www.genymotion.com/download/ {{GenymotionVer}}]|VirtualBox|High|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|-|[[BlueStacks]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|macOS}}|[https:center;"//www.bluestacks.com/ {{BlueStacksVer}}]|QEMU (before v2.5) / VirtualBox (after v2.5)|High|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|-|MEmu|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[https://www.memuplay.com/ 7.2.1]|VirtualBox|High|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|-|LDPlayer|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[Genymotionhttps://en.ldplayer.net/ 4.0.29]|VirtualBox|High|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|-|NoxPlayer|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[https://www.bignox.com/ 6.6.1.0 / 7.0.0.1]|styleVirtualBox|High|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|-|MuMu|align="textleft|{{Icon|Windows|macOS}}|[https://mumu.163.com/global/download/en/index.html 1.1.0.2]<br />[https://mumu.163.com/ 1.1.0.5 (v2.3.11) (Chinese Version)]|VirtualBox|High|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|-|[[Anbox]]|align=left|{{Icon|Linux}}|[https:center;"//anbox.io/ Git]|Not an emulator (wine-like approach)|?|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|-|Android x86|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[https://www.android-x86.org 9.0-r2]|VirtualBox, Mac, VMWare (for 3d acc)|Mid|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}|-|Android Studio|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}|[https://developer.android.com/studio/ 4.0]|QEMU|Low|style<span title="textSource-available">^{{~}}</span> ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}|-|Andy OS|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|macOS}}|[https:center;"//andyroid.net/ 0.47.226.1096.26]|VmWare|High|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}|-|TianTian App Player|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[http://www.genymotionttmnq.com /en/ 3.2.48]|VirtualBox|Mid|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}|-|AMI DuOS|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[https://ami.com/en/tech-blog/farewell-amiduos/ 2.0.8.8511] |VirtualBox|Mid|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}|-|ARC Welder<br /><small>(Official SiteGoogle Chrome)</small>|stylealign="textleft|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|Web}}|[https://developer.chrome.com/apps/getstarted_arc ARC 50.5021.602.0]|Original|Mid|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}|-|ARChon<br /><small>(Google Chrome)</small>|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|Web}}|[https:center;"//archon-runtime.github.io/ ARC 41.4410.238.0]|Original|✓ (Non-Dev Versions)Mid|style<span title="textSource-available">^{{~}}</span> ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}|-|Droid4X|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|macOS}}|[https:center;"//droid4x.cc/ 0.10.7]|VirtualBox|High|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||✓{{✗}}|style="text-|KoPlayer|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[https:center;"//koplayerpc.com/ 2.0.0]|VirtualBox|style="textHigh|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}|-|LeapDroid|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[http:center;"//www.leapdroid.com/ 1.8.0]|VirtualBox|High|style="text{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}|-|Peak App Player|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[http://web.archive.org/web/20191120002207/http:center;"//www.peakplayer.net/index.php/en/peakplayeren/ 1.2.5 Beta 2]|VirtualBox|High|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||✓{{✗}}

|style="text-align:center;"|[[BlueStacks]]Shashlik|stylealign="text-align:center;"left|{{Icon|Windows, MacLinux}}|style="text-align:center;"|[http://www.bluestacksshashlik.comio/ Official Site0.9.3]|style="text-align:center;"|✓Original|style="text-align:center;"|✗Low|style="text-align:center;"{{✓}} |Original|style="text-align:center;"{{✗}} |Mid|style="text-align:center;"|✓{{✗}}

|style="text-align:center;"|[[Droid4x]]SmartGaGa|stylealign="text-align:center;"left|{{Icon|Windows, Mac}}|style="text-align:center;"|[http://web.archive.org/web/20190820044528/https://www.droid4xsmartgaga.com/ Official Site1.1.646]|style="text-align:center;"VirtualBox|✓High|style="text-align:center;"|{{✗|style="text-align:center;"}} |Original|style="text-align:center;"{{✗}} |High|style="text-align:center;"|✓{{✗}}

|style="text-align:center;"|[[DuOS]]Windroy|stylealign="text-align:center;"left|{{Icon|Windows}}|style="text-align:center;"|[httphttps://wwwsourceforge.amiduosnet/projects/windroy/ 4.com/ Official Site0.3]|style="text-align:center;"Original|✗Low|style="text-align:center;"|{{✗|style="text-align:center;"}} |?|style="text-align:center;"{{✗}} |Mid|style="text-align:center;"|{{✗}}

|style="text-align:center;"|[[andyroid]]Windroye|stylealign="text-align:center;"left|{{Icon|Windows, Mac}}|style="text-align:center;"|[http://andyroid2.9.net/ Official Site]1|style="text-align:center;"VirtualBox|✓Mid|style="text-align:center;"|{{✗|style="text-align:center;"}} |VirtualBox|style="text-align:center;"|Mid{{✗}} |style="text-align:center;"|✓{{✗}}

|style="text-align:center;"|[[ARC Welder]] (Google Chrome)Xamarin Android Player|stylealign="text-align:center;"left|{{Icon|Windows, Mac, Linux, Chrome OS|macOS}}|style="text-align:center;"|[https://developer.chromegithub.com/appsxamarin/release-notes-archive/blob/master/release-notes/android/android-player/getstarted_arc Official Siteindex.md 0.6.5]|style="text-align:center;"VirtualBox|✓Mid|style="text-align:center;"|{{✗|style="text-align:center;"}} |Original|style="text-align:center;"|Mid{{✗}} |style="text-align:center;"|{{✗}}

|style="text-align:center;"|[[Xamarin Android Player]]XePlayer|stylealign="text-align:center;"left|{{Icon|Windows, Mac}}|style="text-align:center;"|[httpshttp://developer.xamarinxeplayer.com/guides/android/getting_started/installation/android-player/ Official Site6.0.10]|style="text-align:center;"VirtualBox|✗High|style="text-align:center;"|{{✗}} |style="text-align:center;"|VirtualBox|style="text-align:center;"|?{{✗}} |style="text-align:center;"|{{✗}}

|style="text-align:center;"|[[Windroy]]YouWave|stylealign="text-align:center;"left|{{Icon|Windows}}|style="text-align:center;"|[httphttps://www.windroyeyouwave.com/index_eng5.html 1.211] (Official Site)|style="text-align:center;"VirtualBox|✓Mid|style="text-align:center;"|{{✗}} |style="text-align:center;"|Original|style="text-align:center;"|Low{{✗}} |style="text-align:center;"|{{✗}}

|style="text-align:center;"|[[Windroye]]|style="text-align:center;"|Windows|style!colspan="text-align:center;"|[http://www.windroye.com/index_eng.html 2.8.2a] (Official Site)|style="text-align:center;"|✓|style="text-align:center;"|✗|style="text-align:center;"|VirtualBox|style="text-align:center;"|Mid|style="text-align:center;"|?Consoles

|style="text-align:center;"|[[Android x86]]LineageOS|stylealign="text-align:center;"left|{{Icon|Multi-platformSwitch}}|style="text-align:center;"|[httphttps://wwwswitchroot.android-x86org/ 15.org Official Site1]|style="text-align:center;"|✓based of the Nvidia Shield TV build of LineageOS|style="text-align:center;"|✗?|style="text-align:center;"|N/A{{✓}} |style="text-align:center;"|Low{{✓}} |style="text-align:center;"|✗{{✓}}

|style!colspan="text-align:center;8"|[[Shashlik]]Mobile / ARM|style="text-align:center;"|LinuxLineageOS|stylealign="text-align:center;"left|{{Icon|LinuxARM}}|[httphttps://wwwkonstakang.shashlikcom/ 16.io Official Site0 <small>(Raspberry Pi 3/4)</small>]|style="text-align:center;"|✓|style="text-align:center;"|✗|style="text-align:center;"|OriginalNot an emulator (actual AOSP)|style="text-align:center;"|LowHigh|style="text-align:center;"{{✓}} |✗|{{✓}} {| class="wikitable"|+Mobile{{✓}}

! scope="col"|Name[[Anbox]]! scope|align="col"left|OS{{Icon|LinuxARM}}! scope="col"|Version[https://anbox.io/ Git]! scope="col"|FreeNot an emulator (wine-like approach)! scope="col"|USB Link?! scope="col"|VM! scope="col"{{✓}} ||[[Accuracy]]! scope="col"{{✓}} |[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]{{✓}}

|style="text-align:center;"|Project Astoria|stylealign="text-align:center;"left|{{Icon|Windows 10 MobileWinMobile}}|style="text-align:center;"|Discontinued($)|style="text-align:center;"Original|✗Low|style="text-align:center;"|{{✗}} |style="text-align:center;"|Original|style="text-align:center;"|Low{{✗}} |style="text-align:center;"|{{✗}}

* '''The VM column describes what backend technology the emulator uses. Emulators labeled with "VirtualBox" sometimes needs the user to install [https://www.virtualbox.org/ Oracle VM VirtualBox]. Usually, it is installed automatically. ===Comparisons===;[[Genymotion''' is an ]]:A closed-source Android emulator with hardware-accelerated 3D graphics and USB host support, available for Windows, Mac macOS, and Linux. In its latest versions, it has pretty good compatibility with commercial games. It's a commercial product though, aimed at software developers and QA teams. You'll need to create an account and download the free non-commercial use license available. Except for pay-to-remove "free for personal use" watermark on the screen, paid builds to add features only useful for Android app developers.**Setting up the emulator itself is not too hard, but a bit of tinkering is required to add the Google Play store and [http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2528952 ARM processor emulation] (what you need essentially here to play the commercial releases) as well as [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/genymotion-users/JpO8HR39PR0/NpSkrnsB8d8J Xbox 360 controller support]. Not noob-friendly, but if you're experienced enough with Android to know your way around a rooted filesystem it shouldn't be too hard. '''Note as of November 25th, 2019''': The above paragraph is outdated and ARM Emulation has been broken in Genymotion for a while, so you can't use ARM apps unless you get a really old version. ;[[BlueStacks]]:Also commercial with a free option (requires a google account). It's less good than Genymotion and doesn't handle USB cable emulation. Previous versions used to come with an installer with adware comes with junk apps within the emulator and has a non-intuitive uninstaller, but that's no longer the case today. It includes Google Apps by default, though you'll need to install a file manager to copy game cache when loading your own .apk files. ;MEmu:A free Android emulator with very good accuracy, sometimes outperforming BlueStacks.

* '''Bluestacks''' is ;LDPlayer:An Android emulator also commercial with a free option (no account required)good accuracy. It's less good than GenymotionWhen testing games along side Nox, and doesn't handle USB cable emulation. Previous versions used LDPlayer shows to come with an installer with adware, comes have better performance/compatibility with junk apps within the emulator, and has a non-intuitive uninstaller, but that's no longer the case today. It includes Google Apps by default, though you'll need to "root" it to load apk files to your likinggames.

* ''';Droid4x''' has Has good accuracy but forcefully uninstalls VirtualBox, so it cannot co-exist with Genymotion and Xamarin. It's not recommended because it will install hidden background services (xunlei.exe, and Thunder.exe, both by the Chinese company which developed Droid4x) that seed Chinese torrents constantly and they are a pain to uninstall or deactivate (in case you've already fallen for it, use Revo Uninstaller).

* '''andyroid''' works too, though ;Andy OS:Not recommended because it will install a [https://www.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/8rq4fm/reminder_that_andyroid_mines_cryptocurrency/ cryptocurrency miner] on your system without asking or informing about this to the company behind it did adware before previouslyuser.**Just like Genymotion, Andyroid also use Andy OS uses VirtualBox, but with a twist: if it detects an installed virtualbox VirtualBox during installation, '''it will delete it''' and will refuse to work. Beware!

* ''';DuOS''', not :Not to be confused with a [http://ds-duos.blogspot.com/ similarly-named Nintendo DS emulator] by Roor, is a relative newcomer to the Android emulation market, made by American Megatrends i.e. the very same people behind the BIOS/UEFI firmware your PC may be using. Emulation is modest at best, with games and apps such as [[DraStic]] struggling on lower-end hardware. And to top it all off, it ainisn't free either.

* Recently, ''';Google Chrome''' can :Can open .apk files toousing the ARC Welder extension, though their emulation on PC is average at best. Here's a [http://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iIbxaftAu_ho5rv9fUlXSLTzwU6MbKOldsWXyrYiyo8/edit#gid=0 compatibility list] and a [https://www.reddit.com/r/chromeapks dedicated subreddit]. Google has announced [http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/05/the-play-store-comes-to-chrome-os-but-not-the-way-we-were-expecting/ Play Store for Chrome OS], but it works on a different "container" technology that is embedded in the Chrome OS. In addition, Google will [http://blog.chromium.org/2016/08/from-chrome-apps-to-web.html discontinue Google Chrome apps on PC], so any major updates to ARC Welder for PC is unlikely.

* ;Windroy:(Without the 'e''Xamarin suffix) is a fast Android Playeremulator that does not rely on VirtualBox or any similar technology. It isn''' is also a newcomer t accurate though. While Google Play store can be installed with some tinkering, not many games can be installed (due to the Android emulation marketnot faking device names) and will spawn multiple harmless-yet-annoying app_process.exe crashes. Not much is known about this as $25/month subscription The official site is required for usedown since July 2016, so any updates are unlikely.

* '''Windroy''' ;Windroye:(without With the 'e' suffix) is a fast Android emulator that does not rely on uses VirtualBox or any similar technology. It isn't accurate though, but still offers better performance than BlueStacks. While Google The Play store can be Store is installed with some tinkering, not many games by default and has no stability issues found in Windroy. [https://www.reddit.com/r/ClashOfClans/comments/31lklr/misc_windroye_for_pcfaster_than_bluestacks_262_mb/ A related Reddit topic can be installed (due to not faking device names) and will spawn multiple harmless-yet-annoying app_process.exe crashesfound here.]

* '''Windroye''' ;Android x86:An open-source project that aims to port the Android operating system to x86-based netbooks. Comes with Google Play and libhoudini (with x86/ARM translation layer) installed. 3D acceleration works well both when installed directly on the 'e' suffix) rely machine as a local OS and also on VMware. VMware Player 15 supports emulating OpenGL ES 3 on VirtualBox, but still offers better the target and performance than Bluestacksis quite good. The Play Store VirtualBox 3d support is installed by default poor and has no stability issues found from classic Windroyprobably won't work. [https://wwwAndroid x86 is continually being improved and can be tried fairly painlessly through VMware.reddit.com/r/ClashOfClans/comments/31lklr/misc_windroye_for_pcfaster_than_bluestacks_262_mb/ A related Reddit topic can Genymotion is (or at least used to be) a closed-source fork of Android x86, designed exclusively to be found hererun on VirtualBox.]

* '''Android x86''' is a open-source ;[[Anbox]]:A project that aims to port run Android operating system to x86-based netbooksapplications on Ubuntu distributions. While Currently, it can be run is on virtual machines like VirtualBox, it does not have 3D graphics emulation alpha state and cannot run most gamesonly known to work on Ubuntu 16.04. Genymotion is (or at least used Anbox requires custom kernel modules to be) a closed-source fork of Android x86run because unlike other emulators which emulate the whole Linux kernel, designed exclusively to be run on VirtualBoxthis one uses the host system's Linux kernel directly.

* ''';Shashlik''' is a :A project by KDE that aims to run Android applications on Linux using KDE5 and Qt5 technology. The project is infancy state and only known to run on latest Kubuntu versions. It currently lacks ARM processor emulation, so not many games will run. It is however known to play [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SC6c_ih_Ac Flappy Bird] and can show [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju_R8ftiIp4 Spotify's login screen]. It uses modified [[QEMU]] to emulate the Android operating system. Last major update was March 2016 and seems abandoned.

* ''';Xamarin Android Player:A newcomer to the Android emulation market. Not much is known about this because it required a minimum of $25/month subscription of main Xamarin products. The main Xamarin products were [https://blog.xamarin.com/xamarin-for-all made available for free] after the purchase by Microsoft, but Xamarin Android Player was discontinued. ;Project Astoria''' was a :A Microsoft-developed Android emulator for Windows 10 Mobile included in several insider previews. It could run [https://www.reddit.com/r/windowsphone/comments/3gaoct/android_apps_that_work_on_win10_right_now/ a few applicaionsapplications], though apps required Google Play Services did not run or had issues. This project was reportedly [http://www.windowscentral.com/microsofts-project-astoria-delayed discontinued] in November 2015 and [http://www.winbeta.org/news/microsoft-confirms-the-death-of-project-astoria-focusing-on-other-bridges-instead its cancellation was confirmed] on February 2016, so the emulator is not included in more recent versions of Windows 10 Mobile.

===Lack of Release Notes Google apps===Android is open source, but the Google Play Store has to be licensed from Google in order to incorporate it into a build, including Play Services and many other Google apps. That often means developers pay a fee that can trickle back to the user in some form (either through adware, privacy-invading trackers, or by selling the emulator as a commercial product). Custom ROMs for real Android devices on Android 4 and earlier used to bundle the Google Play Store but this changed with newer versions. The new method is to install a custom ROM and Update History informationthen install "GApps" through another service like [https://opengapps.org/ the Open GApps Project]. ===Architectural differences===While some Many games often optimize and compile specifically for ARM processors, which prevents them from being executable on x86 CPUs, even when using a project like Android-x86. Some emulators like BlueStacks have ARM emulation by default; in others like Genymotion, it is possible to install an ARM emulator manually (though only on older versions as such as functionality is broken in newer releases). ===Conflict===Many emulators like to uninstall each other for some reason. Droid4x, Andyroid, Genymotion do have version history , and Xamarin cannot co-exist on the same machine without modifying their websiteinstallers, most which can be a problem if one game works on only one of these emulators but other emulators games do not have such history pages. ===Antitamper protection===In order to reduce cheating, many games refuse to run if they discover that the device has been rooted. If the emulator comes rooted by default, it must be manually unrooted before the game can be played. The rooting method for modern devices is Magisk, which installs itself in the bootloader instead of the system partition, making which makes it harder to detect. Some games take more aggressive measures to detect the presence of Custom ROMs (unofficial firmware) or Android emulators (like the ones listed in this page) in the variety of ways like checking for the existence or absence of system files in order to prevent the game from running in any unverified environments. These games are very difficult or plain impossible to play on emulators without resorting to track updates cracked versions of the games. ==Emulator Specific Issues=====BlueStacks===* '''Can't root the device:'''  The latest Kingroot's .apk will do the job when loaded inside BlueStacks. It's that simple. Alternatively, you could use Universal [[BlueStacks]] Rooting Software on an existing BlueStacks installation. Before opening it, go to the folder where BlueStacks is installed under Program Files, and run "HD-Quit.exe" once.  Then, from the extracted "BlueStacks RootEZ 32_64", open as well administrator "BlueStacks RootEZ.exe". Click "Automatic Detect from Installed Bluestacks", enable "Enlarge System (Root.fs) Size to 400MB", and click "I'm ready for Step 1". A command-line window should appear. Now just wait until "Preparing Complete" appears. Then, click "Go for Step 2" and wait until "Rooting is Complete" appears.  Close the application, and open the "output" folder in the same directory as regressionsthe extracted application. You should find a newly generated "Root.fs" file. You can use it to replace the existing one under "%programdata%\BlueStacks\Android" (Press Windows+R and go there), but it's recommended to keep a backup of the original in case the new one causes Bluestacks to hang in the loading screen for more than a few minutes.  The package also includes Nova Explorer and Root Launcher. You may verify the rooting status with the "Root Checker" app from Google Play. Considering some apps check for Google Play services for online checks, you can also install "Modded Google Play Store", "[https://www.luckypatchers.com/ Lucky Patcher]" and "Magisk". ===Andyroid===* '''Unable To Launch VM Process:'''  On the taskbar, right-click Andyroid's notification icon, and choose Settings, Advanced, Set Andy Protocol. Type "tcp" and confirm, then launch Andyroid. ===Android-x86===* '''3D Support is broken on VMWare when using newer kernels:''' Kernels > 4.14 with version 8.1 break 3d acceleration in VMWare (see https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/android-x86/4.9%7Csort:date/android-x86/wB65vJnuJiI/ytJaWYWUBwAJ). Use kernel 4.9 with 8.1 instead.

===Google-related Libraries===Likely due Pass in a kernel option to licensing issues, most Android emulators do not come with Google-related applications grub when booting. Select the boot entry and related libraries preinstalled (Google Play Storethen press 'e' to edit it, Play Services, Play Games client, etc) and requires the user then 'e' to manually install themedit again. Many games verify Add the existence kernel option here. For example, to use a video resolution of Google-related components at 1920x1080, add 'video=1920x1080'. Press return to save the start changes (for this boot session only), and refuse 'b' to work if some or any of them boot (the keys to edit and boot may be different depending on your grub version, there are missing.usually instructions on the grub screen for the requisite keys)