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|Xamarin Android Player
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|macOS}}
|[https://github.com/xamarin/release-notes-archive/blob/master/release-notes/android/android-player/index.md 0.6.5]
|VirtualBox
|?
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!colspan="8"|Consoles
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|LineageOS
|align=left|{{Icon|Switch}}
|[https://switchroot.org/ 15.1]
|based of the Nvidia Shield TV build of LineageOS
|?
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
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:''This page is about emulating Android on other computers, like desktops. For emulating specific platformsthe inverse, we'll usually list Android ports of emulators see [[Emulators on the target platform's page; for example, a Game Boy emulator for Android would be listed at the Game Boy emulators page]].''{{Infobox console|title = Android|logo = Android.png|developer = Google<br/> Open Handset Alliance|release = 2008|emulated = {{✓}}}}
'''[[wikipedia:Android (operating system)|Android]]''' is a mobile operating system developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance. 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 much as Android.
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 [[iOS emulators|iOS]], are specially designed Zip files. They may be occasionally coupled with <code>OBB</code> files).) While Android can technically run Linux binaries, doing so requires superuser privileges that Android does not provide by default. 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 a 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 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.</ref> , most apps expect users to have a touchscreen, so Android emulators will usually default to emulating touchscreen presses like [[Nintendo DS emulators|DS emulation]] (though it can be less than ideal in many cases). The host's keyboard may often emulate the button controller add-ons, and some emulators support [[Xbox 360 emulators|Xbox 360]] controllers as well with some more tweaks.
==Emulators==
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'''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. Windows subsystem for Android is an exception, as Microsoft made it and monetizing comes from the Windows copy you brought.
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! scope="col"|VM
! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-SourceSoftware">FLOSS</abbr>
! scope="col"|Active
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
|MEmu
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
|[https://www.memuplay.com/ 7.2.1{{MEmuVer}}]
|VirtualBox
|High
|LDPlayer
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
|[https://en.ldplayer.net/ 4.0.2950.3]
|VirtualBox
|High
|NoxPlayer
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
|[https://www.bignox.com/ 6.6.1.0 / 7.0.02.17]
|VirtualBox
|High
|MuMu
|align=left|{{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 (v2.3.1117) (Chinese Version)]
|VirtualBox
|High
|[[Anbox]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Linux}}
|[https://anbox.io/ Gitgit]
|Not an emulator (wine-like approach)
|?~
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
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|AndyroidWindows Subsystem for Android|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|macOS}}|[https://andyroid.net/ 0.47.226.1096.26]Comes with Windows store|VmWareHyper-V|High?|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗~}}
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|Android x86
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
|[https://www.android-x86.org 98.01-r2r6]
|VirtualBox, VMWare (for 3d acc)
|Mid
|<span title="Source-available"><sup>{{~}}</sup></span> ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
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|TianTian App PlayerAndy OS|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|macOS}}|[httphttps://wwwandyroid.ttmnqnet/ 0.com/en/ 347.226.21096.826]|VirtualBoxVmWare|MidHigh
|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
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|Original
|Mid
|<span title="Source-available"><sup>{{✓~}} </sup></span> ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
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|Droid4X
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
|2.9.1
|VirtualBox
|Mid
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|Xamarin Android Player
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|macOS}}
|[https://github.com/xamarin/release-notes-archive/blob/master/release-notes/android/android-player/index.md 0.6.5]
|VirtualBox
|Mid
|VirtualBox
|High
|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
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|Mid
|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
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!colspan="8"|Mobile / ARM
|LineageOS
|align=left|{{Icon|LinuxARM}}
|[https://konstakang.com/ 1618.0 1 <small>(Raspberry Pi 3/4)</small>]
|Not an emulator (actual AOSP)
|High
|[[Anbox]]
|align=left|{{Icon|LinuxARM}}
|[https://anbox.io/ Gitgit]
|Not an emulator (wine-like approach)
|?~
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
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|Project Astoria
|align=left|{{Icon|WinMobileWin10Phone}}
|Discontinued ($)
|Original
|Low
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!colspan="8"|Consoles
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|LineageOS
|align=left|{{Icon|Switch}}
|[https://switchroot.org/ 15.1]
|based of the Nvidia Shield TV build of LineageOS
|~
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
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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).
;AndyroidAndy 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 user. Just like Genymotion, Andyroid Andy OS uses VirtualBox, but with a twist: if it detects an installed VirtualBox during installation, '''it will delete it''' and will refuse to work. Beware!
;DuOS
;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.
;VMOS
:A program that runs another copy of Android on the current Android system, which would be useful for running multiple copies of the same application simutaniously, running applications that rely on older/newer versions of Android system, testing out different Android system variations, or safely executing operations/applications that's likely to do harm to current system/user data.
;Project Astoria
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 cracked versions of the games.
===Android-based Operating Systems===
There are many [[wikipedia:Fork_(software_development)|forks]] of Android, these go beyond a custom UI and are new OS's that use the Android code in addition to writing their own code. depending on how much (and what) new code, features and API's were added, will determine the effects they will have on Android emulation but if one is for sure, these forks are (most likely) going to cause some emulation issues.
==Emulator Specific Issues==
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)
==Android consoles==
Because it's possible to fork and created you're own Android-based OS, many developers have used Android to power their own commercial console. However, as mentioned before, just because it uses Android as a base does not mean they will all work properly on a normal Android emulator.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col"|Name
! scope="col"|[[MAME]] support
! scope="col"|ROMs
! scope="col"|Description
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|Amazon Fire TV
|None
|None
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|Atlantis Land Kora
|None
|None
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|Baidu Shadow Stick
|None
|None
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|[https://www.clementoni.com/it-en/16612-clemstation-60/ Clemstation 6.0]
|None
|None
|Released in 2018 by Clementoni, the Clemstation is an "multimedia educational console" only sold in Italy that appears to be on a running custom version of Android. Because it's still being sold, it unknown how games will be made for it and when it well be discontinued, info on how many units have been sold so far not been released to the public.
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|Diyomate X18
|None
|None
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|flarePlay
|None
|None
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|GPD Mars Gamebox
|None
|None
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|-
|[[GPD XD Devices|GPD XD / XD+]]
|None
|None
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|LC Smart Pandora TV Box
|None
|None
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|Lexibook LexiBox TV
|None
|None
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|Lexibook Playdroid
|None
|None
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|Mad Catz Mojo
|None
|None
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|MeLE X8
|None
|None
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|My Clem Box
|None
|None
|Released in 2018 by Italian toy company Clementoni and sold exclusively in Italy, My Clem Box is an educational console with Wii-like motion controls. Because it's still being sold, it unknown how games will be made for it and when it will be discontinued. Info on how many units have been sold so far have not been released to the public.
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|[https://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/zukanneopad NEO Consoles]
|None
|None
|Released in 2017.by Takara Tomy. The NEO Series are educational consoles only sold in Japan and appear to be using a custom version of Android. Because it's still being sold, it unknown how games will be made for it and when it well be discontinued, info on how many units have been sold so far not been released to the public.
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|Nexus Player
|None
|None
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|Nvidia Shield TV
|None
|None
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|-
|[[Ouya emulators|Ouya]]
|None
|[https://archive.org/details/ouyalibrary?&sort=-downloads&page=2 Yes]
|A failed microconsole that started from a Kickstarter project. The controller sucks and the games can be found elsewhere. Since the Ouya runs on Android, emulation is technically possible by extracting menu/application apk files and running them in an Android emulator or VM.
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|PlayJam GameStick
|None
|None
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|-
|Razer Forge TV
|None
|None
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|Skyworth miniStation
|None
|None
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|Snail Games OBox
|None
|None
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|-
|Soomax Sensory
(享动体感游戏机)
|None
|None
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|-
|TCL T2
|None
|None
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|-
|UIS Xtreamer Multi-Console
|None
|None
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|UTStarcom DanDan (蛋蛋)
|None
|None
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|ZTE FunBox
|None
|None
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|}
==See also==
*[[Cellphone emulators]] - info Information on emulators for various feature phone/non-smartphone platforms.*https://www.luckypatchers.com/ [[Emulators on Android]] - Lucky Patcher APK's latest versionVarious emulators for Android platform [[Category:ConsolesMobiles]][[Category:Android emulators|*]]
==Notes==
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