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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 have 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 natively supports mice<ref group=N>If you have an Android device, you can confirm this by connecting a Bluetooth or USB mouse via a USB adapter.</ref>, most apps come 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 apk file format button controller add-ons, and some emulators support [[Xbox 360 emulators|Xbox 360]] controllers with some more tweaks. To run Android apps on your computer, most of the Android emulators employ a two-step approach. First, they set up a virtual environment using [[Hypervisors|hypervisor]] (occasionally coupled with obb filesand of course support for [[Wikipedia:X86_virtualization#Hardware-assisted_virtualization|hardware assisting virtualization]] such as vt-x/amd-v and virtual gpu adapter such as [https://docs.mesa3d.org/drivers/virgl.html VirGL]). Just like its iOS equivalent Then, they use [[Recommended_linux_distros#Emulation_focused|custom Android-x86 images]] and translation layer such as "[[Compatibility_layer|libhoudini or libndk or Intel BT]]" to convert instructions from ARM processors (ipa filesused in phones)to work on your computer's x86 architecture. See [[#Hardware features]] supported ABI, their innards can be opened as a regular zip fileAPI sections and [[#Enhancements]] built-in translation layer and VM columns for more information. <references group=N/>
==Emulators==
;Before diving in,;*[[Hypervisors|Hardware-assisted virtualization]] feature must be turned from your BIOS for most of these methods due to performance reasons.;*You need to turn off Hyper-V from Windows Feature panel if [[Hypervisors|Type-2 hypervisor]] used by the emulator due to [[Hypervisors#Hyper-V_feature_conflict_issue|conflict issue]]. Having said that some emulators like BlueStacks provide special Hyper-V build for prevent this issue. Recently, with [https://support.bluestacks.com/hc/en-us/articles/22561951043981-BlueStacks-5-20-Release-Notes#01HMGBJDK8G7J7S9C0G5R9SBVR BlueStacks 5 version 5.20, you can now run BlueStacks with Hyper-V enabled] including all instances such as Nougat 32-bit, which will run as intended and no additional changes required.;*Tons of bloated, obsolete or non-active other Android "emulators" exists there but we're not gonna list them, see [https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php?title=Android_emulators&diff=66635&oldid=66634#Emulators this page] for that.;*If you already have an Android device, we recommend using a mirroring application like "[https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy scrcpy]" instead of these "emulators".<div style="overflow-x:auto;width:100%">{| class="wikitable"|+PCstyle="text-align:center;width:100%"
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[Genymotion]]|style="text-align:center;"|Windows, Mac, Linux|style="text-align:center;"|[http://www.genymotion.com 2.7.2] (Official Site)|style="text-align:center;"|✓ (Non-Dev Versions)|style="text-align:center;"|VirtualBox|style="text-align:center;"|High|style! colspan="text-align:center;10"|✓x86
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[BlueStacksGenymotion]]|stylealign="text-align:center;"left|{{Icon|Windows, Mac|Linux|macOS}}|style="text-align:center;"|[httphttps://www.bluestacksgenymotion.com/ Official Sitedownload/ {{GenymotionVer}}]|style="text-align:center;"{{~}}|✓{{~}}|style="text-align:center;"?|Original{{✗}} |style="text-align:center;"|Mid{{✓}} |style="text-align:center;"|✓{{~}}
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|style="text-align[https:center;"|[[MEmu]//play.google.com/googleplaygames Google Play Games]|stylealign="text-align:center;"left|{{Icon|Windows}}|style="text[https://play.google.com/googleplaygames#section-system-align:center;"|requirements Beta]<br/>[httphttps://wwwdeveloper.memuplayandroid.com/ Official Sitegames/playgames/emulator Developer]|style="text-align:center;"{{~}}|✓{{~}}|style="text-align<small>[https:center;"//play.google.com/googleplaygames/exploregames Only for selected titles] (Beta build)<br/>? (Developer build)</small>|Original{{✗}} |style="text-align:center;"|High{{✓}} |style="text-align:center;"|✓{{~}}
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|style="text[https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/android/wsa/release-align:center;"|notes WSA]<br/><small>This shouldn't be confused with WSL or WSL2.<br/>See [[Hypervisor]] page for WSL2 and [[Droid4xCompatibility layer]]page for WSL.</small>|stylealign="text-align:center;"left|{{Icon|Windows, Mac}}|style="text-align:center;"|Comes with Windows store<br/>[httphttps://www.droid4xgithub.com/ Official Sitecinit/WSAPatch WSA patch for Windows 10]|style="text-align:center;"{{~}}|✓{{~}}|style="text|[https://github.com/riverar/wsa-app-compatibility#support-align:center;"tables 66%<br/><small>368 out of 558 reported titles</small>]|Original?|style="text{{~}}[https://learn.microsoft.com/en-align:center;"|Highus/windows/android/wsa/ *] |style="text-align:center;"|✗{{~}}
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|style="text-align[https:center;"|[[DuOS]//waydro.id/index.html Waydroid]|stylealign="text-align:center;"left|{{Icon|WindowsLinux}}|style="text-align[https:center;"|//waydro.id/#install git]<br />[httphttps://www.amiduosgithub.com/ Official Sitecasualsnek/waydroid_script Extras script]|style="text-align:center;"{{✗}}|{{✗}}|style="text-align:center;"|?|style="text-align:center;"{{✓}} ||Mid{{✓}} |style="text-align:center;"|✗{{~}}
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|style="text-align[https:center;"|[[andyroid]//trinityemulator.github.io/ Trinity]|stylealign="text-align:center;"left|{{Icon|Windows, Mac}}|style="text-align:center;"|[httphttps://andyroidgithub.netcom/ Official SiteTrinityEmulator/TrinityEmulator/releases git]|style="text-align:center;"{{~}}|✓{{~}}|style="text-align:center;"?|VirtualBox{{✓}} |style="text-align:center;"|Mid{{~}} |style="text-align:center;"|✓{{~}}
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|style="textAndroid Studio<br/><small>It's an IDE and it includes [https://developer.android.com/studio/intro/update#sdk-manager built-align:center;"|[[in Android x86]Emulator]</small>|stylealign="text-align:center;"left|{{Icon|Windows|Multi-platformLinux}}|style="text-align[https:center;"|//developer.android.com/studio/archive Beta and Canary builds]<br/>[httphttps://wwwdeveloper.android-x86.org com/studio/ 4.4-r50] (Official Site)|style="text-align:center;"|{{✓}}|style="text-align:center;"{{~}}|N/A?|style<span title="textSource-align:center;available"><sup>{{~}}</sup></span> |Low|style="text-align:center;"{{✓}} ||✗{{~}}
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[Anbox]]|stylealign="text-align:center;"left|{{Icon|Linux}}|style="text-align:center;"|[httphttps://docs.anbox.io/ Official Siteuserguide/install.html git]|style="text-align:center;"{{✗}}|✓{{✗}}|style="text-align:center;"?|Original{{✓}} |style="text-align:center;"|?{{✗}} |style="text-align:center;"|{{✗}}
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[Nox App PlayerBlueStacks]]|stylealign="text-align:center;"left|{{Icon|Windows|macOS}}|style="text[https://support.bluestacks.com/hc/en-us/sections/360012290292-Release-alignNotes {{BlueStacksVer}}]|{{~}}|{{~}}|[https:center;"|3//support.7bluestacks.com/hc/en-us/articles/4413818315789-Games-playable-on-different-Android-versions-on-BlueStacks-5.1?]|style="text-align:center;"{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||style{{✗}}<ref group=N2 name=Bloatware>These emulators are closed-source, and while they're distributed for free, their devs look for roundabout ways to monetize them. '''Since these emulators closed-source and comes with adware and bloatware applications, it's important to research the developers background before using them to ensure their trustworthiness and avoid potential privacy risks before using them'''. MuMu, LDPlayer, NoxPlayer and MEmu developed by the various Chinese software companies and BlueStacks App Player developed by American technology company called "text-align[https:center;//www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4928776 BlueStacks]". Despite data security regulations existing in various regions (e.g., [[Wikipedia:General_Data_Protection_Regulation|?GDPR]] in the "EU", [[Wikipedia:California_Consumer_Privacy_Act|style=CCPA]] in "California"text-align, and [[Wikipedia:center;Cybersecurity_Law_of_the_People's_Republic_of_China|Cybersecurity Law]] in "|High|style=PRC"), concerns regarding government surveillance in certain countries like the "PRC"textremain significant. Therefore, we recommend exercising caution when relying on closed-alignsource software developed within such jurisdictions. Make sure to check if there are pre-installed '''extra''' apps comes with these emulators and disable or uninstall them (e.g. BlueStacks X, BlueStacks Services etc.), monitor your internet traffic and processor activity to detect any abnormal activity and block domains accordingly if the need arises or use tools like '[https:center;"|✓//github.com/henrypp/simplewall simplewall]'. Also avoid giving sensitive account data as much as is possible due to potential security reasons. Besides basic safety, these precautions often make impacted emulators run faster and more responsive when the adware services and apps are turned off.</ref>
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!colspan|MuMu|align="7"left|{{Icon|AbandonedWindows|macOS}}|[https://mumu.163.com/global/download/en/index.html 1.1.0.2]<br /><small>[https://mumu.163.com 1.1.0.5 (v2.3.17) (Chinese Ver)]</small>|?|?|?|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}<ref group=N2 name=Bloatware></Discontinuedref>
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[ARC Welder]] (Google Chrome)LDPlayer|stylealign="text-align:center;"left|{{Icon|Windows, Mac, Linux, Chrome OS}}|style="text-align:center;"|[https://developeren.chromeldplayer.comnet/apps/getstarted_arc 504.50210.60250.03] (Official Site)|style="text-align:center;"?|✓?|style="text-align:center;"?|Original{{✗}} |style="text-align:center;"|Mid{{✓}} |style="text-align:center;"|{{✗}}<ref group=N2 name=Bloatware></ref>
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[Windroy]]NoxPlayer|stylealign="text-align:center;"left|{{Icon|Windows}}|style="text-align[https:center;"|1//www.bignox.com 7.0.2 (Discontinued).7]|style="text-align:center;"?|✓?|style="text-align:center;"?|Original{{✗}} |style="text-align:center;"|Low{{✓}} |style="text-align:center;"|{{✗}}<ref group=N2 name=Bloatware></ref>
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[Windroye]]MEmu|stylealign="text-align:center;"left|{{Icon|Windows}}|style="text-align[https:center;"|2//www.9memuplay.0 (Discontinued)com/ {{MEmuVer}}]|style="text-align:center;"?|?|✓?|style="text-align:center;"{{✗}} |VirtualBox|style="text-align:center;"{{✓}} |Mid|style{{✗}}<ref group=N2 name="text-align:center;"|?Bloatware></ref>
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[Shashlik]]|style="text-align:center;"|Linux|style="text-align:center;"|[http://www.shashlik.io 0.9.3] (Official Site)|style="text-align:center;"|✓|style="text-align:center;"|Original|style="text-align:center;"|Low|style! colspan="text-align:center;10"|✗ARM
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|style="text-align[https:center;"|[[Xamarin Android Player]//waydro.id/index.html Waydroid]|stylealign="text-align:center;"left|{{Icon|Windows, MacLinux}}|style="text-align[https://waydro.id/#install git]<br />[https:center;"//github.com/casualsnek/waydroid_script Extras script]|Discontinued{{✗}}|style="text-align:center;"|{{✗}}|style="text-align:center;"?|VirtualBox{{✓}} |style="text-align:center;"|?{{✓}} |style="text-align:center;"|✗{{~}}
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|style="text-align:center;"|Project Astoria[[Anbox]]|stylealign="text-align:center;"left|{{Icon|Windows 10 MobileLinux}}|style="text-align[https:center;"//docs.anbox.io/userguide/install.html git]|Discontinued{{✗}}|style="text-align:center;"|{{✗}}|style="text-align:center;"?|Original{{✓}} |style="text-align:center;"|Low{{✗}} |style="text-align:center;"|{{✗}}
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The VM column describes what backend technology the emulator uses. Emulators labeled with "VirtualBox" requires the user to install [https:<//www.virtualbox.org/ Oracle VM VirtualBox].div>
* '''Genymotion''' is an ==Android emulator with hardware-accelerated 3D graphics and USB host support, available for Windows, Mac and Linuxdistros ([[Recommended_Linux_distros#Android|. 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]])==<div style="overflow-commercial use license available. Except for payx:auto;width:100%">{| class="wikitable" style="text-toalign:center;width:100%"|-remove ! scope="col"|Name! scope="col"|Frontend! scope="free for personal usecol" watermark on the screen, paid builds add |Latest Version! scope="col"|[[#Hardware_features|Hardware features only useful for ]]! scope="col"|[[#Enhancements|Enhancements]]! scope="col"|Compatibility! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>! scope="col"|Active! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]|-! colspan="10"|x86|-|BlissOS|Android app developers-x86 fork<br/><small>includes 3 launchers: Taskbar, Quickstep and Smart Dock.</small>**Setting up the emulator itself is not too hard, but a bit of tinkering is required to add the Google Play store and |[httphttps://forumblissos.org/index.xdahtml#download 16.9.x]|{{~}}|{{~}}|?|{{?}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}|-|Berry OS|Based on Android-x86 and Bliss OS<br/><small>Mini Desktop launcher is pre-developersinstalled.com</showthread.php?t=2528952 ARM processor emulation] (what you need essentially here to play the commercial releases) as well as small>|[https://groups.googlegithub.com/dyui0/msgberry-os/genymotionreleases 2023-02-22]|{{?}}|{{?}}|?|{{?}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}|-|Android-usersx86|Trebuchet (KitKat version)|[https:/JpO8HR39PR0/NpSkrnsB8d8J Xbox 360 controller support]www.android-x86. Not nooborg 2022-friendly, but if you're experienced enough with 03-25]|{{~}}|{{~}}|?|{{✓}} ||{{~}}<abbr title="Development activity on Android to know your way around a rooted filesystem it shouldn't be too hard-x86 has significantly slowed down.">*</abbr> ||{{✗}}|}
* '''Bluestacks''' is 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 apks.<references group=N2 />
* ===Comparisons===;Genymotion:A closed-source Android emulator with lots of [[#Hardware_features|hardware features]], available for Windows, macOS, and Linux. It's not designed for gaming, but [https://support.genymotion.com/hc/en-us/articles/360003059737-Can-I-play-games-with-Genymotion it has decent software compatibility]. It's a commercial product though, aimed at software developers and QA teams and you'MEmu''' is a ll need to create an account and download the free non-commercial use license. Except for the pay-to-remove "free for personal use" watermark on the screen, paid builds add features only useful for Android emulator with very good accuracyapp developers. Unlike other closed-source emulators, sometimes outperforming BluestacksGenymotion avoids pre-installing unnecessary apps.
* ;Google Play Games:Not to be confused with the [[Preservation_projects#Private_Platform_Servers|service of the same name]], Google Play Games is a PC application that lets you browse, download, and play '''Droid4xselect mobile games''' has good accuracy but forcefully uninstalls VirtualBox, so it cannot co-exist with Genymotion and Xamarinon a Windows desktop or laptop. Use developer build if you want more [[#Hardware_features|hardware feature]] support. It's Google Play Games is not recommended because it will install hidden background services (xunleiyet available for Mac.exeCurrently, and Thunderonly bunch of games are available for beta version but Google adding games on a regular basis.<ref>[https://play.google.exe, both by the Chinese company which developed Droid4x) com/googleplaygames#section-faqs Google Play Games FAQ]</ref>[[File:Android Studio built-in the background seeding Chinese torrents constantly and they are a pain to uninstall or deactivate (emulator device skin demonstration.jpeg|thumb|298px|Android Studio built-in case you've already fallen for itemulator device skin demonstration, use Revo Uninstaller).see [[#Enhancements]]]]
* '''andyroid''' works too, though the company behind it did adware before previously.;Trinity**Just like Genymotion, Andyroid also use VirtualBox, but with a twist: if it detects an installed virtualbox during installationOpen source Android emulator, '''it will delete aims for high [https://youtu.be/tfq4MsxaHZw?t=855 performance] and it's even faster than Google Play Games emulator. See [https://github.com/TrinityEmulator/TrinityEmulator#2-detailed-instructions Guest OS image installation guide] for installation. Also see [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfq4MsxaHZw OSDI '' and will refuse to work22 - Trinity: High-Performance Mobile Emulation through Graphics Projection] presentation for more information. Beware!
* ;Android Studio:Android Studio is an IDE software based on JetBrains'''DuOS''', not to be confused IntelliJ IDEA. It has built-in Android emulator with a [httphttps://dsdeveloper.android.com/studio/run/managing-avds AVD (Android Virtual Device) configuration manager]. While its built-duosin emulator (which is literally called as [https://developer.blogspotandroid.com/ similarly-named Nintendo DS studio/run/emulator"Android Emulator"] by Roor) may not be the fastest or software compatible (supports lots of OS image though), is Android Studio shines as a relative newcomer to the developer's toolkit, offering seamless integration with coding, debugging, and testing tools for Android smartphones, [[Smart_TV_emulators#Android_TV.2FGoogle_TV|Android emulation marketTVs]], made by American Megatrends i[https://developer.eandroid.com/wear Wear OS] and other Android ecosystem hardware. the very same people behind the BIOS[https://UEFI firmware your PC may be usingwww.youtube. Emulation is modest at bestcom/watch?v=K1TTzkToDyE Recent updates brings new UI] aims to reduce complexity, provide easier access to essential features etc. It has built-in plugin manager which you can get Genymotion plugin for further enhance its emulation capabilities. Also you can use [https://developer.android.com/games/playgames/pg-emulator#debug adb to debugging with games developer version of "Google Play Games" emulator]. Supports lots of [[#Hardware features]] and apps such as [[DraStic#Enhancements]] struggling on lower. See release notes for [https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/emulator built-end hardwarein "Android Emulator"] and [https://androidstudio.googleblog. And to top it all off, it ain't free eithercom/ Android Studio] for more information.
* '''Google Chrome''' can open apk files using the ARC Welder extension, though their emulation on PC is average at best;Waydroid and Anbox:These are hypervisor-based containers. Here's They run an Android OS image inside a [http://docscontainer.googleIt is a similar approach to WSA and Google Play Games.comThey work completely differently from Wine/spreadsheets/d/1iIbxaftAu_ho5rv9fUlXSLTzwU6MbKOldsWXyrYiyo8/edit#gid=0 Proton [[compatibility listlayers] and ], which translate API calls, without a [https://www.reddit.com/r/chromeapks dedicated subreddit]hypervisor. Google has announced [http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/05/the-play-store-comes-Anbox is a project that aims to-chrome-os-but-not-the-way-we-were-expecting/ Play Store for Chrome OS], but it works run Android applications on a different "container" technology that Ubuntu distributions. It is embed in alpha state and only known to the Chrome OS. In addition, Google will [http://blogwork on Ubuntu 16.chromium04.org/2016/08/from-chrome-apps-Anbox requires custom kernel modules to-web.html discontinue Google Chrome apps on PC]run because, unlike other emulators which emulate the whole Linux kernel, so any major updates to ARC Welder for PC is unlikelythis one uses the host system's Linux kernel directly.
* '''Windroy''' (without the 'e' suffix) is ;BlueStacks:A commercial software with a fast Android emulator that does not rely on VirtualBox or any similar technologydecent compatibility and performance. It isn't accurate thoughhas lots of [[#Enhancements|enhancement]] and [[#Hardware_features|hardware feature]] support. While Google Play store Newer versions bundled with "BlueStacks X" software and "BlueStacks services" which you can be installed with some tinkeringuninstall it afterwards, not many games can be installed and you need to uninstall these during each update session unfortunately (due to BlueStacks Player do not faking device namesneed these apps) and will spawn multiple harmless-yet-annoying app_process.exe crashes. Official site is down since July 2016, so any updates are unlikelyIt includes Google Apps by default.
* '''Windroye''' (with the 'e' suffix) rely on VirtualBox, but still offers better performance than Bluestacks;MuMu Player:Another closed-source Android emulator. There are three versions of MuMu available:;MuMu Player 6::This version of MuMu uses Android 6. The Play Store 0 Marshmallow:;MuMu Player X::This one is installed by default based on Android 12 Snow Cone and has no stability issues found from classic Windroy. [httpsmay have more compatibility with games:;MuMu Nebula:://wwwThis version runs Android 7.reddit.com/r/ClashOfClans/comments/31lklr/misc_windroye_for_pcfaster_than_bluestacks_262_mb/ A related Reddit topic can be found here.]0 Nougat and is more suitable for low-end computers
* '''Android x86''' is a open;MEmu:Another closed-source project that aims to port Android operating system to x86-based netbooks. While it can be run on virtual machines like VirtualBox, it does not have 3D graphics emulation emulator and cannot run most games. Genymotion is (or at least used to be) a closed-source fork of Android x86, designed exclusively to be run on VirtualBoxalso with good compatibility.
* '''Anbox''' is a project that aims to run ;LDPlayer:Another closed-source Android applications on Ubuntu distributions. Currently it is on alpha state emulator and only known to work on Ubuntu 16.04also with good compatibility. Anbox requires custom kernel modules to run because unlike other emulators which emulates the whole Linux kernelWhen testing games alongside Nox, this one uses the host system's Linux kernel directlyLDPlayer shows better performance/compatibility with games.
* ==Hardware features==''These are Android operating system features. This list only includes hardware features that can be possible to emulated through software or will be possible in the near future. Including everything would result in an endless list.'Shashlik'<div style="overflow-x:auto;width:100%">{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;width:100%"|- style="font-weight:bold;"! colspan=2 | Name! Genymotion[https://docs.genymotion.com/desktop/04_Emulating_sensors_and_features/]! Bluestacks! Google Play Games! Trinity! WSA! Android Studio! [[Recommended_Linux_distros#Android|BlissOS]]! [[Recommended_Linux_distros#Android|Android-x86]]|-| colspan=2 | [[Wikipedia:Android_(operating_system)#Home_screen|Home screen]]<br/><small>This shouldn't be confused with emulator frontend/GUI.</small>| {{✓}}| {{✗}}| {{?}}<ref group=N4>[https://developer.android.com/games/playgames/pg-emulator#navigation Exclusive to developer builds] and [https://old.reddit.com/r/GalaxyTab/comments/mt5ekb/in_android_12_google_is_all_about_tablets_again/ it's looking similar to Android 12 tablet home menu launcher] ([https://youtu.be/2KEaPQpfzkQ?t=408 Demonstration]). It's unclear whether this app directly emulates the native home screen or provides an alternative UI/UX with limited features.</ref>| {{✓}}| {{✗}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}|-| colspan=2 | [https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/views/touch-and-input/game-controllers Game controllers]| {{✓}}| {{✓}}[https://support.bluestacks.com/hc/en-us/articles/4405061625485 *]| {{✓}}[https://blog.google/products/google-play/google-play-games-beta-october-2023-update/ *]| {{N}}[https://github.com/TrinityEmulator/TrinityEmulator/issues/3 *]| {{✓}}[https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/android/wsa/release-notes#build-22084000040 *]| {{?}}| {{✓}}[https://tested.blissos.org/hardware/inputs/gamepad/ *]| {{?}}|-| colspan=2 | [https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/views/touch-and-input/keyboard-input Keyboard input]| {{?}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}[https://youtu.be/2KEaPQpfzkQ?t=153 *]| {{✓}}| {{?}}| {{✓}}| {{?}}| {{?}}|-| colspan=2 | [https://developer.android.com/games/playgames/input-mouse Mouse input]| {{✓}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}[https://youtu.be/2KEaPQpfzkQ?t=153 *]| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}|-| colspan=2 | [https://developer.android.com/jetpack/compose/touch-input/pointer-input/multi-touch Multi-touch]| {{✓}}[https://docs.genymotion.com/desktop/03_Virtual_devices/#touchscreen]| {{✓}}[https://www.bluestacks.com/multi-touch.html][https://www.bluestacks.com/blog/bluestacks-exclusives/bluestacks-multi-touch-support-en.html]| {{?}}[https://support.google.com/googleplay/thread/249633800/lack-of-multi-touch-support-on-play-games-beta?hl=en]| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}|-| colspan=2 | [https://developer.android.com/media/camera/camerax Camera]| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{Y}}| {{?}}| {{?}}|-| colspan=2 | [https://developer.android.com/develop/connectivity/usb USB and USB passthrough]| {{✓}}| {{N}}[https://old.reddit.com/r/BlueStacks/comments/z54s8p/usb_devices_in_bluestacks/iy2gtgb/ *]| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{Y}}| {{?}}| {{?}}|-| colspan=2 | [https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/views/notifications Notifications]| {{✓}}| {{✓}}| {{~}}[https://developer.android.com/games/playgames/faq#q_can_we_use_push_notifications_for_google_play_games *]| {{✓}}| {{✓}}[https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/android/wsa/release-notes#build-220440000190 *]| {{✓}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}|-| colspan=2 | [https://developer.android.com/studio/run/emulator-install-add-files Sideloading/Installing]| {{?}}| {{✓}}<ref group=N4>If you're using latest version of BlueStacks you' is ll need to install a project by KDE that aims file manager to copy game cache when loading your own .apk files, or simply use .xapk containers.</ref>| {{~}}<ref group=N4>Exclusive to developer builds, [https://youtu.be/2KEaPQpfzkQ?t=280 Demonstration]. For using sideloading in the developer builds you need to use adb install "AppName.apk" command in the Command Prompt.</ref>| {{✓}}<ref group=N4>[https://github.com/TrinityEmulator/TrinityEmulator/wiki/Advanced-Usages#adb-connection Use adb to connect] then use adb install command.</ref>| {{~}}[https://github.com/Simizfo/WSATools#requisites *]| {{✓}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}|-| colspan=2 | [https://developer.android.com/develop/connectivity/wifi/wifi-scan Wi-Fi]| {{✓}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}[https://developer.android.com/studio/run/emulator-wifi *]| {{✓}}| {{✓}}|-| colspan=2 | [https://developer.android.com/reference/android/location/Location Location]| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{✓}}[https://developer.android.com/studio/run/emulator-extended-controls *]| {{?}}| {{?}}|-| colspan=2 | [https://developer.android.com/develop/connectivity/bluetooth Bluetooth]| {{?}}| {{N}}[https://support.bluestacks.com/hc/en-us/articles/360061235612-Bluetooth-support-on-BlueStacks-5 *]| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{N}}[https://xdaforums.com/t/looking-wsa-for-windows-11-where-bluetooth-also-works.4610551/post-88829045 *]| {{Y}}[https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22604305/how-to -use-android-emulator-for-testing-bluetooth-application *]| {{✓}}[https://tested.blissos.org/hardware/connectivity/bluetooth/ *]| {{?}}|-| colspan=2 | [https://developer.android.com/develop/sensors-and-location/sensors/sensors_motion Motion sensors]| {{?}}| {{Y}}[https://support.bluestacks.com/hc/en-us/articles/360058638032-Advanced-settings-for-key-controls-in-BlueStacks-5-#%E2%80%9C9%E2%80%9D *]| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{Y}}[https://developer.android.com/studio/run /emulator-extended-controls *]| {{?}}| {{?}}|-| rowspan=2 | Connectivity| [[Preservation_projects#Private_Platform_Servers|Google Play Games]]<br/>[[Preservation_projects#Private_Platform_Servers|Google Play Services]]<br/><small>Achievements, Challenges, Leaderboards etc.</small>| {{?}}| {{Y}}[https://support.bluestacks.com/hc/en-us/articles/360059697231-How-to-log-in-to-Google-Play-Store-on-BlueStacks-5 *]| {{Y}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{✓}}| {{?}}| {{?}}[https://groups.google.com/g/android-x86/c/BGVX_bwpibA *]|-| [[Wikipedia:Google_Cloud_Messaging|Google Cloud Messaging (GCM)]]| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}|-! colspan=9 | [[Wikipedia:Android_version_history|OS version]]|-| colspan=2 | [[Wikipedia:Android_version_history#Android_4.4_KitKat|KitKat]] (API 19)<br/><small>Supporting [[Wikipedia:Android_version_history#Android_4.4_KitKat|Android 4.4 (KitKat)]] is crucial for emulators due to compatibility and [[Preservation_projects|preservation]] reasons.<br/> Older applications and games often rely on Linux using KDE5 the "[[Wikipedia:Dalvik_(software)|Dalvik]]", which isn't present in newer versions and there could be '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20141215220606/http://www.androidruntime.com:80/list compatibility issues]'''.<br/>Android 5.0 (Lollipop)(API 21) introduced the "[[Wikipedia:Android_Runtime|Android RunTime]]" (ART), [[Wikipedia:Android_Runtime#History|replacing "Dalvik" entirely]].<br/>Having said that ART is mostly backwards compatible with Dalvik. See these sources for more information: [https://xdaforums.com/t/explained-art-runtime-in-android-4-4-kitkat.2622098/ 1], [https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/difference-between-dalvik-and-art-in-android/ 2], [https://developer.android.com/guide/practices/verifying-apps-art 3].</small>| {{N}}<ref group=N4 name=GenymotionOSsupport>[https://support.genymotion.com/hc/en-us/articles/9511224511901-Which-Android-versions-are-available Genymotion: Which Android versions are available?], Since September 2022, Genymotion no longer provide Android 4.4 and below images, see[https://support.genymotion.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002708018-I-can-t-find-Android-4-4-and Qt5 technology-below this page]. The project </ref>| {{N}}<ref group=N4>You need to use [[Wikipedia:BlueStacks#BlueStacks_3|BlueStacks 3 version]] (not 3N), because it is infancy state the latest version supports KitKat.</ref>| {{N}}| {{N}}| {{N}}| {{Y}}| {{N}}<ref group=N4 name=BlissOSsupport>[https://blissos.org/index.html#download BlissOS OS support].</ref>| {{Y}}<ref group=N4 name=Androidx86OSsupport>KitKat and Nougat supported with [https://sourceforge.net/projects/android-x86/files/ Android-x86].</ref>|-| colspan=2 | [[Wikipedia:Android_version_history#Android_7.1_Nougat|7.1 Nougat]] (API 25)<br/><small>New JIT Compiler, making for 75 percent faster app installations and only known a 50 percent reduction in compiled code size.<br/>JIT compiler with code profiling to ART, which lets it constantly improve the performance of Android apps as they run .<br/>Vulkan 3D rendering API support.</small>| {{Y}}<ref group=N4 name=GenymotionOSsupport></ref>| {{Y}}<ref group=N4 name=BluestacksOSsupport>[https://support.bluestacks.com/hc/en-us/articles/360058931031-How-to-utilize-the-different-Android-versions-available-on latest Kubuntu -BlueStacks-5#%E2%80%9C1%E2%80%9D Which Android versionsare available on BlueStacks?]. It currently lacks ARM processor emulation</ref>| {{N}}| {{N}}| {{N}}| {{Y}}| {{N}}<ref group=N4 name=BlissOSsupport></ref>| {{Y}}<ref group=N4 name=Androidx86OSsupport></ref>|-| colspan=2 | [[Wikipedia:Android_version_history#Android_12|Snow Cone]] (API 31)<br/><small>Android Runtime (ART) module added to the updatable core OS components via Google Play, so not many games will runadded functionality to existing modules. </small>| {{Y}}<ref group=N4 name=GenymotionOSsupport></ref>| {{N}}<ref group=N4 name=BluestacksOSsupport></ref>| {{Y}}| {{N}}<abbr title="It uses android-x86 9.0 64bit">*</abbr>| {{N}}| {{Y}}| {{Y}}<ref group=N4 name=BlissOSsupport></ref>| {{N}}<ref group=N4 name=Androidx86OSsupport></ref>|-! colspan=10 | [https://developer.android.com/ndk/guides/abis Supported ABIs]|-| colspan=2 | [https://web.archive.org/web/20180507120451/https://developer.android.com/ndk/guides/abis#sa armeabi]| colspan=8 | armeabi and MIPS support deprecated in [[Compatibility layer|libndk translation layer]] version r16 and [https://android.googlesource.com/platform/ndk/+/master/docs/Roadmap.md#ndk-r17 removed in r17].<br/>But [[Compatibility layer|libhoudini translation layer]] still supports it?|-| colspan=2 | [https://developer.android.com/ndk/guides/abis#v7a armeabi-v7a]<br/><small>Supporting armeabi-v7a ABI is however known crucial for emulators due to play compatibility and [[Preservation_projects|preservation]] reasons.<br/> Older applications and games often rely on the [[Wikipedia:ARM_architecture_family|ARM 32-bit (Cortex)]] architecture, which isn't used in newer hardware.</small>|?|{{Y}}<ref group=N4 name=BlueStacksABI>[https://wwwsupport.youtubebluestacks.com/watchhc/en-us/articles/360058929011-What-is-Application-Binary-Interface-ABI-in-BlueStacks-5 What is Application Binary Interface (ABI) in BlueStacks 5 ]</ref>|?|?v|?|{{Y}}|?|?|-| colspan=9SC6c_ih_Ac Flappy Bird2 | [https://developer.android.com/ndk/guides/abis#arm64-v8a arm64-v8a] and can show |?|{{Y}}<ref group=N4 name=BlueStacksABI></ref>|{{Y}}<ref group=N4 name=GooglePlayGamesABI>[https://wwwdeveloper.youtubeandroid.com/watchgames/playgames/start#playbility-architecture Google Play Games ABI Architecture support].</ref>|?|?|{{Y}}|?|?v|-| colspan=ju_R8ftiIp4 Spotify's login screen2 | [https://developer.android.com/ndk/guides/abis#x86 x86]|?|{{Y}}<ref group=N4 name=BlueStacksABI></ref>|{{Y}}<ref group=N4 name=GooglePlayGamesABI></ref>|?|?|{{Y}}|?|?|-| colspan=2 | [https://developer. It uses modified android.com/ndk/guides/abis#86-64 x86_64]|?|{{Y}}<ref group=N4 name=BlueStacksABI></ref>|{{Y}}<ref group=N4 name=GooglePlayGamesABI></ref>|{{Y}}|?|{{Y}}[https://developer.android.com/games/optimize/64-bit#64-bit-emulator *]|?|?|-! colspan=10 | [Qemuhttps://developer.android.com/develop/ui/views/graphics/opengl/about-opengl Supported APIs]|-| colspan=2 | [https://registry.khronos.org/OpenGL/index_es.php#specs11 OpenGL ES 1.x] <br/><small>Supporting OpenGL ES 1.x is crucial for emulators due to emulate compatibility and [[Preservation_projects|preservation]] reasons.</small>|?|?|?|?|?|{{Y}}|?|?|-| colspan=2 | [https://registry.khronos.org/OpenGL/index_es.php#specs31 OpenGL ES 3.x]<br/><small>The OpenGL ES 3.x APIs is backwards-compatible with the 2.x APIs which is crucial for emulators due to compatibility and [[Preservation_projects|preservation]] reasons.</small>|?|?|?|{{Y}}[https://youtu.be/tfq4MsxaHZw?t=923 *]|?|{{Y}}|?|?|-| colspan=2 | [https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/#apispecs Vulkan 1.3]<br/><small>See [https://developer.android.com/ndk/guides/graphics/android-baseline-profile Android Baseline 2022 profile] and also see [https://source.android.com/docs/core/graphics/implement-vulkan#versions Vulkan API versions for several Android operating systemreleases]. Last major update was March 2016 and seems abandoned<br/>Vulkan releases are backward compatible with each other.|?|?|?|?|?|?|?|?|}</div><references group=N4/>
==Enhancements==<div style="overflow-x:auto;width:100%">{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;width:100%"|- style="font-weight:bold;"! colspan=2 | Name! Genymotion! Bluestacks! Google Play Games! Trinity! WSA! Android Studio! [[Recommended_linux_distros#Emulation_focused|BlissOS]]! [[Recommended_linux_distros#Emulation_focused|Android-x86]]|-|rowspan=6 | Post-Processing| [[Shader_Presets|Shader Chain]]| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}|-| [[Shaders_and_filters|Filters]]| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{~}}<ref group=N3>Android Studio emulator [https://developer.android.com/studio/run/managing-avds#skins supports lots of device frame and custom skin] (similar to libretro overlay/bezels). You can get additional skins from various sources (e.g. [https://github.com/mingchen/android-emulator-skins mingchen's Android Emulator Skins], [https://sourceforge.net/projects/android-emulator-skins/files/ CREAL's AVD skins]), also you can use buttons on these device frames.</ref>| {{✗}}| {{✗}}|-|[[Shaders_and_filters#AI-powered filters|AI-powered filter compatible]]<br/><small>([https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/gfecnt/nvidia-freestyle-ansel-enhancements-geforce-experience-article/ Freestyle])</small>| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}|-| [[Wikipedia:Category:Anti-aliasing_algorithms|Post-rendering AA]]<br/><small>(FXAA, TXAA and MLAA/SMAA)</small>| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}|-| [[Wikipedia:Comparison_gallery_of_image_scaling_algorithms|Post-rendering scaling]]<br/><small>(Sharp bilinear, Lanczos and [[Wikipedia:GPUOpen#FidelityFX_Super_Resolution|FSR 1]])</small>| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}|-|[[High_dynamic_range#Inverse_tone_mapping|Inverse tone mapping compatible]]| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}|-| rowspan=5 | [https://tasvideos.org/Emulatorresources/Features TAS features]| [[Wikipedia:Macro_(computer_science)|Macros/Scripts]]/[https://tasvideos.org/LuaScripting Lua]| {{?}}| {{Y}}[https://www.bluestacks.com/features/macros.html *]| {{?}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}|-| Rewind| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}|-| Fast-Forward/Turbo Speed| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}|-| Savestates| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}|-| [https://tasvideos.org/Movies Movie recording/playback]| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}|-| rowspan=10 | Quality of life| [[Save_disk_space_for_ISOs#PlayStation_1|Streamable compression format]]| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}|-| Per-Game Profiles| {{?}}| {{Y}}[https://support.bluestacks.com/hc/en-us/articles/360055522292-How-to-use-the-Game-controls-menu-on-BlueStacks-5 *]| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}|-| Command Line Options| {{?}}| {{Y}}[https://old.reddit.com/r/BlueStacks/comments/163yg7p/command_line_options/ *]| {{?}}| {{Y}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}|-| On-Screen Display<br/><small>Showcases messages, controller input state which is useful for speedrunners, performance data, active settings, and various notifications.</small>| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}|-| Built-in On-Screen Control<br/><small>Simulating touch input on display via keyboard or gamepad. This QoL enhancement is crucial for lots of touch input exclusive games.<br/>Also you can use third party apps such as [https://github.com/Shyri/TouchMapper TouchMapper] for this.</small>| {{?}}| {{Y}}[https://support.bluestacks.com/hc/en-us/articles/360058928871 *]| {{?}}| {{N}}| {{?}}[https://old.reddit.com/r/WSA/comments/z62m2v/how_do_i_remap_key_to_screen_presses_for_gaming/ *]| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}|-| [[Compatibility_layer|Built-in translation layer]]| {{✗}}<ref group=N3>You need to manually install libhoudini translation layer on guest system for Genymotion. See [[Compatibility layer]] page.</ref>| {{✓}}| {{✓}}[https://developer.android.com/games/playgames/start#playbility-architecture * ]| {{✓}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{Y}}<ref group=N3>BlissOS supports out-of-package translation layer [https://blissos.org/ (See 'Bliss OS Variations->Native-bridge''Xamarin section)]. Also see [https://docs.blissos.org/knowledgebase/frequently-asked-questions/hardware-compatibility this page].</ref>| {{~}}<ref group=N3>libhoudini is not bundled with Android Player-x86, there''' was s a newcomer script under /system/bin named "enable_houdini" which tries to the Android emulation marketdownload it and install from two different urls. Not much So, if these sources are offline, manual installation is known about necessary. See [https://groups.google.com/g/android-x86/c/tXyfFZ7xeTw this because it required a minimum of $25page] for more information.</ref>|-| [[Hypervisors|Built-in VM]]| {{~}}<ref group=N3>Exclusive to "with VirtualBox" builds.</ref>| {{Y}}<br/><small>Multiple<ref group=N3>BlueStacks uses QEMU (before v2.5), VirtualBox (after v2.5). Also as mentioned in "Before diving in" section, BlueStacks '''supports''' Hyper-V if you are using BlueStacks v4 Hyper-V builds or v5.20+ versions.</ref>| {{Y}}<br/><small>Hyper-V</small>| {{Y}}<br/><small>[https://github.com/TrinityEmulator/TrinityEmulator#4-code-organization QEMU 5.0]<ref group=N3>Also supports Hyper-V and obsolete HAXM for hardware acceleration.</ref>| {{Y}}<br/><small>Hyper-V</small>| {{Y}}<br/><small>[https://developer.android.com/studio/intro/update#recommended QEMU]<ref group=N3>Also supports [https://month subscription of main Xamarin productsdeveloper.android. The main Xamarin products were com/studio/run/emulator-acceleration#vm-windows-aehd AEHD], [https://blogdeveloper.xamarinandroid.com/xamarinstudio/run/emulator-acceleration#choose-windows-hypervisor WHPX forWindows] and [https://developer.android.com/studio/run/emulator-all made available acceleration#vm-linux KVM for Linux] for hardware acceleration.</ref></small>| {{✗}}| {{✗}}|-| File Sharing<br/><small>Similar to "Shared Folder" enhancement for [[Hypervisors#Type_2_hypervisors|Type-2 hypervisors]].</small>| {{?}}| {{~}}<ref group=N3>Only for freemedia type files, it supports [https://support.bluestacks.com/hc/en-us/articles/360055684992-How-to-use-the-Media-Manager-on-BlueStacks-5 media file sharing via Media Manager].</ref>| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}|-| Big Picture Mode| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{N}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}|-| Multiple instances and instance manager| {{?}}| {{Y}}[https://www.bluestacks.com/features/multi-instance.html 1] after [https://support.bluestacks.com/hc/en-us/articles/360052834092-How-to-create-and-manage-instances-using-the purchase by Microsoft-Multi-instance-Manager-on-BlueStacks-5 2]| {{N}}[https://youtu.be/2KEaPQpfzkQ?t=422 *]| {{N}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}|-| rowspan=2 | Misc| [[Wikipedia:Variable_refresh_rate|Variable Refresh Rate compatible]]| {{?}}| {{N}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}|-| Debug features</br><small>adb support, but Xamarin Android Player was discontinued[https://developer.android.com/agi AGI support], integration with IDE etc.</small>| {{?}}| {{~}}[https://support.bluestacks.com/hc/en-us/articles/360053245871-How-to-use-the-BlueStacks-5-Settings-menu#%E2%80%9C6%E2%80%9D *]| {{Y}}[https://developer.android.com/games/playgames/pg-emulator *]| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{Y}}| {{?}}| {{?}}|}</div><references group=N3/> ==PlayStation Mobile=={{Main|PlayStation_Mobile}}
* ==Android consoles==Because it's possible to fork and create your own Android-based OS, many developers have used Android to power their own commercial consoles. However, as mentioned before, just because it uses Android as a base does not mean they will all work correctly on a standard Android emulator, as they may require specific hardware setup, extra non-standard APIs or frameworks provided by the OS of the console, or extra authentication that relies on the services bundled with the console. ''Project Astoria'Note: [[Smart_TV_emulators|Smart TVs and smart TV boxes/digital media players/media boxes]] (e.g. ChromeCast with Google TV, Amazon Fire TV) are not consoles, despite some of them are able to run video games. The distinction is simple: If a device is not designed with gaming as its sole or main purpose, then it's not an Android console. Please do not add [[Home_Media_Player|Home media players]] or general Android devices that can play video games, such as [[Smart_TV_emulators|Smart TVs and smart TV boxes/digital media players/media boxes]] etc. to this section.' was a Microsoft''<div style="overflow-x:auto;width:100%">{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;width:100%"! scope="col"|Name! scope="col"|[[MAME]] support! scope="col"|ROMs! scope="col"|Description|-|Atlantis Land Kora|None|None||-developed Android emulator for Windows 10 Mobile included in several insider previews. It could run |[https://www.redditclementoni.com/rit-en/windowsphone16612-clemstation-60/commentsClemstation 6.0]|None|None|Released in 2018 by Clementoni, the Clemstation is a "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's unknown how games will be made for it and when it will be discontinued. Information on how many units have been sold so far has not been released to the public. |-|Diyomate X18|None|None||-|flarePlay|None|None||-|Fuze Tomahawk F1|None|None|A Chinese console with Nvidia Tegra SoC, similar to Nvidia Shield. Has some heavy-hitting exclusive Android titles such as ''Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1'' and ''Dynasty Warriors 8'', but eventually flopped.|-|GPD Mars Gamebox|None|None||-|[[XD/3gaoctXD+|GPD XD /android_apps_that_work_on_win10_right_now/ a few applicaionsXD+]]|None|None|A foldable handheld console manufactured by Gamepad Digital (GPD).|-|LeapFrog Epic|None|None||-|LC Smart Pandora TV Box|None|None||-|Lexibook LexiBox TV|None|None||-|Lexibook Playdroid|None|None||-|Mad Catz Mojo|None|None||-|MeLE X8|None|None||-|My Clem Box|None|None|Released in 2018 by Italian toy company Clementoni and sold exclusively in Italy, though apps required Google Play Services did My Clem Box is an educational console with Wii-like motion controls. Because it's still being sold, it's unknown how games will be made for it and when it will be discontinued. Information on how many units have been sold so far has not run or had issuesbeen released to the public. This project was reportedly |-|[httphttps://www.windowscentraltakaratomy.comco.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 use a custom version of Android. Because it's still being sold, it's unknown how games will be made for it and when it will be discontinued. Information on how many units have been sold so far has not been released to the public. |-|Nvidia Shield TV|None|None|A console/microsoftsmedia box hybrid manufactured by Nvidia. 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==General Emulation issues==
===Lack of Release Notes and Update History information===
While some emulators such as Genymotion do have version history on their website, most other emulators do not have such history pages, making it difficult to track updates as well as regressions.
===Emulator Conflict=GM Android-based==Many emulators, such as Droid4x, andyroid, Genymotion and Xamarin cannot coSome General Motors cars are equipped with an in-exist on the same machine because they will uninstall each other. This can be a problem if one game runs only on one of these emulators but the other games do not work car entertainment system running on itAndroid.
===Google-related Libraries===Likely due to licensing issues, most Android emulators do not come with Google-related applications and related libraries preinstalled (Google Play Store, Play Services, Play Games client, etc) and requires the user to manually install them[https://developer.gm. Many games verify the existence of Googlecom/app-related components at the start and refuse to work if some or any of them are missinggallery App Gallery].
==Emulation issues===ARM Applications==Google apps===Most 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 games are developed and published only product). Custom ROMs for real Android devices with ARM CPUs such as most smartphones on Android 4 and tablets. However, earlier used to bundle the PCs we regularly use contain x86 CPUsGoogle Play Store, so these games cannot directly runbut this changed with newer versions. Some emulators like Bluestacks have ARM emulation by default, and in some others like Genymotion it The new method is possible to install ARM emulator manuallya custom ROM and then install "GApps" through another service like [https://opengapps. The ARM emulator requires Intel CPUs to work correctly and not guaranteed to work with all gamesorg/ the Open GApps Project].
===Games with root/Custom ROMs/Emulator DetectionArchitectural differences===Many commercial games refuse to run if the device is "rooted" (hacked to allow access to deep portion of often optimize and compile specifically for ARM processors, which prevents them from being executable on x86 CPUs, even when using a project like Android OS) in order to reduce cheating and pirating-x86. If the emulator is rooted Some emulators, like BlueStacks, have ARM translation layer by default; in others, like Genymotion, it must be unrooted is possible to install an ARM translation layer manually before the game can be played. See [[#Hardware features]] supported ABI section and [[#Enhancements]] built-in translation layer section for more information.
Some games are very aggressive that they detect Custom ROMs (unofficial firmware) or Android ===Conflict===Many emulators (like the ones listed in this page) by variety of ways like checking the existence to uninstall each other for some reason. Droid4x, Andyroid, Genymotion, and absence of system files in order to prevent Xamarin cannot co-exist on the same machine without modifying their installers, which can be a problem if one game from running in any unauthorized environments. These games are very difficult or plain impossible to play works on only one of these emulators without resorting to cracked versions of the but other gamesdo not. Solutions existAlso keep in mind that you should turn off Hyper-V windows feature if [[Hypervisors|Type-2 hypervisor]] used for emulator backend due to [[Hypervisors#Hyper-V_feature_conflict_issue|conflict issue]], although some emulators like using MagiskSU (bundled with the Magisk flashable zip) and hiding root on anything Google Play related or installed apps that check BlueStacks provide special Hyper-V build for itthis.
==Emulator Specific Issues=====BlueStacksAntitamper protection===* '''Bluestacks 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 downloading apps Magisk, which installs itself in the background automatically:''' bootloader instead of the system partition, which makes it harder to detect.
Bluestacks downloads tons Some games take more aggressive measures to detect the presence of data Custom ROMs (hundreds of MBs dailyunofficial firmware) if left unattended. The default launcher installed within is to blame for or Android emulators (like the ones listed on this. Go to Settingspage) in a variety of ways, Apps, Running and select such as checking for the Gamepop-Home app service and force stop its activity. Get another replacement launcher, like existence or absence of system files in order to prevent the Nova Launcher, and install itgame from running in any unverified environments. You may also want These games are very difficult or plain impossible to play on emulators without resorting to remove other useless apps installed by default (though cracked versions of the Google Play services might be required by some games).
This step alone makes Bluestacks uses ===Android-based Operating Systems===There are many [[wikipedia:Fork_(software_development)|forks]] of Android; some of these go beyond a custom UI and are instead entirely new OSes that use the Android code in addition to writing their own code, such as Amazon's Fire OS; in some cases these come as compatibility layers on top of an otherwise unrelated OS, such as Windows Subsystem for Android. Depending on how much less RAM (and internet bandwidthwhat) new code, with tangible performance gains features, and APIs were added, will determine the effects they will have on Android emulation but if one thing is for the emulated appssure, these forks are (most likely) going to cause some emulation issues.
===Emulator Specific Issues===
====BlueStacks====
* '''Can't root the device:'''
The latest Kingroot's .apk will do the job when loaded inside BluestacksBlueStacks. It's that simple.
Alternatively, you could use Universal Bluestacks [[BlueStacks]] Rooting Software on an existing Bluestacks BlueStacks installation. Before opening it, go to the folder where Bluestacks BlueStacks is installed under Program Files, and run "HD-Quit.exe" once.
Then, from the extracted "Bluestacks BlueStacks RootEZ 32_64", open as administrator "Bluestacks 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 the 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.
 
* '''Setting resolution in VMWare'''
 
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)
 
====KMRE====
* '''Installing third-party apks'''
Installing third-party apks requires a dedicated installer <code>kmre-apk-installer</code>. It could be acquired by command <code>sudo apt update && sudo apt install kmre-apk-installer</code>.
 
Notice that KMRE is still not designed with third-party apps in mind. Installing third-party apps may result in abnormal behaviors of KMRE such as unable to start & stop itself on demand due to clogged-up background processes of third-party apps.
 
Installing apks inside KMRE is specifically filtered out unless the application running is upgrading itself.
 
* '''Receiving a notice that the mobile environment is not running while trying to install third-party apps'''
Go to app store - mobile apps to trigger the startup process of KMRE. You can see a startup notice in the bottom right corner on the desktop while it's starting up.
 
* '''Accessing Android system settings'''
Execute command <code>startapp com.android.settings</code> in the terminal. Notice that changing system settings is very likely to break KMRE.
* '''Accessing files of Android'''
Files in <code>/storage/emulated/0</code> are mapped to <code>/var/lib/kmre/data/kmre-1000-${LOGNAME}</code>.
 
'''Notice that this path contains a hard link to <code>/home</code>. KMRE will filter out file deletion, but not creation and modification. Improper file management in Android could result in data loss in host machine.'''
 
As KMRE is not really an emulator/hypervisor, the <code>/</code> and other paths such as <code>/sys</code> on Android doesn't have mappings, but some paths are mapped to <code>/var/lib/kmre/kmre-1000-${LOGNAME}</code>.
==See also==
*[[Cellphone emulators]] - info Information on emulators for various feature phone/non-smartphone platforms.* [[Emulators on Android]] - Various emulators on Android OS ==External links==*[[Wikipedia:Comparison_of_mobile_operating_systems|Comparison of mobile operating systems]]*[[Wikipedia:Android_version_history|Android version history]], [https://developer.android.com/topic/performance/baselineprofiles/overview Android Baseline profiles]*[https://developer.android.com/ Android Developer]*[https://xdaforums.com/t/list-of-devices-armv7-armv6-armv5.1596800/ XDAForums - List of devices: ARMv7, ARMv6, ARMv5]*[[Wikipedia:Comparison_of_high-definition_smartphone_displays#720p_by_1280_.28HD_ready.29|Early Android devices with OLED and HD Ready display]]
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