Go to Display section and then Screen tab.If you have a quadcore processor, increase CPUs for virtual machine to 2 and if you have an octacore processor, increase CPUs for virtual machine to 4 for smooth operation. Go to System section and then Processor tab.Select the newly created virtual machine and open Settings dialog box. You can of course increase the size if you want. The default size of 8 gb is enough for Android OS plus a couple of apps.Select dynamically allocated option so not all 8 gb will be taken up at the start.Keep the default option VDI (VirtualBox Disk Image) as the hard disk file type and click Next.click Next.Ĭhoose Create a virtual hard disk now option and click Create. Click Next.Īllocate at least 3072 MB memory to the virtual machine. Choose Linux as its type and Linux 2.6/3.x/4.x (64-bit) as its version. You can do this on Windows too but Virtualbox installation instructions will differ. I'm assuming you're running Ubuntu or Debian or one of their derivative distros. File would be named something like android-x86_64-X.Y.iso (X and Y are major and minor version numbers) and its size would be around 900 MB. Go to official Android-x86 download page and download the latest 64-bit Android-x86 ISO file. Get Android-x86Īndroid-x86 project is more than a decade old, open source project. One more thing, if you are not a fan of surveillance capitalism, this can be a good way to limit data collection done by tech companies because, unlike your phone, I hope the virtual machine won't be running 24-7 and I believe you will install apps judiciously.
Or, as I will show in this post, you can install Android in a virtual machine so it runs within your current OS without much hassle. You can, of course, dual boot and install it alongside existing operating system(s). To solve all these problems, you can try installing Android on your computer. Is there an Android app that you want to check out but the app seems kinda sketchy and it requires some risky permissions? Do you hate carrying around a smartphone but still need to use some apps because of family or work reasons? Or perhaps your Android phone is broken and you are left without your favorite apps.
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