Category5 Technology TV - Virtualizing Android 4.1 on Standard PC or Mac Hardware

Virtualizing Android 4.1 on Standard PC or Mac Hardware

S06E28
April 2, 2013

Using AndroVM to create an OpenGL accelerated Android 4.1 virtual machine, compatible with Windows, Mac and Linux hosts.

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{play 8:51}Feature: Running Android on Linux, Windows or Mac computers using VirtualBox and AndroVM.
- Obtaining a copy of AndroVM.
- What an OVA (open virtual appliance) file is.
- You'll need to have VirtualBox installed.
- Ubuntu decides to open a million windows.
- Determining which version of AndroVM you'd like to install: t, p, or tp.
- Deploying (installing) your Android virtual machine from the OVA file.
- Android could be the next big gaming platform.
- Virtualizing an Android device allows web designers to test their web sites on Android to see how they work on tablets and phones.
- Running Android for the first time on our PC hardware.
- Configuring your AndroVM virtual machine for OpenGL 3D accelleration.
- Using the AndroVM Player (also downloadable from androvm.org) to connect to the OpenGL acellerated Android virtual machine.
- Warning: Once you've enabled Hardware OpenGL in AndroVM, you must use the AndroVM Player to boot the virtual machine—it most likely will not boot directly in VirtualBox any longer.
- Obtaining, extracting and loading the AndroVM Player.
- Running our AndroVM Virtual Machine with Hardware OpenGL support for the first time.
- Placing an app on your Android desktop.
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