You will be prompted to give the new virtual machine a name, and to select the type of virtual machine, and its version of software. Giving the new virtual machine a name and selecting its type. Look towards the upper left-hand corner of the application and click on the blue New button.
Navigate to the Applications folder and launch Virtualbox. Setting Up an Android Virtual Machine Creating a new virtual machine in Virtualbox. I'll be installing the Android 4.4 for x86 RC2 in this tutorial because it is, at the time of writing this tutorial, the most recent version of Android for x86. Do this by navigating to the Android for x86 website and finding the version of Android you'd like to install from the list of ISOs. Run the Virtualbox.pkg package and follow the on-screen prompts to install the app on the Mac.ĭownload Android for x86, a modified version of Android that's developed to run on Intel-based computers. To start, download Virtualbox for OS X, free of charge, and open the downloaded image. In order to run a full install of Android on a Mac, you'll need to set up and install an Android virtual machine.Īnd though there's a ton of virtualization software available for the Mac, I'll you how to create an Android virtual machine using Virtualbox, a free open-source piece of virtualization software by Oracle.
Luckily, because Android is open source, it can be run on just about any device, including a Mac. Android is a popular mobile operating system that has a wide library of apps, some of which are useful on the desktop.
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