Andy the Android Emulator |
Andy the Android Emulator – is relatively new and unlike other similar programs, which simply launches Android app, it gives you a fully functional Android on a Windows or Mac systems, and can even be synchronized with an existing Android device. Using Andy you can run Android, visit the Play Store, install and run the applications, and so on. The distribution of Andy the Android Emulator includes Andy Player, customized image of Android 4.2.2 and VirtualBox. The application allows download programs directly into Andy, as a pre-Play Market. You can do Backup / Restore of your phone or even use your smartphone as a controller in Andy.
Advantages: Support for ARM-processors (running emulator on a netbook)
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BlueStacks for Android | BlueStacks for Android – probably the most popular option of Android emulation in the world. The main purpose - the launch of Android games and applications on your computer. Also, this application allows you to run .apk files from your PC. The program is very easy to install and use. BlueStack requires no additional set of OS and tinkering with Dev, in a few clicks you can install it on your computer. All that left to do is run it and you will be available to run application and all Android functions immediately. |  | |||
Genymotion |
Genymotion - fast Android emulator, which includes images of customized Android (x86 hardware accelerated OpenGL), perfect for testing applications. This project grew out of the old AndroidVM, and in comparison with it Genymotion has a new design of the player, the installer, and much more. Genymotion is a cross platform program but it requires VirtualBox.
Advantages: emulates Wi-Fi-connection, emulates the front and Back Camera, screencast function and remote control (in commercial version)
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Windroid | WindowsAndroid (Windroid) - only one program that able to run Android 4.0 under Windows without any additional software or hardware. This program runs the virtual machine Dalvik, lets you work with Andnroid-applications, plus allows to handle requests from "non-native" applications on the hardware of your PC. Windroid has many positive aspects and is under active development. Very fast in operation and of course indispensable plus - it’s absolutely free. |  | |||
YouWave |
YouWave - application for Windows, allowing you to download and run Android applications without having to bother with downloading the Android SDK and Sun SDK. YouWave contains a virtual machine and installs from Android distribution in two mouse clicks. After installing the program can run Android-application from your local drive or upload them via the Internet from free resources of Android-applications.
Advantages: Supports Android 2.3 Gingerbread
Disadvantages: The program is quite demanding on using of computer resources. Slowly performs on older PCs.
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Andy the Android Emulator
BlueStacks App Player
Genymotion
Windroy (formerly WindowsAndroid)
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