More than one we wanted to have Android installed on your computer, either simply to test an application or for "trastearlo". But so far the only possibilities that there were some other emulator that left much to be desired. However, that is not a problem to worry, because the x86 Android guys have opened a wide range of possibilities to make compatible Android with 32 bits. Let's see how to install it on our home computer in an easy way and without taking any chances.
As we all know, Android is free, or almost free, and this allows it to be a versatile operating system. It is so versatile that it can run on a pc without any problems.
There are several ways to run Android on a PC, such as Bluestack, but are nothing more than simple emulators which lacks many features of Android. So guys have modified the Android x86 green robot OS to run on virtually all computers. And today we will see how to install.
To run smoothly we will use VirtualBox, a tool very useful virtualization, but we can install it in local mode.
previous steps
download Android
The first thing we need, obviously, is an image of Android to run on x86 (no problems if your CPU is 64 bit, so can run). So we went to the download section and downloaded
Android x86 image. In this case we will use the last image is of the previous version 4.3. For the Android 4.4 is currently not available, but are working on it.
install VirtualBox
Our friend Miquel made a superb time tutorial on VirtualBox, it will find how to install it. I leave the link below.
configure VirtualBox
Once installed VirtualBox on our PC we have to create a virtual machine that will run Android. It is very simple, we just have to follow a series of steps:
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Above right is a blue star with the name "new". We click there to create a new virtual machine.
A window will appear. In that window is where you state what OS will install. In the name field put Android. In the Linux type selected. And in the version, other Linux. We advance the Next button.
Next we need to assign the amount of RAM you use your machine. In this case we will assign 1024 MB.
We created the virtual disk format and VDI storage that will be dynamically reserving.
We assign whatever size you want. It would be like the phone's internal memory. I would have puesto8GB.
Android VirtualBox
We have created our virtual machine. Now we just need to tell what the image has to load:
Selected by double-clicking the machine created and a window appears. Within that window is a symbol of a folder with a green arrow pointing up that works like the típicoExaminar. Clicking on the folder it will open another window where you'll find the Android image. If just downloaded will surely Downloads. After we click select Start to start the machine. This process is only done the first time. Other times only have to double-click on the machine to start.
Install Android on the virtual machine
When we start our machine a menu with four options appears. The first three are to run Android in "live mode" and the last is for installing Android. In this case, as we want to install, select the Installation option. Now we have to follow a series of steps for installation:
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In the "Choose partition" window select create / modify partitions. We can navigate between the options using the arrow keys and Enter to accept.
Now we are inside the cfdisk, editor of Linux partitions. We have to create a new primary partition the size you want without exceeding the size that we have assigned to the virtual machine. To do this select New, then Primary and finally the size you want.
Once we have created the partition to make it bootable. Simply select the partition you just created (default is already selected) and click on Bootable.
