android emulator in linux or x86 android OS?

[lazy_lain]

hi guys

good evening

i was search about good android emu in linux but what i found is waydroid who use wayland (i use X11)

so any emu you recommended?

also i found android os in pc so what the idea its come to my mind? is doing dual boot in this hard disk (dont ask me why bcs its craziest idea i need to do)

 

[CaffeineAddict]

Depending on your skills and available hardware these are the options I would use:

1. Android Studio
Android Studio is IDE for Android, it is primarily used for Android development however it can be used to emulate Android games as well.

Major benefit is you can emulate any Android version that exists out there, from oldest to most recent OS, meaning all games should work.
Downside is, it may not be user friendly to configure.

Android Studio lets you use QEMU/KVM for host virtualization, excellent for performance.

2. BlueStacks
BlueStacks is Android emulator for Windows, it's the most popular however it doesn't exist for Linux.
To use it on Linux you'll need to set up a VM with Windows and install bluestacks in VM.

Downsite is you'll need a VM which takes hardware resources.
Maybe not best for gaming since VM uses virtual display adapter, no direct access to host GPU.

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I prefer Android Studio but it may take some reading the docs on how to set up before you run a game.
I've been using it for game dev and performance is great.

also i found android os in pc so what the idea its come to my mind? is doing dual boot in this hard disk (dont ask me why bcs its craziest idea i need to do)

Not sure what you mean by android OS? where did you find it?
Never heard of it.

 

[lazy_lain]

Not sure what you mean by android OS? where did you find it?
Never heard of it.

i think this is the idiot post i published before i searched so mybe i closed or deleted it

i mean os's who used to run android apps in pc (the famous is android_x86, and primeOS. i only find these 2 are good )

and what i mean for dual boot (linux and android) see this topic mybe u understand what i mean btw
Android_x86 dual boot with linux

and i think the android emu is a bad idea but i surprised they are not many of them in gnu/linux

 

[CaffeineAddict]

android_x86, and primeOS

This is totally new to me, it may be useful but question is how well these are maintained.

i think the android emu is a bad idea but i surprised they are not many of them in gnu/linux

It's not bad idea, emulator is the only way IMO.
waydroid is 3rd option, there may be other emulators out there but I know nothing about them.

 

[lazy_lain]

This is totally new to me, it may be useful but question is how well these are maintained.

its incredible to heard it from experience hhhhh lol

It's not bad idea, emulator is the only way IMO.
waydroid is 3rd option, there may be other emulators out there but I know nothing about them.

i know there are android studio and genymotion but i dont try theme i will take a look
but the emu users recommended waydroid who use wayland (i use poor X11) so in my mind i see the previous emu maybe downer of him
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in this last topic i mentioned it i say to myself: can i use prime os instead android_x86 (bcs of UI ugly)
or this way used VM instead of split patrition and set the new partition for androidOS
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and for you do i need to edit this topic and title i see it its not understable so maybe become helpfull

 

[CaffeineAddict]

can i use prime os instead android_x86 (bcs of UI ugly)

You can try them but I suspect what games you'll be able to run with them.

Note that android-x86 was last time updated 4 years ago:

Android-x86 - Porting Android to x86

changelogs updated regularly with each new release.

www.android-x86.org

Prime OS was likewise last time updated 4 years ago:

PrimeOS

Download PrimeOS for free. PrimeOS, the ideal Android based OS for mobile games on PC/Laptop.

sourceforge.net

4 years without updates is a lot and good enough reason I'd not use them.

do i need to edit this topic and title

If you want you can change it to "android emulator in linux or x86 android OS?"

i know there are android studio and genymotion but i dont try theme i will take a look

but the emu users recommended waydroid who use wayland (i use poor X11) so in my mind i see the previous emu maybe downer of him

It should be easier for you to switch to wayland and set up waydroid than setting android studio, also Android studio with all stuff takes several GB's of space that needs to be downloaded.
And you'll also need to install debian packages to set up KVM.