Post by moon125 on Nov 7, 2024 5:43:03 GMT
Apparently, everyone who is more or less interested in the development of mobile devices has already heard of Android. This operating system quickly gained popularity and is confidently increasing the market volume of smartphones, tablets, netbooks and other devices.
It is clear that such rapid growth excites the interest of those who have not yet encountered this OS and makes them want to "touch" it with their own hands, test its capabilities and get acquainted with its functionality. But buying a new device for this is not very desirable - suddenly this newfangled thing will not be liked.
I thought about the same. I recently shopify website design bought a Nokia C6 smartphone, so I don't have any immediate plans to buy something similar. Although... if the impressions from Android are positive - everything is possible . But first, I need to protest it somehow.
And we will test it on a PC. Yes, it is possible! At the same time, we will get acquainted with one useful program that I have long wanted to write about.
VirtualBox (Oracle VM VirtualBox) is a virtualization system designed to create a virtual machine with the hardware parameters of a real computer, on which you can run any operating system. In practice, this means that with the help of this program you can run one operating system inside another. Moreover, these operating systems do not necessarily have to be identical.
As you probably already understood, today we will try to install Android OS inside Windows OS. And not only install, but also try to use it.
How to Run Android on Windows
1. Go to the free software library website and download VisualBox there . Install the program .
2. Go to this page and download the latest version of Live CD with Android distribution for the x86 platform. At the time of writing this article, it is android-x86-2.2-generic.iso.
3. Now you need to create a virtual machine. Open VirtualBox and click on the " Create " icon:
How to Run Android on Windows OS
The New Virtual Machine Wizard window should appear. Click the " Next " button and enter a name for the virtual machine. In the " Operating System " drop-down menu, select " Other " and in " Version " select " Other/Unknown ":
How to Run Android on Windows OS
Click the " Next " button (I will try not to write about this action further
4. In the next window, you need to select the amount of operating memory that will be allocated to the virtual machine. For our purposes, 512 MB will be enough:
How to Run Android on Windows OS
5. Next, you need to select the hard drive from which Android will start. In our case, it would be better to create a new virtual disk. To do this, click the " Next " button:
How to Run Android on Windows OS
The New Virtual Disk Wizard will open. Select the hard disk memory type. There are two options - dynamically expanding and fixed size. With expanding volume, the guest operating system will consume as much space as it needs:
How to Run Android on Windows OS
Next, you can review the parameters of the new disk and confirm its creation. Immediately after this, you can complete the creation of the virtual machine:
How to Run Android on Windows OS
6. The virtual machine is ready! Now let's install the Android operating system on it. To do this, click the "Start" icon in the VirtualBox control window:
How to Run Android on Windows OS
The virtual machine window will appear, and a warning about keyboard capture. Read it. In short, the text of the message warns that when using a virtual machine, it can be controlled using the standard keyboard and mouse. To exit this mode and return to using the main system control devices, you need to (by default) press the right Ctrl key .
It is clear that such rapid growth excites the interest of those who have not yet encountered this OS and makes them want to "touch" it with their own hands, test its capabilities and get acquainted with its functionality. But buying a new device for this is not very desirable - suddenly this newfangled thing will not be liked.
I thought about the same. I recently shopify website design bought a Nokia C6 smartphone, so I don't have any immediate plans to buy something similar. Although... if the impressions from Android are positive - everything is possible . But first, I need to protest it somehow.
And we will test it on a PC. Yes, it is possible! At the same time, we will get acquainted with one useful program that I have long wanted to write about.
VirtualBox (Oracle VM VirtualBox) is a virtualization system designed to create a virtual machine with the hardware parameters of a real computer, on which you can run any operating system. In practice, this means that with the help of this program you can run one operating system inside another. Moreover, these operating systems do not necessarily have to be identical.
As you probably already understood, today we will try to install Android OS inside Windows OS. And not only install, but also try to use it.
How to Run Android on Windows
1. Go to the free software library website and download VisualBox there . Install the program .
2. Go to this page and download the latest version of Live CD with Android distribution for the x86 platform. At the time of writing this article, it is android-x86-2.2-generic.iso.
3. Now you need to create a virtual machine. Open VirtualBox and click on the " Create " icon:
How to Run Android on Windows OS
The New Virtual Machine Wizard window should appear. Click the " Next " button and enter a name for the virtual machine. In the " Operating System " drop-down menu, select " Other " and in " Version " select " Other/Unknown ":
How to Run Android on Windows OS
Click the " Next " button (I will try not to write about this action further
4. In the next window, you need to select the amount of operating memory that will be allocated to the virtual machine. For our purposes, 512 MB will be enough:
How to Run Android on Windows OS
5. Next, you need to select the hard drive from which Android will start. In our case, it would be better to create a new virtual disk. To do this, click the " Next " button:
How to Run Android on Windows OS
The New Virtual Disk Wizard will open. Select the hard disk memory type. There are two options - dynamically expanding and fixed size. With expanding volume, the guest operating system will consume as much space as it needs:
How to Run Android on Windows OS
Next, you can review the parameters of the new disk and confirm its creation. Immediately after this, you can complete the creation of the virtual machine:
How to Run Android on Windows OS
6. The virtual machine is ready! Now let's install the Android operating system on it. To do this, click the "Start" icon in the VirtualBox control window:
How to Run Android on Windows OS
The virtual machine window will appear, and a warning about keyboard capture. Read it. In short, the text of the message warns that when using a virtual machine, it can be controlled using the standard keyboard and mouse. To exit this mode and return to using the main system control devices, you need to (by default) press the right Ctrl key .
