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About Android Emulator
The Android Emulator simulates Android devices on your computer so you can test an app across many devices and Android API levels without owning each one. It includes predefined configurations for phones, tablets, Wear OS, Android Automotive OS and Android TV. According to Google, it provides almost all the capabilities of a real device.
You create Android Virtual Devices from Android Studio, run your app on them, and update the emulator through the Android Studio tooling. It suits Android developers and testers more than people who want to run Android apps for everyday use.
Strengths
- Presets for phone, tablet, Wear OS, Automotive and TV devices
- Tests many Android API levels without physical hardware
- Integrated with Android Studio for running and debugging apps
Limitations
- Managed through Android Studio, which is a large install
- Aimed at app development rather than everyday use of Android apps
- Has its own system requirements for good performance
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree, distributed with Android Studio.
- License
- Proprietary
- Developer
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Best suited for
- Android developers testing apps on many device types and API levels
- Categories
- Virtual machines, Developer tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to Android Emulator
Compare allSoftware that can replace Android Emulator for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
Genymotion
An Android emulator for desktop computers and the cloud, aimed at app development, testing and demos.
Genymotion offers the same virtual Android devices on the desktop and in the cloud with test framework and CI integrations, but it is proprietary freemium software with paid cloud features.
BlueStacks
An Android emulator for Windows and macOS, built mainly for playing mobile games on a computer.
BlueStacks runs Android apps on Windows and macOS without Android Studio, but it is closed source and built for playing games rather than app development and debugging.
Waydroid
Runs a full Android system in a container on Linux desktops and phones that use Wayland.
Waydroid runs a full open source Android system in a container on Linux with near-native performance, but it requires a Wayland desktop and does not offer Android Studio device presets.
