The Android operating system (OS) is an open source Linux distribution developed by Google. Android is the default operating system on Google phones including the HTC, Motorola, and Samsung smartphones. Android OS can be downloaded from the official distribution website. Android OS is the same Android developers enjoy the ability to install Android OS on a Virtual System, such as the free open source VirtualBox software for Mac X, Windows, and Linux. Others may want a copy of Android OS to test new capabilities or better understand the Android OS by running a copy of it on your computer desktop.
Prerequisites:
Download Virtualbox, install it, and open it up. Also, if you want to be able to view USB devices from your Mac OS X Lion virtual machine, download the Virtualbox Extension Pack and run it before going to Step 2. Step 2: Create a new virtual machine. Virtualbox lets you run Mac OSX within Windows by creating a virtual machine. I'm trying out using VirtualBox and Android x86 as a faster alternative to the emulator that comes with the Android SDK, which is so laggy as to be unusable on my 2GHz quad core Mac with 16GB ram. Virtualbox has the option for a MacOS virtual machine in it’s New VM dialog, but we will need to make further adjustments to make it truly Mac-ready. Pop open Virtualbox, and Create a new Virtual Machine. Name this MacOS Mojave, and set it to Mac OS X (64-bit). Set the RAM to 4096 MB (or higher if you can achieve it!). Here are the best virtual machine apps for Mac. VirtualBox is a free and open source virtual machine software from Oracle. It’s designed with developers and IT professionals in mind, so VirtualBox provides you with a great deal of control over your virtual environments. VirtualBox supports a great number of guest operating.
Download and install VirtualBox
Download latest Android OS here. (At this time, android-x86-6.0-r1.iso)
1. Create a new machine in Virtual Box with the following configuration: Linux/Other Linux 64-Bit. Name the machine Android.
2. The default ram of 512MB is fine.
3. Choose create a virtual hard disk now.
4. Select VDI (VirtualBox Disk Image).
5. Select Dynamically allocated.
6. Choose 8.00 GB for disk size.
7. Select the Android ISO image you downloaded.
8. The Virtual Machine will boot. Choose Installation – Install Android-x86 to harddisk.
9. Select Create/Modify partitions.
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10. Choose Yes for Do you want to use GPT?
11. Now we create a new Android partition. Using your keyboard arrow keys, select New.
12. Select Primary.
13. Select Bootable then select Write to create your new partition. Choose quit after to boot Android install.
14. Select sda1 Linux VBOX HARDDISK.
15. Do you want to install boot loader GRUB – select Yes.
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Android will install and you will be prompted for initial configuration of your new Android OS. After completing configuration, you can power off your new VM to see how Android OS will boot.
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By default, it will choose the first order normal boot in 5 seconds. All data you save and apps you download in the Android OS this way will be saved!