Macbook Air Android Emulator

Posted on 17-09-2021 by admin

The environment you have is good enough to run the ADT (i.e. Eclipse + Android plugin). However, the default emulator that comes with ADT would run slow and may be choppy.
The Best Android Emulators for Mac OS X 1. Bluestack was going to be at the top of our list since it is the most common software being used to emulate the Android system on the Mac. Since it is a multi-platform software, it can be projected on to the Windows as well as the Mac operating systems.

The next android emulator for Mac is Droid4X. This emulator is specifically for gamers, friend. With Droid4X, my friend can be satisfied to play Android games through the MacBook screen. Droid4X can work quickly and well on MacBook Air. You can also try the ARM application and almost all android applications on the Play Store, you know.

This is the second post that I dedicate to talk about configurations using the new M1 Apple processor. As I said in the previous post, these configurations are workarounds until stable versions are released, however, for me, they have been useful and I guess that someone in the same situation as me can benefit from that.

Using Android studio in the new Macbook Air

When you install Android Studio you will get the following warning:

Unable to install Intel® HAXM

Your CPU does not support VT-x.

Unfortunately, your computer does not support hardware-accelerated virtualization.

Here are some of your options:

1 - Use a physical device for testing

2 - Develop on a Windows/OSX computer with an Intel processor that supports VT-x and NX

3 - Develop on a Linux computer that supports VT-x or SVM

4 - Use an Android Virtual Device based on an ARM system image

(This is 10x slower than hardware-accelerated virtualization)

Creating Android virtual device

Android virtual device Pixel_3a_API_30_x86 was successfully created

And also in the Android virtual device (AVD) screen you will read the following warning:

If you want to learn more regarding virtualization in processors you can read the following Wikipedia article, the thing is that our M1 processor doesn’t support VT-x, however, we have options to run an Android Virtual Device.

As the previous message was telling us, we have 4 options. The easiest way to proceed is to use a physical device, but what if you haven’t one available at the moment you are developing?

From now on, we will go with the option of using an Android virtual device based on an ARM system image as options 2 and 3 are not possible to execute.

Using the virtual emulator

The only thing that you have to do is to download the last available emulator for Apple silicon processors from Github https://github.com/741g/android-emulator-m1-preview/releases/tag/0.2

Once you have downloaded you have to right-click to the .dmg file and click open to skip the developer verification.

After installing the virtual emulator, we have to open it from the Applications menu.

After opening it you will see Virtual emulator in Android Studio available to deploy your Android application. Make sure to have Project tools available in Android Studio (View -> Tool Windows -> Project)

After pressing the launch button you will get your Android application running in your ARM virtual emulator :-)

Conclusion

In this post, we have seen that is possible to install Android Studio in Macbook Air M1 and use a virtual device even that your M1 doesn’t support VT-x. You can learn more about this emulator in the following references:

Call of Duty Mobile was introduced in late 2019, adding another title in the battle royale section on mobile. Call of Duty is one of the biggest FPS franchises in the world with dozen of different games spanning for a duration of almost 20 years so players have a lot of expectation for the game.

Call of Duty actually had several games on mobile before but none of them was a success. Activision has collaborated with Tencent to create Call of Duty Mobile for both Android and iOS. Just like PUBG Mobile, you can also play Call of Duty Mobile on Mac or Windows using a mouse and keyboard setup. So here, we will give you a detailed guide on how to play COD mobile on mac.

Call of Duty Mobile Overview

Call of Duty Mobile has a level system, which you gain experience by playing. You will unlock new items, weapons, attachments when you reach certain levels. You will still be able to pick up all kinds of weapons in the Battle Royale mode though without having to unlock anything.

Call of Duty Mobile has 3 main modes Battle Royale, Zombie Mode, and Multiplayer.

Battle Royale Mode: You will be dropped into an abandoned island with 100 players to fight until there is only 1 player/ team left. There are 8 classes for you to choose from before entering a Battle Royale match. Each class will have its own unique set of skills with 1 passive skill and 1 active skill.

Zombie Mode: You can play alone or with other players in this mode to fight against AI-controlled zombies. After defeating a certain wave of zombies, you will be facing a final Boss. You can upgrade your character, weapons using the points you get from killing zombies. There are also a lot of secret and easter eggs in the game mode.

Multiplayer: In the Multiplayer mode, there will be a lot of different kinds of game modes getting rotated in and out over time. Most of the time, you will be using your Load Out in the Multiplayer mode to play with a team of four players against another team to complete objectives.

How To Play Call Of Duty Mobile On Mac

Since Call of Duty Mobile was made for Android and iOS, you won't be able to run it directly on your Mac. In order to player Call of Duty on Mac, you will need to download an Android emulator. At the moment, there are a lot of options for you to run Call of Duty Mobile on Mac. Here, we will show you how to play Call of Duty Mobile on Mac and the top 3 best Android emulators.

Play Call Of Duty Mobile on Mac with GameLoop

GameLoop (Tencent Gaming Buddy) is an emulator that was developed by Tencent for PUBG Mobile but you can totally play Call of Duty Mobile with as well. This emulator is totally smooth and optimized for battle royale games on mobile. You don't even need to log in to Google Play in order to use this emulator, which makes it more convenient the first time you use it.

GameLoop also doesn't have ads or install random apps into your computer unlike other free emulator and it is a big plus.

You can download GameLoop for free from the official website of GameLoop.

Play Call Of Duty Mobile on Mac with NoxPlayer

NoxPlayer is currently the best Android emulator in the market with tons of different features so you can customize it any way you want. You can change resolution, types of phones, performance, run multiple instances,... etc. The performance of NoxPlayer is stable. However, you will need a dedicated GPU in order to run NoxPlayer smoothly. So if you are using a Mac Air, it likely that Nox Player won't be running very well on it.

NoxPlayer is totally free to use and you can download it from the official website of NoxPlayer.

Play Call Of Duty Mobile on Mac with Memu Play

If your Mac doesn't have a dedicated GPU then Memu Play will be your best option to play Call of Duty mobile for mac. Memu Play is the least demanding out of all Android emulator while still having a stable performance. You only need 2GB of RAM and no dedicated GPU.