So go ahead, download VirtualBox and install it on your computer. Since Android-x86 is a full-blown OS, you should install VirtualBox so that you can use it alongside your existing OS. VirtualBox is a program that helps you to run different OSes on top of your existing OS, such Windows, Mac or Linux.
Step 1: The prerequisitiesīefore you begin, there’s a few things we need to do:
In this article, we’re going to look at an alternative way of running Android apps on your computer - using Android-x86 and VirtualBox. While there are emulators such as Bluestacks, they’re filled with ads and hogs your computer. However, desktop OSes such as Windows, Mac or Linux don’t support running Android apps natively. Android has turned out to be the most popular OS on mobile devices.
