Android emulator - /g/ (#106006311) [Archived: 168 hours ago]

Anonymous
7/24/2025, 7:09:33 AM No.106006311
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What's the best Android emulator? I just want to use it for social media apps.
I know BlueStacks is popular, but I've heard fishy things about it. Is BlueStacks trustworthy?

I'm on Windows btw.
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Anonymous
7/24/2025, 7:30:01 AM No.106006451
Emulating Android is a fuck. It barely runs. There are entire services dedicated to providing networked mobile devices to test on because emulating sucks so much ass to the point of being unusable.
Feel free to correct me if I am wrong, people.
I will offer one alternative though. Get a Pixel with GraphenOS and create a user profile exclusively for running social media apps. The apps will at least be nicely segregated into their little social media ghetto.
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Anonymous
7/24/2025, 7:34:35 AM No.106006476
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>>106006311 (OP)
For this, just dual boot android from a thumbdrive.
https://blissos.org
Anonymous
7/24/2025, 7:56:34 AM No.106006605
Just use the one in android studio?
Anonymous
7/24/2025, 8:04:06 AM No.106006652
>>106006451
>Emulating Android is a fuck. It barely runs.
I literally just want to use the Instagram app on a virtual machine on my computer desu
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Anonymous
7/24/2025, 10:50:54 AM No.106007433
>>106006652
If you are on a vm anyways, you can try waydroid on linux, propably your best bet
Anonymous
7/24/2025, 12:01:47 PM No.106007774
>WSA through WSABuilds
>android studio built in emulator
>an Android x86 virtual machine/as dual boot

Nox Player is okay for games, BlueStacks is horseshit