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How to Run Android Applications on MAC

Author: Tushar Thakur   Last updated on: March 24, 2023    25 Comments  

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As far as today, having an Apple product is something legendary, especially in some rural areas or World. When the device is either a MacBook or any Macintosh based device, extend of legendary simply increases. There’s no second reason for the feeling because no manufacturer is providing that much exclusive features including iCloud, iTunes etc. Nevertheless, if you are a Mac or iOS user, you might have been a bit sad when there was an issue of compatibility or unavailability of desired application. This phenomenon normally happens in the case of iPhone or iPad users when they get interested in one Android application and then there’s no resembling Application in App Store.

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But the case of Android Application can be solved using your very same Macintosh based device with you. So we’re today telling you some cool ways to run Android devices in your Mac for enjoying their features as well as for development as there’s no rule that an Android developer should not use Apple’s products.

VirtualBox

As you can guess from the title, it’s all about virtualizing your favorite OS in your current Operating System. For this time, we can make use of VirtualBox which is available for FREE Download. You have to follow some cool steps for virtualizing your Android OS and hence for running your desired Application

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  • Download and Install VirtualBox from Here.
  • Download VirtualBox image of Android Ice Cream Sandwich from Here.
  • Boot Android ICS from the downloaded image file.

From /dev/sda , select Android Startup which will bring an Android Home screen on the VirtualBox window where you can run your Android applications using Google Play.

Official Android SDK

Is there any reason for Google for banning Mac users from Android Development? Probably there’s nothing and that’s why Google Android team has published the official Android SDK for Macintosh devices as well. As you do in the case of other Operating Systems, you can simply download the SDK from the official website.

android sdk managerIt’ll take a few minutes (or hours if you’re a slow connection user) to download and install the necessary contents of SDK. After installing the SDK in your device, you have to make a Virtual Android Device which will simply copy the functions of a normal Android device but virtually.

Hit start to power on your Virtual Android Device which will open up an Android Home screen in the Application window. And you’re done with it. Either you can download through Play or install the application using its APK file. As you know it’s all about Android Development and you’ll have to be a bit careful while installing.

BlueStacks

Probably you’ll have heard about this feature. Apart from the mentioned above, BlueStacks is an App Player which is technically a framework used to run Android Applications in your Mac based device. This is quite new for Mac but not for Windows.  And this is the simplest way to download and use Android based Applications in your MacBook or iMac. It’ll provide more comfortability for you as it’s not for development but for normal users.

bluestack productDo you use any other ways to run your favorite Android Application in your Mac based Device? Free feel to share it through comments.

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About Tushar Thakur

Tushar is founder of Xtendedview. He love to experiments on different gadgets, software/apps. He is professional blogger and Internet marketer. He is Interested in electronics and computers, Internet technology, Search Engine Optimization, Internet Marketing. Running online business and Blogs

Tushar has written 540 awesome articles for us at XtendedView.

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Comments

  1. Ashish says

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    Hi Tushar
    Congratulations on your great success. Recently read an article on Shoutmeloud and heard that your blog won an award for best blog in gadgets category.
    Thanks for sharing this post with us.
    Is it any way to run android simulator with windows XP ?

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    • Tushar says

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      Thanks a lot Ashish.

      Check: https://xtendedview.com/computer/windows/how-to-run-android-apps-and-game-on-microsofts-windows/620/

      Reply
  2. Wendy Kennedy says

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    Running Android Applications on macOS system makes sense only for the developers and programmers. I don’t know why would anyone else run the Android apps on Mac?

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    • Tushar Thakur says

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      People run them to play android games on PC 😛

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  3. Timothy Gilbert says

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    As a frequent user of Emulators, I think Bluestacks is not good if you are looking for performance. VirtualBox is a good option for lightweight PCs, though. Have you tried these software programs on low-end Mac?

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    • Tushar Thakur says

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      Thanks for your inputs Timothy.

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  4. Roy says

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    Tried Virtualbox for running Android games. Worked fine. Thanks for the information.

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    • Tushar Thakur says

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      Glad it worked for you Roy

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  5. Christian Rose says

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    Tried Bluestacks. Worked great. Although it’s a bit laggy.

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    • Tushar Thakur says

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      Yes, it consumes a lot of resources.

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  6. Armando Leonard says

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    Android SDK is very heavy on my system. At first, it took an eternity to download the components. Then it lags like hell—Will checkout Bluestacks.

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    • Tushar Thakur says

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      Bluestacks is somehow heavy.

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  7. William Swett says

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    Virtualbox anytime. I am using it for the last few years. It Works perfectly than the other Emulators on Mac.

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    • Tushar Thakur says

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      Thanks for your input, William.

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  8. Stephanie Ibanez says

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    Great Article. Thanks for the detailed information.

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    • Tushar Thakur says

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      You are welcome, Stephanie.

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  9. John Arnold says

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    I heard that for using Virtualbox, we have to enable the “Virtualization” feature. is that true? Please guide me.

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    • Tushar Thakur says

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      Yes correct John.

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  10. Nancy Doyle says

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    Do these Android Emulators for Mac support the latest version of Android? Like Android Pie, at least?

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    • Tushar Thakur says

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      Hello Nancy,

      They keep updating the software to bring support for latest OS.

      Reply
  11. Cindy Jacobs says

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    Thanks for this great tutorial. Using Bluestacks and playing subway surfer. Lol.

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    • Tushar Thakur says

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      You are welcome Cindy.

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  12. Juanita McGinty says

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    I have Android SDK already installed on my laptop. But how to run Android apps? Any tutorial for the same?

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    • Tushar Thakur says

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      I would recommend using Bluestack.

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  13. marwa says

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    Your article related to a new topic is very informative and reliable for readers to read it.

    Reply

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