Android emulators for Windows

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Does anyone have any experience of using an Android emulator
under Windows 7??

Thank you.

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[Theo]

Russell Hafter News <see...@russellhafter.me.invalid> wrote:
> Does anyone have any experience of using an Android emulator
> under Windows 7??

Well, there is the one in the developer kit (Android Studio). I haven't used
it under Windows 7 but it claims to work.

The problem is that Android doesn't really lend itself to a mouse-based
interface very well, especially lacking sensors (accelerometer, GPS, etc).

(In principle, if you're running Windows on a tablet it could pass these
things through. I don't think it does, though)

Theo

[Russell Hafter News]

In article <DHo*SG...@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk>, Theo

<theom...@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:

> Russell Hafter News <see...@russellhafter.me.invalid>
> wrote:

> > Does anyone have any experience of using an Android
> > emulator under Windows 7??

> Well, there is the one in the developer kit (Android
> Studio). I haven't used it under Windows 7 but it claims
> to work.

Thanks, Theo. I did do a search and there do seem to be
anumber out there. I got as far as downloading one and
starting an install. For some reason I had a real look at
the Ts+Cs - it claimed to only work if you allowed the
authors to spam you and turn on geo-location.

I aborted the install!

> The problem is that Android doesn't really lend itself to
> a mouse-based interface very well, especially lacking
> sensors (accelerometer, GPS, etc).

Ah, that would explain the constant references to how well
the emulators used hot keys to emulate touching the screen.

> (In principle, if you're running Windows on a tablet it
> could pass these things through. I don't think it does,
> though)

I do not have a tablet, and I do not want a tablet!

There are one or two travel and financial Android/iOS apps
out there that I am vaguely interested in, but they only
seems to run under mobile OSs, not desktops.

Hence my enquiry.

Thanks again

[Theo]

Russell Hafter News <see...@russellhafter.me.invalid> wrote:
> I do not have a tablet, and I do not want a tablet!
>
> There are one or two travel and financial Android/iOS apps
> out there that I am vaguely interested in, but they only
> seems to run under mobile OSs, not desktops.

Financial apps probably won't work - they detect they're running under the
emulator and refuse to work, because they know they can't keep credentials
like account keys secure if the underlying system is accessible. Also
biometrics like fingerprint or face recognition don't work.

I think the only solution for those is to buy an (old) Android or iOS phone
or tablet just for them, and keep it switched off in a drawer when you're
not using it.

Theo