Overall, though, performance is decent assuming your hardware is reasonably powerful, making this a great way to bring Android to the big screen.
In our experience set up was simple and easy, and we could install Summoners War fine, but we couldn't use an existing account login so watch out for that. Genymotion for Mac is an easy-to-use Android emulator that has been designed to help app developers test their products. The free one includes some ads and the occasional sponsored app, but these are pretty discreet.īlueStacks is primarily about games and the interface is essentially a front end for downloading and installing them, but it's also possible to visit the Google Play Store and search for other apps and if you want to add apps and games from other sources, you have the option of using standalone APK files. There are free and paid-for versions available. BlueStacks has been designed with ease of use in mind, and looks and feels just like Android on a tablet or smartphone. AVD Manager has a nice interface when started from. BlueStacks App Player is perhaps the best-known Android emulator, and it's hardly surprising given its quality and reliability. The purpose of this section is to guide you to create in your development environment an Android emulator. Bluestacks is one of the most popular Android emulators for Windows and is probably the best Android emulator for macOS, as well.