Select "Yes" and hit the Enter key.Ĭhoose "Yes" to make the /system folder re-writable.
Now it will start formatting and after completion, it will ask for whether you want to install boot loader GRUB. Select the ext4 as the file system and hit the Enter and select "Yes" to confirm.
Hit the Enter key to start installing Android onto this partition. This time you will see the partition that you’ve just created at the top of the screen. Once the writing job is done, highlight the "Quit" menu and hit Enter to quit from partitioning application. This will ask you to confirm the formatting process. Now, move to the "Write" option and hit Enter. Now choose "Bootable" and hit Enter again.
Hit the "Enter" key again to allocate the full space for the partition. This will ask you to enter the size of the partition. Highlight the "Primary" option and hit the Enter key. Select "New" using the arrow keys (←, →) from your keyboard and hit the Enter key to create a new partition at the free space. Simply choose "Create/Modify partitions" option.Ĭhoose "Create/Modify partitions" menu and when the confirmation screen shows up says whether use GPT or not, just choose "No". You need to create a partition for the Android installation. The installation process would start immediately. Now, navigate (use ↑ or ↓ keys) to the last option where it says "Installation – Install Android-x86 to Harddisk" and hit the Enter key. To release the mouse and keyboard, just press the "Right Ctrl" key on the keyboard. NOTE: When you click on the VirtualBox window, it will automatically capture the mouse and keyboard. Then restart the virtual machine using Machine > Reset.Īfter reset the Virtual Machine, you should see something similar like this: Click on Devices > Optical Drives > Choose Disk Image and select our downloaded Android ISO file. It should allow us to choose this as soon as we fire it up. When the machine starts up, point it to the Android ISO we've downloaded before. Install Android on VirtualBox's Virtual Machine Now it's time to install Android Oreo on it. Press "Create" button when it's done.Ĭongratulation, your Android Virtual Machine successfully created.
If you haven't installed it, you can figure how to install VirtualBox here. We'll install it on VirtualBox, a freely available virtualization software.
In this tutorial, I will share how I install Android on your PC without disturbing your current OS setup. For this purpose, there is an online project that is porting Android to x86 based system called Android-x86.Īs the time of this writing, the most recent recent version can be downloaded to install and run on PC is Oreo. According that number, it make sense that everybody is looking forward to test or use it somehow. Variants of Android are also used on game consoles, digital cameras, PCs and other electronics.Īccording to a Statistica's estimate, Android smartphones had an installed base of 1.8 billion units in 2015, which was 76% of the estimated total number of smartphones worldwide. In addition, Google has developed Android TV for televisions, Android Auto for cars, and Wear OS for wrist watches, each with a specialized user interface. It is based on a modified version of the Linux kernel and other open source software, and is designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. Android is a mobile operating system developed by Google.