Genymotion is a fast and wonderful third party emulator that can be used to create a virtual environment for Android. To access Google Play you will have to associate a Google Account with BlueStacks. Mouse will be the basic touch controller. From there you can find the installed apps, find new apps in the 'Top Charts', search apps, play games and change settings. Once installed, it will boot up to its Home Screen. It is absolutely free.ĭownload BlueStacks for Mac OS X from the official website of BlueStacks and install it like any other software on your PC.

It can be downloaded from the official website of BlueStacks.

It does not provide any mechanism to uninstall cleanly from the host computer. When running complex graphic apps it fails to respond to the input in a timely fashion.

BlueStacks App Player is available for both Windows and Mac.

No need to configure additional Internet connection as it automatically gets the Internet connection of host computer.

Apps can be launched directly from Mac dashboard.

It can also sync between the apps on Mac and the android phone or tablet by installing BlueStacks Cloud Connect app on Android Device.

apk files can be installed into BlueStacks from Mac simply by double clicking. Once install user can enjoy Android games and apps such as News Feeds, Social Network on a large screen.īlueStacks maintain an internal search manager that allows any apk, the package file format that is used to distribute and install application and middleware on any Android device, to install within it. It uses the unique 'LayerCake' technology that allows you to run android apps on your PC without any external Virtual Desktop Application. It creates a virtual copy of Android OS apps on the guest OS.

It is available for both Mac and Windows.

BlueStacks App Player is probably the most popular emulator for running Android apps on Mac.

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