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Some VM/emulator apps have a fixed set of OS's or applications that can be supported. Since Android 8 and later versions of Android, some of these apps have been reporting issues as Google has heightened the security of file-access permissions on newer versions of Android. Some apps have difficulties or have lost access to SD card.
Apps wanting to access files or folders outside that on the SD card, are required to use Android's own system file selector. [14] Due to this limitation, guest OSes running on, emulation, platform virtualization, or compatibility apps are no longer allowed to access files outside of their own SD card Sandbox.
Waydroid was created to facilitate the use of Android applications on Linux-based platforms. It is based on ideas from previous projects, such as Anbox, which also aimed to run Android using containerization techniques. Although primarily developed for Halium-based Linux phones, Waydroid is compatible with any device using a Linux kernel. [2] [3]
BlueStacks is a popular and free emulator that allows you to run Android apps on a PC or Mac computer.
Prism is a Microsoft emulator for ARM-powered Windows devices that translates the underlying code of software built for traditional x86 and x64 binaries from Windows 11 24H2 [4] ACL allows Android apps to natively execute on Tizen, webOS, or MeeGoo phones. [5] [6] [7] Alien Dalvik allows Android apps to run on MeeGo [8] and Meamo. [9]
RetroArch is a free and open-source, cross-platform frontend for emulators, game engines, video games, media players and other applications. It is the reference implementation of the libretro API, [2] [3] designed to be fast, lightweight, portable and without dependencies. [4]
With one of these ported android apps being VMOS, many reviewers and critics of the device stated that VMOS was able to bring somewhat the Android operating system and the official Google Play apps to the device. Huawei's next phone which is the Nova 5T, will eventually have actual Google apps and an actual Android operating system. [9]
To use UserLAnd, one must first download – typically from F-Droid or the Google Play Store – the application and then install it. [4] [5] [6] [11] Once installed, a user selects an app to open. [4] [5] [6] [11] When a program is selected, the user is prompted to enter login information and select a connection type.