I have an older development release linked later in this post that was built specifically for VirtualBox, which is what this post was originally written about. First of AllĪpparently, the official Release version of Android 4.0 from should work completely out-of-the-box in VirtualBox: android-4.0-r1. There are some people who have made pre-installed VirtualBox images, but one problem you may run into going that route is that the Android serial number will match everybody else who's using the same image as you, since Android generates this number on its first boot. This is how to install Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) in VirtualBox, in a 'do it yourself' way (installing from an ISO image). This information is a little hard to find on the Internet. Google WiFi routers because my primary Android phone was de-googled and could not Last image I did install (around 2019) had Gapps and I used this VM to manage my I haven't played with Android-x86 in some years now, the Sometimes they include Gapps out of the box, sometimes not, google around if theyĭon't and you need them. Version of Android from almost a decade ago, the basic steps still apply Ī still produces Android x86 imagesįor modern versions of Android and they still install the same. To shutdown via Android UI: Two rapid entries of Host + HĢ.Update (Oct 2021): while this blog post is obviously VERY old now, describing a Virtual console (Alt+F1): setprop net.dns1 Ģ5. If web browsing fails, it may be a DNS problem.

In resulting dialog, choose running Android (should list one connectedĢ4. Start some Android app via Run in Eclipse UIĢ3. If eth1 is not up: netcfg eth1 up dhcpġ9. netcfg to check network interfaces (eth0 for general net, eth1 for adb)ġ8. Alt+F1 to get to virtual console (for reference: Alt+F7 to get back to Android UI)ġ7. Disable mouse pointer integration for the virtual machineġ6. Choose to run Android x86 and wait for it to start up (consider unmounting iso image too)ġ5. Select Yes for /system directory read-writeġ4. Confirm installation of boot loader GRUBġ3.

PCnet-FAST III Primary -> Size (default size)ġ2. Network Adapter 1: NAT (eth0 - for ordinary network access from android) In VirtualBox create a new virtual machine: There are many there, but for these instructions:

Ensure VirtualBox, the Android SDK, Eclipse, and the ADT are installed appropriately. (It's unlikely that the steps couldn't be adapted to work with VMWare or similar.)Ġ. Below are some notes on getting Android x86 working on VirtualBox (thanks to Gothi for the original suggestion and tips in getting it all working!).

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