How to Create an Android Virtual Machine Emulator in Windows

How to Create an Android Virtual Machine Emulator in Windows

• Download and install any Virtual Machine software like Virtual box or Vmware
• Download the latest version of Android x86 from android-x86.org. You will need the  live and installation iso.
• Attached ISO with Virtual Machine 
• Select Installation from the menu. 

• Select Create/Modify Partitions and Click Ok. A partition menu appears

  

• Select New then Primary to create a single, primary partition on your virtual hard drive. Click Enter to configure the partition to use all available space on the virtual hard drive.

  

• Select Bootable then Write and type "yes"  to confirm. Then select Quit to return to the installation program.

  

•  Click Ok to install onto the partition you just created.

• Choose ext3 when prompted for a filesystem format. Click Yes to confirm. The system will now copy some files.

• Click Yes when asked if you want to install GRUB.

• Click Yes when asked if you want to install /system as read-write. This will allow you to make some hacks if you choose to in the future. The system will now copy a few files.

• Select Reboot and click Ok. The system will boot into Android and after offering you the chance to boot to Debug or regular mode.

  

• Step your way through Android setup as you would on any phone or tablet, entering your Google account info and changing any settings you like. Don't configure Wi-Fi because VirtualBox already gets its Internet connection from your PC. After hitting the "Start button" on the welcome screen, there may be a minute or two delay.

•  Select Disable Mouse Integration from the VirtualBox Machine menu to make sure your mouse pointer stays synced with your movements. Use the right CTRL key to move your mouse pointer out of the VirtualBox window.  Hitting Right CTRL + C will allow you to scale the Android window as you resize it.

• Waking the Android Emulator from sleep

While Android x86 provides a true Android experience on your PC, it has a few quirks of its own. Perhaps the most obvious of these is that you can't wake it from sleep, simply by clicking on the emulator window. If the screen goes to sleep,  you must hit the menu key on  your keyboard, which is usually between the right Windows key and CTRL key on  your keyboard, to wake it.
Change the Android Emulator's Screen resolution
By default, the emulator window is set to 800 x 600 resolution. To boot into a higher resolution:

1. Hit the "a" key when the GRUB menu appears at boot time.
2. Type "vga=ask" at the end of the command that appears and hit Enter.
3. Hit Enter again to see a list of video modes.
4. Input the number of the mode you want (ex: 1152x864x24 is number 34B) and hit Enter.

In our experience, many of these video modes did not work and required us to reboot. However, you can feel free to experiment.