Android Question Use PC with Anodroid (x86/x64) as test device

[bokinet]

I'm wondering, is it possible to use PC with installed Android OS as any test device for applications made with B4A?

If is possible any kind of info. how to deploy and connect dev machine with test pc is welcome.

I didn't try this yet and I think it's better to ask here before do anything on my own.

Thanks.

 

[alwaysbusy]

It is probably possible with a vmware/virtual box, but I wonder why the heck would someone like to that when you can debug directly on a real device using B4A-bridge. There is simply no way an emulation on a PC will work better/faster than a real device.

 

[bokinet]

I was thinking to make full PC based workstation where OS is Android OS (x86/x64) on it and to run (for testing and/or for production use) application made with B4A?
So, it's not about using virtual machines.

 

[alwaysbusy]

I was only mentioning VMs because they will probably work better (read support more hardware) than a real PC. I think you will need specific specs for your PC to do that if you want to enable stuff like bluetooth. Remix OS (discontinued) and Android-x86 come to mind, but I wouldn't advice either of them for any production use. And android devices are cheap.

EDIT: just an after thought. Maybe a chromebook will work as it supports running Android apps nowadays.