

I haven't had that problem yet.By Michael Bose Installing Android on VMware ESXi: A How-To GuideĪndroid is a very popular and prolific operating system on mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. There were even instructions on how to setup Eth0 (the first network adapter) to be Host-Only Adapter so you could 'adb connect .xxx' and best of all, there is an app already on the Android image which will give you the IP (once you've changed the Eth0) address and let you change the resolution! I couldn't ask for simpler/easier/better! It's still using x86 Android and VirtualBox, so thought I would add my experience.Īlso, someone said they had some difficulty with the image getting corrupted or something like that. The mouse integration already taken care of. I only needed to install VirtualBox and was able to Import Appliance and voila! everything just worked. So I went searching for something simpler and found this: Buildroid for VirtualBox | BuilDroid I did choose one, installed it, and could no longer press the Alt + F1 combo to figure out the IP address. I tried following the instructions posted in the original post, but quickly got lost when there seemed to be so many choices of newer Android builds/ISO's to choose from. My own "Android-Connect.bat" file contains the following (change path/IP settings to suit): This is something you can simply double-click to carry out command line instructions. TIP - You can create a *.bat file to aid in establishing the connection. If everything is good your app/game should appear (very quickly) in the virtual Android Type adb connect .xxx (the address noted at ** above) Navigate to wherever Android\platform-tools folder is Open the Windows command prompt (Start > Run > CMD) Return to the emulator by pressing Alt + F7


Type netcfg then note the IP address ** (usually starting with .xxx) Once the emulator is running, press Alt + F1 Your PC and emulated PC will now have IP addresses in the same rangeĭouble-Click the virtual Android entry to launch the virtual x86 Android Set the VirtualBox machine's network mode (under Settings > Network) to Bridged Adapter and accept the defaults. How to install Android x86 2.2 (with Virtual Box)Īt STEP 5 you can go straight for the Live CD option for initial testing Right Control = Default HOST key (break out of virtual Android)įirst of all, follow this excellent guide for setting up and installing Windows keys and their Android actions (Ice cream Sandwich)

If all is well B4a should be able to compile and send the app straight to the running Android VM
