Install Android 8.1 on VMware Fusion
Tested on macOS High Sierra & VMware Fusion 10.1.2
Tested on macOS High Sierra & VMware Fusion 10.1.2
So it started when I had to bring my phone back for repairs. I didn’t had any android phone, and some apps that I actually needed, where not available on any other OS. So I decided to virtualize the Android with VMware Fusion for mac, also known as Workstation on Windows. Btw, if video’s are more your thing, check out the youtube video that I made.
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Step 1. Download a proper ISO
There are a few ways how you can deploy the OS, but my favorite way is by just simple installing it on a VM with virtualized hardware based on FreeBSD. So one site that I can definitely recommend is http://www.android-x86.org/. There you can find all the latest ISO’s that are available.
Step 2. Open up VMware Fusion / Workstation and create a new VM
2.1 Deploy a new vm.
2.2 Select Install from Disc
2.3 Load the ISO by clicking the “Use Another disc or disc image…”. You will see that after you’ve selected the ISO, it will detect the type of Virtual Hardware it is going to need to deploy the machine. That’s why I prefer this vs. the “Create a custom virtual Machine” option, because this way you are more certain that you’ve selected the proper Virtual Hardware. After that select “Continue”.
2.4 Select “Legacy BIOS” and click Continue.
2.5 This screen will show you the current settings for this virtual machine. We need to ramp it up with a little bit more specs, otherwise it won’t be able to bootup. So we are going to Change the amount of Memory and turn on 3D Acceleration for your screen. You can also increase the amount of processors, but that is less necessary. So instead of Finish, you best click “Customize Settings”. If you don’t, it will boot up the machine with the current settings and you have to change it afterwards. Best to do it into one go.
2.6 It will ask where you want to store machine, and what kind of name you want to give it.
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Click save afterwards.
Step 3. Customize Virtual Hardware Settings
After that the vm is listed into your machine library, and it will prompt this screen if you have chosen, customize settings.
First select “Processors & Memory”.
3.1 Change to amount of memory. I changed it to 1GB. You can also change the amount of processors, but I wouldn’t go above 2. After that, click “Show All” and you go back to the previous screen.
3.2 Click on Display and you will see the following Screen.
Turn on 3D-Acceleration, and increase the Shared Graphics Memory. I increased it to 1gb as well, this way I know it going to be much faster during the bootup and it will go past the Android screen, which a lot of people tend to get stuck in. After that you’re done. The ISO is already selected because we selected to deploy from ISO, and the internet is automatically being shared with the VM trough NAT.
Step 4. Installing and configuring the Android VM.
4.1 When you boot up the machine, you will see the following Screen.
Select Installation and press enter.
4.2 We’ve given the vm 20GB of disk space (Thin), but currently, this amount of space has not been assigned. So we’re going to create a new partition. Select “Create/Modify Partions” and press enter.
4.3 Select no for the use of GPT. This tend to have some problems when installing the vm.
4.4 Lets create a new partition by selecting “New”.
4.5 Select Primary
4.6 Select the size that you want for the new partition. I’ve selected it all and pressed enter.
4.7 Then you have to configure your partition. First you want to make it bootable, select “Bootable” and under the head “Flags” it should show “Boot”. After that press the arrow keys until you’ve selected the “Write” tab. This will create the partition table, which make sure that you can use the new partition for the installation of Android 8.1.
4.8 Type “yes” and press enter.
4.9 After that select “Quite” and you will return to the installation screen of android, with a partition available called sda1
4.10 Select sda1 and press enter for the installation to start.
4.11 Select ext4 as the filesystem
4.12 Format ext4 by pressing “Yes”
4.13 Install the boot loader Grub
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4.14 Make the system Read-Write.
4.15 Once it is finished, you can choose to reboot the machine or run Android.
Both options will start up the OS.
4.16 If you’ve gave it enough resources, and you configured it properly it should give you The Famous Android Screen.
4.17 Once it is past that you should see the first welcome screen.
The only thing for you left to do is, the configuration. Which is pretty self explanatory.
4.18 Once the configuration is Finished, you should see the following screen,
which means that you’ve installed your first Android vm. Congrats?.
which means that you’ve installed your first Android vm. Congrats?.
That’s it, that’s al there is to it.
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The only thing that is note worthy, is that the “Play Store” App can be kinda buggy. And without the play store, you can’t install much apps do you. One way to work around that issue, is by opening up the play store on the web with google chrome. There the play store works perfectly, and you can still install the apps that you need.
Alright, I hope this was useful for you. If you have any questions, please let me know. There is also a video tutorial which you can check it out as well, and otherwise, I will see you next time. Bye.
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