Android-emulator
An Android emulator is software which simulates the functionality of an Android device running the Android OS
Bluestacks
BlueStacks is a software platform which allows you to run Android apps on Windows and Mac, without the need of an Android emulator.
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2 if your host machine laptop doesn t have more ram then you might want to find alternative android-emulator like genymotion bluestacks which takes less memory than android-emulator from question Android emulator hangs forever at boot time |
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In xda-forums i read about memu - most powerful android-emulator for pc better than bluestacks from question Emulator error: This AVD's configuration is missing a kernel file |
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Yes some functionality possible only on device but you can try also bluestacks app player which has more possibilities than android-emulator from question How to test iosched 2012? |
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This android-emulator works better than bluestacks from question Running Instagram on AVD |