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<p>What is App InventorApp Inventor lets you develop applications for Android phones using a web browser and either a connected phone or emulator. The App Inventor servers store your work and help you keep track of your projects.</p><p>You build apps by working with: The App Inventor Designer, where you select the components for your app. The App Inventor Blocks Editor, where you assemble program blocks that specify how the components should behave. You assemble programs visually, fitting pieces together like pieces of a puzzle.</p><p>Your app appears on the phone step-by-step as you add pieces to it, so you can test your work as you build. When you're done, you can package your app and produce a stand-alone application to install. If you don't have an Android phone, you can build your apps using the Android emulator, software that runs on your computer and behaves just like the phone. The App Inventor development environment is supported for Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, and Windows operating systems, and several popular Android phone models. Applications created with App Inventor can be installed on any Android phone. (See system requirements.) Before you can use App Inventor, you need to set up your computer and install the App Inventor Setup package on your computer.</p><p>App Inventor SetupApp Inventor runs through a Web browser. If you're using a phone, you work with the phone connected to your computer by a USB cord. Your app will emerge on the phone bit by bit as you work. If you don't have a phone, there's a phone emulator included with the App Inventor setup package that you can use instead. When you're done building, you can 'package' your finished app to produce an 'application package' (Android apk file) that can be shared around and installed on any Android phone, just like any other Android app. To get started you need to complete the following steps: Step 1: Set up your computer Step 2: Do one of the following, depending on whether you will develop on an Android phone or with the emulator: Set up your Android phone and build your first app with the phone, OR Build your first app with the emulator</p><p>Set up your computer</p><p>System requirements:Computer and operating system Macintosh (with Intel processor): Mac OS X 10.5, 10.6 Windows: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 GNU/Linux: Ubuntu 8+, Debian 5+</p><p>Browser Mozilla Firefox 3.6 or higher Note: If you are using Firefox with the NoScript extension, you'll need to turn the extension off. See the note on the troubleshooting page. Apple Safari 5.0 or higher Google Chrome 4.0 or higher Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 or higher</p><p>Test your Java configurationYour computer needs to run Java 6 (also known as Java 1.6). You can download Java from www.java.com. Test your Java configuration by performing both of the following tests: 1. Visit the Java test page. You should see a message that Java is working and that the version is Java 1.6. 2. Run the AppInventor Java test by clicking on this link. This will check that your browser is properly configured to run Java, and that your computer can launch applications with Java Web Start. App Inventor will not work on your computer if these tests do not succeed. Don't go on to try to use App Inventor until you've dealt with the issue.</p><p>Install the App Inventor Setup SoftwareBefore you can use App Inventor, you need to install some software on your computer. The software you need is provided in a package called App Inventor Setup. Follow the instructions for your operating system to do the installation, and then go on to build the demo app (Hello Purr) with the phone or with the emulator. Instructions for Mac OS X Instructions for GNU/Linux Instructions for Windows</p><p>Something not working right? Visit the troubleshooting page, or check the App Inventor User Forum for help.</p><p>Installing App Inventor Setup for WindowsInstalling the App Inventor Setup for Windows has two parts: 1. Installing the App Inventor Setup software package. This step is the same for all Android devices, and the same for Windows XP, Vista, and 7. 2. Installing the Windows drivers for your Android phone.Installing the App Inventor Setup software package</p><p>We recommend that you perform the installation from an account that has administrator privileges. This will install the software for all users of the machine. If you do not have administrator privileges, the installation should still work, but App Inventor will be usable only from the account you used when you installed. 1. Download the installer. 2. Locate the file AppInventor_Setup_Installer_v_1_2.exe (~92 MB) in your Downloads file or your Desktop. The location of the download on your computer depends on how your browser is configured. 3. Open the file. 4. Click through the steps of the installer. Do not change the installation location but record the installation directory, because you might need it to check the driver. The directory will differ depending on your version of Windows and whether or not you are logged in as an administrator.Locating the Setup software</p><p>In most cases, App Inventor should be able to locate the Setup software on its own. But if it asks for the location of the software, the path to enter is C:Program FilesAppinventorcommands-for-Appinventor. If you are using a 64-bit machine, you should type Program Files (x86) rather than Program Files. Also, if you did not install the software as an administrator, it was installed in your local directory rather than in C:Program Files. You'll need to search for it to find the correct pathname.Phone drivers</p><p>The App Inventor Setup software includes drivers for these common Android phones: T-Mobile G1* / ADP1 T-Mobile myTouch 3G* / Google Ion / ADP2 Verizon Droid (not Droid X) Nexus One Nexus S</p><p>Phones not listed here will require you to obtain and install a driver manually. In some cases the Windows drivers do not always install automatically, in which case you'll need to do a manual driver installation.</p><p>Windows Drivers for Android PhonesThe AppInventor Setup software includes the Google USB driver, which handles the following devices: T-Mobile G1* / ADP1 T-Mobile myTouch 3G* / Google Ion / ADP2 Verizon Droid (not Droid X) Nexus One Nexus S</p><p>If your phone is one of these, then the driver should have been installed along with the AppInventor Setup software. All other devices will require you to obtain and install a USB driver from the device manufacturer. In either case it's a good idea to check the driver installation, as described below, before proceeding. You can find links to drivers for many Android devices at http://developer.android.com/sdk/oemusb.html. If your device is not listed, we recommend you search the manufacturer's website for information on how to install drivers for your particular phone and/or review these resources: Android Developers Google Group and Android Beginners Google Group: Search under terms like 'Android SDK', 'drivers', 'install', and the name of your device. Thread on drivers from the App Inventor community forum User Generated Documentation (sites.google.com/site/theairepository/faq/troubleshooting/graybutton?pli=1#TOCwhere-to-get-drivers-for-various-ph)</p><p>In following the manufacturer instructions, note that you do not need to install the complete Android SDK, just the drivers for your device. The other parts of the SDK were installed when you installed the App Inventor Setup software. Checking and installing the drivers requires facility with using the Windows command line and the Windows device manager. If you are not experienced using Windows in this way, you may want to get help with this. You can also ask for advice in the App inventor ForumChecking the driver installation:</p><p>It's been our experience that the Windows drivers do not always correctly install automatically. Here's how to check the driver: Open a Command Prompt window and navigate to the directory where the software was installed. For example, if you installed the Setup software as an administrator, and this is a 32-bit system, the directory should be C:Program FilesAppInventorcommands-for-Appinventor, or Program Files (x86) for a 64-bit system. Type the 'dir' command and check that one of the files listed is adb.exe. If it's not, then you are in the wrong directory or the software didn't install. Plug your phone into one of your computer's USB slots, making sure that the phone shows USB connected and USB debugging connected. Type the command 'adb devices'. You should see the messages 'daemon not running' followed by 'daemon stated successfully', followed by 'list of devices attached'. If there</p><p>is a device in the list, something like HT99TP800054, then the phone is connected and the computer and the phone can communicate and the drivers should be OK. On the other hand, if the list of devices is blank, you'll have to get additional drivers, or install the existing drivers manually. Try unplugging and replugging the phone into your computer and trying the 'adb devices' command again before getting or installing device drivers, as sometimes that is sufficient to make the connection work.</p><p>Installing the App Inventor Setup drivers manually:</p><p>The AppInventor Setup software includes the Google USB driver, as noted above. If your device is one of the ones that the driver handles, the drivers should have been installed automatically, and the driver installation should check out as described above. If the check fails, and you need to install the Google drivers manually. You can find instructions here. In following the instructions, note that you do not need to install the SDK or download the drivers again they were included with the App Inventor Setup software, and you can find them in the App Inventor software directory in the usb_driver sub-folder of the appinventorsetup folder where the installer placed the software, for example C:Program FilesAppInventorcommands-for-Appinventorusb_driver. The directions for installing the Google USB drivers may also help if you have trouble with a manufacturer's driver, but in general, you might need to search on the Web for help in the various Android developer forums.Other issues</p><p>If the drivers are installed, and you see the phone listed by 'adb devices', but App Inventor still won't connect, then you should ask in the App Inventor Forum. Some devices may require special extra steps, or there may be some other issue. If you find (or solve) issues with other devices, please post to the Forum so that other App Inventor users can benefit from your experience.</p><p>Reference DocumentationComponents</p><p>These pages describe the components you can use in App Inventor to build your apps. Each component can have methods, events, and properties. Most properties can be changed by apps these properties have blocks you can use to get and set the values. Some properties can't be changed by apps these only have blocks you can use to get the values, not set them. In this document, read-only properties are shown in italics. A few properties are only available in the Designer. Basic components Media components Animation components Social components Sensor components Screen Arrangement components LEGO MINDSTORMS components Other components Not ready for prime time components</p><p>LEGO and MINDSTORMS are registered trademarks of the LEGO Group.Blocks</p><p>These pages describe the blocks you can use when you build your App Inventor apps. Concepts</p><p>Definition blocks Text blocks List blocks Math blocks Logic blocks Control blocks Color blocks</p><p>Using the Activity Starter Creating a Custom TinyWebDB Service Live Development, Testing, and Debugging Displaying a List</p><p>Using the Location Sensor Specifying Sizes of Components Accessing Images and Sounds Bluetooth - Coming Soon!</p><p>Tutorial Topics</p><p>Each topic will have links to multiple community tutorials. Use more than one tutorial. Seeing the same concept through different eyes will help you understand better. If you know of a tutorial that should be listed here and isn't, contact one of the site curator's to get it reviewed.Concepts</p><p>Multiple Screens App Inventor Extender Can't Get Device Connected Open a Web page with ActivityStarter Centering/Formatting the User Interface Layout Behavior info Sending Email from App Inventor Button Behaviors (Flashy, Blinky, Toggle etc) Getting Spreadsheet Data into AI Colors Text XML Parsing Sorting Lists Arduino Miscelanous</p><p>TutorialsBasic</p><p>Once you've set up your computer and built the HelloPurr app you are ready to begin these basic tutorials. PaintPot PaintPot lets you scribble in different colors by touching the screen to draw dots and lines. Concepts introduced in this project include: Canvas components for drawing; event handlers that take arguments, including touch and drag events; and Arrangement components for controlling screen layout. Part 2 extends the project to draw dots of different sizes, as an introduction to global variables. MoleMash TM In the arcade game Whac-a-Mole , a 'mole' pops up at random positions on a playing field, and the user score points by hitting the mole with a mallet. This is a similar game that uses the touchscreen. This tutorial introduces: image sprites, timers, and procedures. PicCall PicCall illustrates how to create applications that use the phone's functionality. This application lets you select people from your contact list and display their pictures. When you press a picture, the phone calls that person.</p><p>Advanced</p><p>These tutorials build on the things you learned in the beginner tutorials and explore App Inventor's more complex functionality. Quiz Me QuizMe is a trivia game about baseball, but you can use it as a template to build quizzes on any topic. With QuizMe the user steps through a series of questions, clicking a Next button to proceed to the next question. The user enters an answer for each question and the app reports whether each answer is correct or not. For this tutorial, you'll create an app in which the questions are always the same unless you, the programmer, change them. Later, you can create MakeAQuiz, an app that lets users create and modify the quiz questions. Text Group This tutorial introduces the Texting component for sending and processing texts. You'll build an app that texts a message to a list of phone numbers. MakeQuiz and TakeQuiz MakeQuiz and TakeQuiz are two apps that, in tandem, allow a teacher to create quizzes for a student. Parents can create fun trivia aps for their children during a long road trip, grade school teachers can build 'Math Blaster' quizzes, and college students</p><p>can build quizzes to help their study groups prepare for a final. This tutorial will walk you through creating both the MakeQuiz and the TakeQuiz app. Map Tour This is a two-part tutorial introduces the ActivityStarter component for launching arbitrary Android Apps and the ListPicker component for allo..</p>
Here we present a list of the Best BlueStacks Alternative. There are so many android emulators are available on the market and thus makes it hard to choose one. Android emulator means where you can run the virtual mobile device on your desktop.
It provides easy to download and install Android apps and games on your computer. These are the Best Android Emulator for app testing and presentation. Even these emulators have unique, vital features. It is available all types of operating system such as like Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows Vista, Windows XP, etc.
However, before we start and you download any of the given Android Emulator, you first need to Enable Virtualization in BIOS of your System. Moreover, thus we have added few simple steps to enable it for you:
How to Enable Virtualization technology in BIOS
Step 1: Restart your PC/Laptop
Step 2: To get into BIOS press F2 or Del or Enter (Use F10 for HP Products)
Step 3: Search for Virtualization Technology/Intel® Virtualization Technology under CPU Configurations, System Configurations tab
Step 4: Now, Enable Virtualization Technology
Step 5: Now it is enabled, save the changes and reboot your system
After Enabling Virtualization Technology, you can now install any of the mentioned Android Emulator or BlueStack Alternative on your PC.
Let us begin….
You can download these emulators from their official website for free. Here I will give full information about best android emulators for Windows PC or MAC.
7 Best Bluestacks Alternative and Android Emulators
1. Geny Motion
Geny Motion is one of the best Android Emulator on the list. You can use more than 3,000 Android configurations to test your apps. There are different plugins for Android studios and eclipse. It can be compatible with all Android SDK tools.
Geny Motion has powerful features such as the same battery, screen-cast, network quality and best performance, GPS, call interruption and SMS emulator, etc. It has different command tools like Java API And Gradle Plugin.
Key Features of Geny Motion:
- High Performance and compatibility test in suite
- Has developed tools
- Can support Multiple platforms
- It supports both audio and video files
- Very simple and easy to use
- The integration server is simple and easy
Genymotion Minimum System Requirements:
- 2 GB RAM.
- Hard disk space at least 8 GB.
- 64 bit CPU with VT-x or AMD-V support.
- Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 (32 bit and 64 bit)
- Apple Mac OS X (Mountain Lion) version 10.8 or above
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2. Andy OS
Andy OS is the best android emulator for Windows and MAC. It can support multiple platforms such as like Windows 7/8/10/ MAC OS. By downloading this emulator, you can download any android applications from any browser.
Even it has very different functions which will make you more comfortable to use more features on your device. One of the best things about Andy OS is you can use your mobile as remote control access while playing games. You can run all applications on your computer.
Key Features of Andy OS
- It can be available for Full Android UI
- It can support for multiple platforms
- You can run apps from desktop also
- There is a multi-touch support
- Android access to local file system
- There is a desktop push notification option has this emulator
- It is available sensor integration, camera integration
Andy OS Minimum System Requirements:
- Up to 20GB Free Disk Space.
- Windows 7 and 8 – x86 or x64.
- AMD or Intel Dual-Core CPU with Virtualization Technology Support
- 3 GB RAM.
- OpenGL ES 2.0 capable video card.
3. YouWave Android Emulator
YouWave Android Emulator is one of the best BlueStacks Alternative to bring you a great Android experience with the support of 32-bit and 64-bit architecture machine. Also, installing third-party apps in it is easy, you just need to download the APK and put it in YouWave app folder.
Using YouWave, in its paid you get to use Lollipop OS which would cost you around $29.99 while KitKat OS is available at free of cost. Apart from that, the best thing about the player is that it can efficiently run on a low configured PC.
Key Features of YouWave Android Emulator
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- You can run all applications on your device
- You can use your phone as remote controller while playing games
- There is a perfect control remote experience
- It works on both Android and iOS apps too
- There is a game controller support
- Keyboard Shortcuts are available
- You can switch or adjust display modes
YouWave Minimum System Requirements:
- Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, and 10.
- 2 GB RAM, 500 MB disk space.
- Intel Pentium 1.6 GHz CPU.
4. Android x86
Android x86 is most popular Android Emulator to run Android applications on a desktop. Android x86 is an open source platform. It will support higher version of Android software. It has very different vital features such as like Kernel support, Power Suspend, Mouse Wheel, G Sensor, etc.
You can bring the functionality of Android to on Windows 7/8/10/vista/XP Device with Android x86. It runs fast and easy to switch between windows and Android platforms, and it does not require dual root.
Key Features of Android x86
- There is an external monitor support
- There is a Bluetooth option also
- It can support WIFI with GUI applications
- Will show the battery status on your desktop
- It can support external keyboard
- Can support native netbook option
- It is one of the best disk installers
Android-x86 Minimum System Requirements:
- Intel x86 or AMD processors
- Dalvik Virtual Machine
- Tested Computer or PC
5. AMIDuOS
AMIDuOS is one of the best Android Emulator. It works such a fast and smooth performance. It can support peripheral devices such as like webcams and controllers. There is an ability that you can run in root mode also. It currently supports Lollipop and Jellybean Android version on PC.
The worst thing is this software is more expensive than other android emulators. You need to purchase this android emulator. It is not available freely. It can support multiple platforms also such as like Windows 7/8/10/vista/XP and later.
Key Features of AIMDuOS
- Storage and file sharing option
- It is straightforward to use configuration files on this emulator
- It works fast and sharp way and performance with no limitations
- There is compatibility support for windows
- You will get best android experience
- You can use compass and GPS functionalities too
AMIDuOS Minimum System Requirements:
- Windows 7/8/8.1.
- Intel x86 CPU and better.
- Hardware Virtualization Technology supported and enabled in BIOS.
- OpenGL 3.0 and above.
- Minimum 2GB of RAM.
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6. NOX Player
NOX Player is the Android Emulator and one of the best BlueStacks Alternative specially developed for gamers with some great features. You will find the interface to be little different from others, but you get used to very soon once you start using it. It also comes with Google Play installed. Thus you need not worry about installing apps.
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NOX Player runs on Android KitKat version 4.4 with some advanced and innovative functionalities. You can also use it on touchscreen laptops using its gesture controls. It can run on almost all types of configured PCs with its different mode options: OpenGL or DirectX to choose. It is best if you choose it to run high-specs PC.
Key Features of NOX Player:
- Easy to use with a simple interface.
- Spontaneous keyboard mapping app and game controls.
- Support for multiple control devices.
- A stable and secure platform.
- Based on Android KitKat.
- X86/AMD Compatible.
- Available on MAC.
AMIDuOS Minimum System Requirements:
- Windows 7/8/8.1/10 with DirectX 9.0c.
- Intel or AMD Dual-Core Processor or better.
- Hardware Virtualization Technology supported and enabled in BIOS.
- OpenGL 2.0 and above.
- Minimum 2GB of RAM.
- Broadband Internet Connection.
7. Remix OS Player
Remix OS gives you the best Android experience if you have a High-Configured PC and is one of the Best BlueStack Alternative which comes with Android Marshmellow. Running Android apps becomes easy using this emulator on PC and is an up-to-date emulator currently in the market.
You can also set it to use it on a low configuration in its Settings, It also has a support dual-window multitasking, i.e., while performing a task on its first window, you can play games on the other one.
Key Features of Remix OS Player:
- Play Multiple Games at Once
- Up-to-date Android Emulator
- Free for Lifetime
- Fast Performance
- An OS with an inbuilt-OS
- One click App installation
Remix OS Minimum System Requirements:
- Windows 7 (64-bit) or newer
- Core i3 (Recommend Core i5 or Core i7)
- 4GB RAM
- 8GB Storage (Recommend 16GB)
- Internet access is helpful.
Conclusion
These are the Best Bluestack Alternatives also, the best android emulators for the desktop. With these softwares, you can easily run all android applications on your computer without any issue. What you have to do is simple downloading these emulators that’s it. Also, do tell us your favorite Android Emulator in the comment section below.
Edited By:Abhiyanshu Satvat