#MAC OS X FOR VMWARE WORKSTATION INSTALL#
#MAC OS X FOR VMWARE WORKSTATION ANDROID#
#MAC OS X FOR VMWARE WORKSTATION ISO#

One way to work around that issue, is by opening up the play store on the web with google chrome.

#MAC OS X FOR VMWARE WORKSTATION INSTALL#

And without the play store, you canвЂ™t install much apps do you. The only thing that is note worthy, is that the вЂњPlay StoreвЂќ App can be kinda buggy.

#MAC OS X FOR VMWARE WORKSTATION ANDROID#

Which means that youвЂ™ve installed your first Android vm. Which is pretty self explanatory.Д¤.18 Once the configuration is Finished, you should see the following screen, The only thing for you left to do is, the configuration. This will create the partition table, which make sure that you can use the new partition for the installation of Android 8.1.Д¤.9 After that select вЂњQuiteвЂќ and you will return to the installation screen of android, with a partition available called sda1Д¤.10 Select sda1 and press enter for the installation to start.Д¤.15 Once it is finished, you can choose to reboot the machine or run Android.Д¤.16 If youвЂ™ve gave it enough resources, and you configured it properly it should give you The Famous Android Screen.Д¤.17 Once it is past that you should see the first welcome screen. After that press the arrow keys until youвЂ™ve selected the вЂњWriteвЂќ tab.

First you want to make it bootable, select вЂњBootableвЂќ and under the head вЂњFlagsвЂќ it should show вЂњBootвЂќ. IвЂ™ve selected it all and pressed enter.Д¤.7 Then you have to configure your partition. This tend to have some problems when installing the vm.Д¤.4 Lets create a new partition by selecting вЂњNewвЂќ.Д¤.6 Select the size that you want for the new partition. Select вЂњCreate/Modify PartionsвЂќ and press enter.Д¤.3 Select no for the use of GPT. So weвЂ™re going to create a new partition.

Installing and configuring the Android VM.Д¤.1 When you boot up the machine, you will see the following Screen.Д¤.2 WeвЂ™ve given the vm 20GB of disk space (Thin), but currently, this amount of space has not been assigned.

#MAC OS X FOR VMWARE WORKSTATION ISO#

The ISO is already selected because we selected to deploy from ISO, and the internet is automatically being shared with the VM trough NAT. 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. Turn on 3D-Acceleration, and increase the Shared Graphics Memory. After that, click вЂњShow AllвЂќ and you go back to the previous screen.ДЈ.2 Click on Display and you will see the following Screen. You can also change the amount of processors, but I wouldnвЂ™t go above 2. Customize Virtual Hardware SettingsДЄfter that the vm is listed into your machine library, and it will prompt this screen if you have chosen, customize settings.ДЈ.1 Change to amount of memory. Best to do it into one go.Дў.6 It will ask where you want to store machine, and what kind of name you want to give it. If you donвЂ™t, it will boot up the machine with the current settings and you have to change it afterwards. So instead of Finish, you best click вЂњCustomize SettingsвЂќ. You can also increase the amount of processors, but that is less necessary. So we are going to Change the amount of Memory and turn on 3D Acceleration for your screen. We need to ramp it up with a little bit more specs, otherwise it wonвЂ™t be able to bootup.

After that select вЂњContinueвЂќ.Дў.4 Select вЂњLegacy BIOSвЂќ and click Continue.Дў.5 This screen will show you the current settings for this virtual machine. the вЂњCreate a custom virtual MachineвЂќ option, because this way you are more certain that youвЂ™ve selected the proper Virtual Hardware. You will see that after youвЂ™ve selected the ISO, it will detect the type of Virtual Hardware it is going to need to deploy the machine. Open up VMware Fusion / Workstation and create a new VMДў.3 Load the ISO by clicking the вЂњUse Another disc or disc imageвЂ¦вЂќ. There you can find all the latest ISOвЂ™s that are available. So one site that I can definitely recommend is.

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. Btw, if videoвЂ™s are more your thing, check out the youtube video that I made. So I decided to virtualize the Android with VMware Fusion for mac, also known as Workstation on Windows. I didnвЂ™t had any android phone, and some apps that I actually needed, where not available on any other OS. So it started when I had to bring my phone back for repairs. Tested on macOS High Sierra & VMware Fusion 10.1.2

Mac os x for vmware workstation