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| Thread ID: 127281 | 2012-10-15 02:09:00 | Can I run Android apps on Windows 7 PC? | excelsa (5950) | Press F1 |
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| 1306875 | 2012-10-15 02:09:00 | Just wondering if it is possible to run Android apps on a PC. What I really want to do is to view Google Maps offline on a mini laptop/notebook as you can on a smartphone. Any suggestions please? Mike |
excelsa (5950) | ||
| 1306876 | 2012-10-15 02:23:00 | url (https://maps.google.co.nz/) I haven't investigated to see if you can download the maps to your PC. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1306877 | 2012-10-15 02:32:00 | Technically yes, though I'm unsure if this is the best way to be doing what you want overall: http://bluestacks.com/ |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1306878 | 2012-10-15 02:53:00 | Just tried that bluestacks Chill Linked --- As long as your graphics are not to old then it works nice. Tried it on a couple of Workshop PC's and their cards are to old and the programs doesn't recognize them. The office PC works no problems. Tried a game the Better half plays on her android tablet :thumbs: Found a youtube video www.youtube.com |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1306879 | 2012-10-15 03:06:00 | Bluestacks looks pretty good! | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1306880 | 2012-10-15 03:54:00 | You may however need to sideload the Google Maps .apk rather than installing it through Amazon, my money says it's not in the Amazon App Store. | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1306881 | 2012-10-15 04:11:00 | Thanks everyone. I'll give it a go. | excelsa (5950) | ||
| 1306882 | 2012-10-15 04:35:00 | Or alternitavly you could do it another way with th android emulator. If you want me to explain I can, but I have to say it's a long, difficult process. But once you have it running its easy to install and run apps. | stratex5 (16685) | ||
| 1306883 | 2012-10-15 05:36:00 | Same deal with the Android Emulator, doesn't come with gapps | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1306884 | 2012-10-15 08:18:00 | You can run Android in VirtualBox - osxdaily.com | johnd (85) | ||
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