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Post by Pixel_Crusher on May 27, 2015 12:49:05 GMT -5
Anyone here with experience regarding this one? Long story short, I'd like to buy an iPhone if this emulator allows me to run Android .apk files with little problem and at full speed on my PC. I've been hearing good things about it, but is it really worth it or should I just buy an Android phone/tablet instead? |
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Post by Weasel on May 27, 2015 16:42:34 GMT -5
While BlueStacks certainly does run programs, there are an awful lot of Android apps out there that'll rely on the interface being multitouch, which just can't be done with a mouse.
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Post by starscream on May 27, 2015 17:29:38 GMT -5
I tried it when it was relatively young, so it probably has been improved significantly in some ways by now. I didn't have much use for it because lacked certain features I was looking for, like some flexibility with screen options (didn't like the way it scaled). I also don't remember it as a particular clean app, but rather one of those that "Infests" the registry, which I absolutely don't appreciate with emulators.
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Post by jorpho on Jun 14, 2015 0:23:29 GMT -5
I've been having some troubles with BlueStacks. First I wanted to get the Amazon app store installed (to take advantage of those times when Amazon makes vast swaths of Android software available for free), but I kept getting strange errors. Then I wanted to setup an Instagram account, but again I kept getting strange errors about proxies that seemed insurmountable. Also, there seems to be no way to emulate a camera using a video capture device. It seems there are alternatives such as AmiDUOS that are superior, but I have yet to investigate. |
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Post by X-pert74 on Sept 6, 2016 4:15:36 GMT -5
Does Bluestacks work okay with Snapchat? A lot of my friends use either that or Instagram, yet my phone is super old and shitty and has no free space on it (just the updated factory-installed apps, which I can't delete, take up all the room that's available), so I can't use Snapchat on my phone. There also doesn't seem to be a PC interface for Snapchat available officially, which is annoying.
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Post by retroplayer on Sept 7, 2016 16:02:48 GMT -5
I used MEmu. Not only it's lightweight comparing to other android emulators I used, but it doesn't require the installation of a virtual machine as well. You can also do drag and drop installation of files. I think this is the best one IMO since its very easy to use and test stuff on. You can directly connect it to your android phone I think too. I don't know a whole lot about it since I used it for a few simple tasked such as playing games and getting used to navigating Android OS.
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Post by Purple Moss on Sept 7, 2016 18:43:22 GMT -5
Does Bluestacks work okay with Snapchat? A lot of my friends use either that or Instagram, yet my phone is super old and shitty and has no free space on it (just the updated factory-installed apps, which I can't delete, take up all the room that's available), so I can't use Snapchat on my phone. There also doesn't seem to be a PC interface for Snapchat available officially, which is annoying. I haven't tried it for that, but why don't you root your phone? Nowadays it's very easy to do it. Up until a few months ago I had an LG Optimus One I had rooted to delete almost all the factory apps. Later, when the Google Services app kept growing and growing, I created a partition in my SD card where I could store apps with the help of Link2SD. A word of warning about Bluestacks (and possibly other Android emulators), some [online] games might think you're hacking and ban you. |
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Post by SandiGummy on Sept 8, 2016 6:32:06 GMT -5
How about Genymotion for Snpachat instead? They two look pretty similar xD
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