Is BlueStacks Safe? Well, since this is an Android emulator, BlueStacks may have had inherited the same security flaws as its mobile counterpart. For a while now, people have been wondering about the security aspects of this Android virtualization environment. Later on, that status became less cloudy, particularly because Android is (semi) open-source (i.e., some costs may apply to manufacturers who want to install Google Mobile services). BlueStacks came out in the odd 2009 and, at that time, it had, more or less the same ‘legal status’ as Citra, Snes9x, or other Super Nintendo emulators – borderline legitimate.

Although BlueStacks was designed for gaming, it’s also being used to test new Android apps before they’re published on Google’s Play Store – easier to test an app inside an IDE than downloading it on your smartphone. You get the entire OS with full Playstore Access, but have no integration with the Host (like sharing Files)Įventually - and this would be the best option for the future - Endless decides at some point in the future to get in touch with the Anbox developers to support it right out of the box and eventually ship it with the core OS.BlueStacks is unquestionable, one of the most appreciated Android emulators out there, a fact is proven by its 400+ million user community. In my opinion, currently your best bet on EOS. Works, but: slow and not intuitive to use, mainly intended for application developers to test out their applications before submitting them to the Playstore Does not work any longer as Google shifted to an integrated Android Runtime in the OS itself This was a Chrome Extension with a complete Android Runtime inside, was used by Google to add support for Android Applications to Chrome OS.

Unfortunately it’s currently only available as a Snap, not a Flatpak (as it relies on some Kernel Modules to be loaded Not supported in Flatpaks)

Anbox This currently seems the most mature solution and creates a LXC Container with a entire Android OS, which in turn can run almost all Android Applications - even has Playstore Access, so it’s a No-Brainer to get Applications into it.

Currently, there are a few solutions to run Android Apps on Linux:

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