From the BlueStacks App Player FAQ for developers: On one side, it enables developers to put their Android applications into the hands of broader audiences, perhaps even convincing some to get a Droid for the full experience. After all, if the purpose is education, and there’s no money to spare, no one will blame you for choosing function over sparkle (i.e. Simpler titles, like Zebra Paint (screenshot below), make for a good test subject if you’re considering to get your kid a Droid. However, the emulator does a great job at giving you an idea of what this game would be on a tablet device where both your hands are free to touch the display. Some games, such as Drag Racing, are visibly unfit for the mouse & keyboard combo. BlueStacks App Player records those actions as taps, for one reason or another. When you launch an app, you go full screen with the mouse turning into your finger, ready for some emulated touch. Just as if you were using a Droid, the interface lets you browse through your included apps in a clean home screen, with the option to drag down the Notifications pane to see if there’s any change with the likes of WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, or Pulse News. The simple back-and-forth UI makes it feel as if Android App Player is somewhat of a built-in application with your Mac OS, though you’ll soon discover that’s not exactly so. You can either launch the App Player itself, click on any of the included apps in the specially-set folder in your Dock, or you can even access the titles from Launchpad, OS X Lion’s own application launcher.Īnytime you want to go back to the home screen just hit the BlueStacks button below. Thanks to a straightforward interface, Android App Player makes it a breeze to launch a title and have a go at it to see what the other camp is babbling on about. The software is admittedly in alpha, and its poor performance acts as clear evidence of that (more on this below), but its arrival has been most welcome in OS X circles. Much like Apple’s iPhone Simulator included with the Xcode developer suite, BlueStacks App Player / Android App Player emulates an Android environment on your Mac, allowing you to try out multiple platform-specific apps and games, for free. If you’re an Apple fan kicking off this read with skepticism, wipe that smile off your face! The tablet ecosystem isn’t all about iOS, even though Apple’s solution does seem superior to Android on multiple levels.

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