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By Rajesh Pandey on January 25th, 2013
Up until now, if users wanted to use Android on their Windows based PC, they had to use VirtualBox or any other VM manager.
While the average joe is not interested in running Android on his PC, it definitely comes in handy for developers as it allows them to test their app on the PC instead of switching to their phone or tablet every time.
Now, to make the life of developers easier, some gracious Chinese developers have managed to port Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich to Windows 7/Windows 8. This is a native port of Windows, and does not require any kind of VM environment.
While there is no Play Store yet, the developers are working hard on porting it along with the other Google goodies. Sideloading of APKs is possible, which will make it easier for developers to test their app. The performance is also impressively smooth with hardly any stability issues. Since the port is kernel dependent, it will not work on Windows XP or other versions of Windows.
A video of Android 4.0.3 running on a Windows based PC can be found here. An early release of the port can be downloaded from here.
Via – Reddit
Up until now, if users wanted to use Android on their Windows based PC, they had to use VirtualBox or any other VM manager.
While the average joe is not interested in running Android on his PC, it definitely comes in handy for developers as it allows them to test their app on the PC instead of switching to their phone or tablet every time.
Now, to make the life of developers easier, some gracious Chinese developers have managed to port Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich to Windows 7/Windows 8. This is a native port of Windows, and does not require any kind of VM environment.
A video of Android 4.0.3 running on a Windows based PC can be found here. An early release of the port can be downloaded from here.
Via – Reddit
