As mentioned before, the Android SDK is also free to download and includes an emulator, but the VM setups are much easier to get working quickly. You can alternatively grab a variety of different versions from Android x86, I was able to use the successfully as well and it has the added benefit of some gesture support, although the boot iso’s require a bit more configuration within VirtualBox to get going. I ran this in Mac OS X 10.7, but VirtualBox is offered for Windows and Linux as well so it should work just about anywhere you try it. Hitting Command+C will run the VM in scale mode, which is what the screenshots are showing. You can switch to full screen mode by pulling down “View” and selecting “Switch to Fullscreen”, just remember to hit Command+F is how to exit out of that. The VMLite configuration is complete with mouse support and you’ll find the blue cursor as a replacement for a touch screen. At the boot menu in VirtualBox, select the lower “Android Startup from /dev/sda” option.Uncompress the Android-v4.7z file, look for “Android-v4.vbox” and double-click it to load and boot the configuration into VirtualBox.Grab a preconfigured ICS set up from VMLite (free).Download VirtualBox and install it (free).Here’s how to run Android 4 ICS in VirtualBox:
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