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302 points dmitrijbelikov | 4 comments | 27 Aug 25 11:02 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

1. ducktective ◴[27 Aug 25 12:31 UTC] No.45038754[source]▶

Awesome tech!

It's not possible to run an android VM on QEMU right? As in, is it officially supported? (I know about Waydroid)

2. homebrewer ◴[27 Aug 25 12:50 UTC] No.45038945[source]▶

The official Android "emulator" supplied by Google is qemu. If you're not satisfied with it for some reason, IIRC I used these images some years ago on top of vanilla qemu:

https://www.fosshub.com/Android-x86.html

They don't seem to be well supported anymore, and there aren't many prebuilt alternatives. One can always compile AOSP from source, though Google does not make this easy.

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3. epilys ◴[27 Aug 25 12:54 UTC] No.45038989[source]▶

>>45038754 (TP) #

Yes, it's possible and supported. QEMU can emulate an aarch64 system, and Google provides aarch64 Android builds for virtual machines specifically, called "Cuttlefish". Search for keywords "Android Cuttlefish QEMU" for instructions.

4. acuozzo ◴[27 Aug 25 14:39 UTC] No.45040372[source]▶

>>45038945 #

> The official Android "emulator" supplied by Google is qemu

Nitpick: It's a fork of QEMU. There are quite a few Google-exclusive changes bundled-in.

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