Android on Tuffix

tuffix-android.md

Running the Android emulator on Tuffix

Note: these instructions are for a native installation of Tuffix. Do not run the emulator inside a Tuffix Virtual Machine.

1. Install the following packages:

   $ sudo apt update
   $ sudo apt install qemu-kvm libvirt-clients libvirt-daemon-system bridge-utils virt-manager

2. Add your user to the following groups

   $ sudo adduser $USER libvirt
   $ sudo adduser $USER libvirt-qemu
   $ sudo adduser $USER kvm

3. Check that you can run KVM

   $ kvm-ok

4. Check that you can run the emulator in accelerated mode

   $ ~/Android/Sdk/tools/emulator -accel-check