Google released the latest version of Android Lollipop or Android 5.0 few weeks back and it comes with the new material design and also host of new changes. Right now only few devices have the Android Lollipop apart from the Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 which was launched with the new OS. If you are using an Android phone, it might take a couple of months for Android Lollipop to arrive on your device and this again depends on your OEM.
So in case you want to try out Lollipop, here is a better way to install the emulator on your Windows. Unlike services like Bluestack which allows you to run Android apps on Windows, this method can be used to test Android on Windows. So here is the step by step process on how to install Android Lollipop on Windows.
In this guide we will post a step by step method to install Android on PC,and experience the latest and advanced features if Lollipop 5.0.This method is common for both Windows Operating system and Mac.
The procedure is safe for your computer because all manipulations will be in a kind of virtual machine that does not change the configuration of the main machine . Specify it says it will recover approximately 11.5 GB of data in this tutorial. Better to have a good connection before starting the computer or let it run overnight during the early stages. Below is a guide to help you install Android 5.0 SDK on the Windows or Mac PC. This tutorial explains how to configure and run Android Lollipop virtual image on the Windows/Mac PC.
How to set up and install Android 5.0 SDK emulator
- Download Android SDK installer (the tutorial uses Windows version)
- Install the Android SDK files to a safe location
- From there run SDK Manager application
Note: If you have downloaded the zipped version of SDK, go to the location where the zip archive is extracted.
- Wait for some time until the application is loaded and fetched all Android SDK packages
- Now select the packages you want to install
- Click on Install packages. You should get prompts to confirm packages you have chosen to install and agree to the License information to proceed
- Click on Install and wait for all the packages to download and install
Note: Select and install SDK platform and ARM EABI v7a System Image only if you want Android Emulator.
- Go to Android SDK folder and run AVD Manager. Click on New and create virtual device providing necessary details
Note: Use default value for Max VM application heap. As Android supports variety of display, you can explore with different devices by selecting in Device:dropdown.
- Select the virtual device which you just now created and click on Start
- Do not make any change under Launch Options and simply click on Launch button
- After a few Command Prompt windows flickr the emulator will start and you should see a screen with Android device booting up. This will take about five minutes to boot
- You should now see a screen saying emulator has been successfully installed