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Will Windows 8 be able to run Android Apps?

by Jan 24, 2012 4:36AM PST

Will new tablets shipping with Windows 8 be able to run Android apps?

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Maybe. See Bluestacks on google.
by Forum moderator Jan 24, 2012 11:09AM PST

But there is some thought the tablets will be locked down like Apple products. We can't know till it ships.

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It can't
by Feb 7, 2012 10:27AM PST

The Windows and Android are the seperate OS platform,so the apps based Android will not be able to run on Windows.

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(NT) Really. Did you check out Bluestacks?
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Feb 7, 2012 10:32AM PST
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Yes via Android Emulators
by Oct 29, 2014 9:44PM PDT

Yeah buddy, Windows 8 computer or laptop can run Android apps and games as well. You just need to help yourself through a software named BlueStacks. http://bluestackstutorial.com/
I own a blog on BlueStacks Tutorial, that's why I'm aware of this fact. So you're getting reply from a pro user.. Happy

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Will Windows 8 be able to run Android Apps?
by pravin007techno Oct 30, 2014 3:53PM PDT

yes kailashchandrasbt, your are right! its a common thing to known to everyone whenever people come across such queries.


presently, i'm replying to these post, bcoz i want to know is their any alternative to blue stack software to run android apps?

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Of course there's Google own Android Studio.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Oct 31, 2014 12:57AM PDT

I don't want to upset you but this question is pretty old and has lots of answer on the web. Have you heard of search engines?
Bob

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Yes Its possible but it has limit
by tecnigen Jun 26, 2015 2:57AM PDT

Sure, one can play Android games as well as Android Apps on Windows 8 tablets but see their is limitation here like Android and Windows environment is very much different and it will be difficult to get it work, like recently I played Clash of Clans on Windows 8 and it turned out to be really horrible experience (It caused my Windows 8 Tablet hanged)

So my simple and humble suggestion is to stay away from Android Emulator as much as possible.

Note: moderator removed direct link to game.

Post was last edited on September 27, 2015 1:50 AM PDT

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Thread closed......
by birdmantd Forum moderator Jun 30, 2015 5:43AM PDT

This thread was started 3 years ago. Time to shut this down.

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May not
by Nov 11, 2014 8:38PM PST

This looks pretty impossible to work ...but you can do the googling for a better result.

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