

May work on chromium for some games, I could not get it working on chromium for more complex games such as clash of clans. See Complete Installation Guide for Android SDK / ADT Bundle on Ubuntu If you install an android game on SDK it will more likely than not be so slow as to be unusable and I would not use it in any PvP game. The primary purpose of Android SDK is to write android programs. Google play services are included with or can easily be installed on any of the Linux emulators.Īndroid SDK - This is cumbersome to install, somewhat complex to use, and designed for application development not games. This applies to most of the Linux emulators. Once you have downloaded you have to transfer it to your emulator (or download it in the emulator) and then you need to go under security in your emulator and allow installation from untrusted sources and sometimes enable developer mode. Note: If you use an emulator that does NOT include google play store you have to download the android installer (apk) and install manually.Īnd apk is a package archive, like a. How to install android applications / games (apk) - This applies to most of the Linux emulators. Many games from the google play store will install, but not function. For example, you can not play most android games on android-x86 (port of android to 圆8 / x86_64 processors).


In addition many complex games do not work on the Linux emulators.

Google play store can not be included without permission from google. The major limitation for game play is google play store. Record game actions to automate game play. Some people report that android-x86 does not work simply because they did not wait the 15 minutes it takes to boot (not kidding). Memu starts in seconds as opposed to Linux options, android-x86 takes almost 5 minutes to boot to the android boot splash on my laptop. Memu is much faster than any of the Linux / Ubuntu options. The feature list alone should be enough to convince you to at least run memu in a VM if not bare metal (ie run on windows). It is free, includes google play store, fast, well integrated into windows, including file sharing between host / guest, mouse integration, extensive customization, scripting of game play, allowing multiple instances open at one time, etc. There is no Linux option that is as stable, fast, easy and full featured as memu for games. The best option, sorry to say, is memu (windows program, will not run in wine). In my experience, after a lot of trial and error I will warn you there is no easy way to play android games on Linux / Ubuntu as of the time of this post. Google play store is a set of tools used by end users to install applications, somewhat similar to the Ubuntu repositories. Google play services is a set of tools used by developers to make applications (games) available in the google play store This answer is written form an end user, gamer perspective, although much of it applies to other uses as well.
