Here we can change the default VM settings.Ĭlick on “Processors & Memory” Change default vCPU’s and RAM I figured to call the VM “Android x86_64”, but name it anything you like. When you click “Customize Settings you first get an opportunity to rename your VM to something better. Here we click on “Customize Settings” and not “Finish” as the defaults need to be tweaked for the VM to run better. Select “Legacy BIOS”, not UEFIįor the firmware option, it is recommended to stick to the “Legacy BIOS”. That guest OS type isn’t exactly correct, but it doesn’t matter for getting this to work. iso file you dragged onto it selected and it detected it as “FreeBSD 10 or earlier”. The create a new virtual machine wizardĪs you can see I had installed android earlier. iso file onto the designated area and press the Continue button. In VMware Fusion, from the menu select File -> New.ĭrag your downloaded. So I figured to write this post.įor this post I used the latest release Android 9.0 r1 which you can download from OSDN with this direct link android-x86_ Install Android 9.0 as a VM Getting this to work requires a few additional steps that are not exactly obvious. Thanks to the Android x86 project you can run Android as a VM in VMware Fusion.

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