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RUNNING "ANDROID"

IN A

VIRTUAL MACHINE

IN

"ORACLE VM VIRTUALBOX"

IN "WINDOWS.."

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“Meeting Notes”

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SUMMARYYou can install and run a free copy of "Android 4.3" in a virtual machine inside the free "Oracle VM VirtualBox" program in a "Windows.." computer. This gives you a chance to learn about the "Android" flavor of Linux without or prior to spending money for an "Android" phone or tablet.

"Oracle VM VirtualBox" (free)

Virtual Machine Program

"Android" (free)

running in a

virtual machine

Real Physical Computer running

Windows XP, Windows Vista,

Windows 7, Windows 8 or 8.1 OS

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"ANDRIOD" IN "ORACLE VM

VIRTUALBOX" IN "WINDOWS.."• It is harder to run "Android" in

"..VirtualBox" relative to "VMware Player"

because "..VirtualBox" does not offer

mouse integration for "Android":

In "..VirtualBox", you cannot click inside

the virtual machine windows to get your

mouse to work inside the virtual machine.

Instead, you have to use the "Devices"

menu option to "connect" your mouse to

the "Android" virtual machine.

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"WINDOWS.." (continued)• After doing this, your mouse's cursor will

be stuck inside the virtual machine.

To free the mouse cursor from the virtual

machine, you have to physically

disconnect and reconnect the mouse's

USB plug from the USB port of the

computer. After you do this, the mouse

will work outside the virtual machine

window but it will not work inside the

virtual machine until you use the

"Devices" menu again.

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"WINDOWS.." (continued)

• To reduce wear on the USB port

of your computer, we recommend

that you use a USB extension

cable so that you can do the

disconnects and reconnects your

mouse with the equipment end of

the USB extension cable:

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• See

http://www.pcworld.com/article/20

48220/hybrid-hijinks-how-to-

install-android-on-your-pc.html

for the hyperlink for downloading

the ISO file that is an image of

the installation CD for "Android

4.3".

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2048220/hybrid-hijinks-how-to-install-android-on-your-pc.html

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• Download the .ISO file for the CD

installation image for "Android

4.3".

• Create a new virtual machine and

attach the .ISO to it.

• Start up the virtual machine and

follow the instructions inside

Android's installation program.

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• During the installation process,

skip the setup of a wireless

access point since the Andriod

will automatically connect to

the virtual wired network

adapter that "VMware Player"

provides for it.

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• During the installation process,

skip the setup of a Google

account since your Google

account will fail to recognize your

Android virtual machine as a

legitimate device to synchronize

files, settings, and favorites

anyway.

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• Click on the "New" button:

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• Click on the "New" button:

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• Provide a name for the virtual

machine:

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• In this example, we named the

virtual machine

"Android 4.3"

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• Select "Linux" for the type of

virtual machine:

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• Select "Other Linux" for the

version:

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• Click on the "Next" button:

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• Click

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• Drag the slider to select the

amount of virtual RAM for the

virtual machine:

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• Click on the "Next" button:

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• Make sure that "Create a hard

drive.." is selected.

Then click on the "Create" button:

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• Leave the hard drive type set to the top

default setting. Then click on the "Next"

button:

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• Make sure that "Dynamically

allocated" is selected. Then click

on the "Continue" button.

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• Click and drag the slider to

determine the size of the virtual

hard drive:

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• Click on the "Create" button:

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• Click on the "Settings" button:

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• A "..Settings" box will be

displayed:

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• Click on "Storage":

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• The virtual IDE controller will be

displayed in the "Storage Tree":

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• Click on the "Empty" CD image:

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• The CD image will now be

highlighted:

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• Click on the CD icon near the

right edge of the box:

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• Click on "Choose a virtual

CD/DVD image file" in the pop-up

context menu.

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• A "Please choose.." dialog box

will be displayed:

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• Click on the .ISO file of "Android

4.3" that you downloaded earlier:

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• The .ISO file of "Android 4.3" will

now be shown in the "File Name"

box:

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• Click on the "Open" button:

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• Click on the "OK" button:

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• The new "Andriod 4.3" virtual

machine will be listed in the

"Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager"

window:

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• Click on the "Start" button:

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• The following box is totally

incorrect but click on its "OK"

button anyway:

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• Click

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• The following notice is also totally

incorrect but click on its "OK"

button anyway"

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• Click

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• Click

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• The "Grub 2" bootup menu of

"Android 4.3" will be displayed:

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• Use the down arrow key to select

the bottom option:

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• Press the Enter key once:

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• Click

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• Click

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• Tab or right arrow key to "New".

Then press the "Enter" key once:

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• Leave "Primary" selected. Then

press the Enter key once:

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• Adjust the size of the virtual hard

drive partition. Then press the

Enter key once:

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• Leave "Bootable" selected. Then

press the Enter key once:

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• The "Boot" flag will be displayed:

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• Tab or right arrow key to "Write"

and then press the Enter key

once:

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• An "Are you sure?" message will be

displayed:

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• Type in

yes

and then press the Enter key

once:

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• The bottom of the box will say

"Writing partition to disk...":

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• When "Writing partition table to disk..." goes

away, your new virtual hard drive partition is

initialized and ready formatting in a future

step..

• Tab or right arrow key to "Quit" and then press

the Enter key once:

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• Tab or right arrow key to make

sure that "OK" is selected, then

press the "Enter" key once.

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• Down arrow key to select "EXT3"

file format:

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• Enter key with "OK" highlighted.

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• Press the "Enter" key once:

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• Left arrow key to select "Yes":

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• Press the Enter key once:

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• Click

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• Press the Enter key again:

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• A horizontal status bar shows

you the progress of the format

process for the virtual hard

drive:

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• At this point, you will be stuck in

an endless cycle of installing

"Android 4.3" into your virtual

machine unless you first shut

down the virtual machine and

disconnect the .ISO file that

represents the installation CD for

"Android 4.3":

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• Click once on the red "X" button

in the upper-right corner of the

virtual machine window:

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• Select the "Power off the

machine" option:

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• Click on the "Settings" button:

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• Click on "Storage":

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• The virtual IDE controller will

be displayed in the "Storage

Tree":

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• Click on the Android 4.3 ISO

file:

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• Click on the CD icon on the

right edge of the window:

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• Click on "Remove disk from

virtual drive" in the popup context

menu.

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• The virtual CD will not be

shown as "Empty":

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• Start the virtual machine by

clicking on the "Start" button:

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• Press the "Enter" key once:

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• Press the tab key until the

Start button turns blue and

then press the Enter key:

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• Unlike other virtual machine

programs, in "Oracle VM

Virtualbox", you cannot make the

mouse cursor go inside the virtual

machine window by clicking

inside the virtual machine

window.

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• To put the mouse cursor inside the

virtual machine for use there:

Click on "Devices" in the Menu Bar

of the virtual machine.

Click on "USB Devices" in the pull-

down menu.

Click on the listing for your mouse in

the pop-up context menu.

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"ANDRIOD" INSIDE "ORACLE VM

VIRTUALBOX" IN "WINDOWS.." (continued)

• Click on "Devices" in the Menu

Bar of the virtual machine.

Click on "USB Devices" in the

pull-down menu.

Click on the listing for your

mouse in the pop-up context

menu.

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• Click on the "Start" button:

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VIRTUALBOX" IN "WINDOWS.." (continued)

• A "Welcome" banner will be

displayed for 20 to 50

seconds:

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• When asked to "Select Wi-Fi",

you do not need to and doing

so will not work anyway, so

click on the "Skip" button:

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• Click on "Skip anyway":

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• When asked if you have a

Google account, click on the "No"

button:

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• Click on "Not now":

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• Click on the right pointing

triangle button to move

forward:

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forward:

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forward:

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• Click on the "Finish" button:

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• Click on the "Apps Button".

It looks like a circle with six

white squares inside it:

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• The apps screen includes a

"Settings" button and a

"Terminal Emulator" button:

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• If you encounter a lock screen,

unlock the Android virtual

machine by dragging the lock

out of the circle:

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• Then you can click on the

"Apps button" to get to a

usable screen:

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• This is the highest level usable

screen:

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• If your "Android 4.3" virtual

machine goes to sleep, the only

way that you can wake it is to

press on the "Context Menu Key"

of the keyboard. The "Context

Menu Key" is sometimes called

the "Menu Key".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menu_key

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• If your "Android" virtual machine falls

asleep and you cannot remember

about the "Context Menu" key, your

other alternative is to disconnect the

mouse from the USB port, wait 5

seconds, and then resert the

mouse's USB plug back into the USB

port. Then close the virtual machine

by clicking on the red "x" button.

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• To get your mouse cursor out of the virtual machine, you have to do the following: Disconnect the USB plug of the mouse from the USB port of the computer. Wait 5 seconds. Reconnect the USB plug of the mouse by inserting it into the USB port of the computer.

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• To close down the virtual

machine if the mouse cursor is

working:

Use your mouse cursor to drag

the right half of the top "Status

Bar" downward.

Then click on the "Power Off"

button:

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• To close down the virtual machine if the

mouse cursor is not working:

Follow the previous procedure to get the

mouse cursor out of the virtual machine.

Then click on the red "X" button in the

upper-right corner of the virtual machine.

Select "Power off the machine" from the

"Close Virtual Machine?" dialog box.

Finally, click on the "OK" button of the

"Close Virtual Machine?" dialog box.

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