XDA Developer Unrealmanu has coded a slick Android emulator for Intel x86 devices.
Yes, Jar of Beans emulates Android Jelly Bean (4.1.1) and supports Intel Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager (HAXM) – which offers hardware acceleration for the emulator to improve overall performance.
As The_Scotsman at XDA Devs notes, Jar of Beans is completely portable, requires no installation and can be accessed by simply running an executable file.
As expected, the emulator boasts a number of configuration options. Indeed, when a resolution of 1280 x 768 or higher is chosen, the Android interface automatically switches to operating system’s tablet mode.
There is also a special button that allows devs to install APK files stored on their computer, switches for controlling volume, an ADB interface, multi-user support and the ability to create a virtual SD card.
A number of additional features are planned for upcoming versions, including keyboard support to allow full text input from a physical device, a choice of skins and multiple resolutions.
Interested? You can check out the software thread here.
