How to install Android Emulator without Android Studio in Windows10
If you are like me and do not like to install unnecessary software on your machine, then you're at the right place. Recently I wanted to create a React Native app and wanted to install the Android Emulator to test my app. But I did not want Android Studio because I use Visual Code as my IDE. So after a sleepless night of Googling and troubleshooting, I was able to install just Android Emulator manually. I'll share what I found and did in a manner so that you don't have to face the same issues. :) NOTE: Of course you can just run the emulator with Android Studio without going through all these troubles. But this method will save you your computer memory and speed. Let's start from the beginning. Pre-requisites to install Android emulator 1. Java JDK 1.8 or above 2. Android SDK (command line tools) 3. Intel® Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager (Intel® HAXM) Step 1: Install Java As you might know, you need Java before doing anything else related to Android.
